John Briscoe Thompson, beloved husband, father, and brother, 93, of Hollywood passed into God’s care Wednesday, Feb. 20 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown. John B. has been a lifelong resident of Hollywood. The son of Briscoe and Daisy Jones Thompson, John B. is one of eleven children. His four brothers, Roscoe, Jones, Latelle, and Lamen are deceased. Four of his sisters, Isabell Neilson, Mavis Sweeney, Daisy Pegg, and Ruth Joy are also deceased. He is survived by two sisters, Naomi Fowler of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and Juanita Modlin of California. In 1948, John B. married Erma Elizabeth Joy, also of Hollywood. They would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in March. John B. and Erma became the proud parents of three children; John David Thompson, deceased (2009), Brenda Thompson Bond (Paul Henkelman), and Virginia Thompson Lacey (Donald). He has two grandchildren, Victoria Lee Cantrell (Doug) and Broderick Scott Bond (Lisa Vowles), and three great grandchildren, Casey and Gillian Bacon, and Beckett William Bond. John B. attended Great Mills High School. He worked at the Naval Ordinance Station in Indian Head until he entered the Army in 1943. He was in the Corps of Engineers in the European theater of [...]
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