Thank you for letting us know about Delores' passing, Olivia. I never met her, but I remember how she helped me through this list and in personal emails. My prayers go out to her family and friends. I know she will be greatly missed. Yvonne Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olivia & Larry Braddy" <olbraddy@pineland.net> To: "GAEMANUEL" <GAEMANUE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:28 PM Subject: [GAEMANUE] Delores Thompson > This really saddens me. I knew Delores was possibly in critical condition > when I had some correspondence with her a few weeks ago. She had me to > help her with a picture of the Swainsboro High Class of 1946. If anyone > would like a copy of this, please e-mail me privately. I also have a > picture of the Washington trip the seniors took that year, which I need to > put together and will also make available to whomever wants it. Olivia > > Delores Hall Thompson > Aug 9, 1941 - Wed Apr 21, 2010 > > Funeral service for Delores Hall Thompson, 68, will be held 2 p.m. > Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel in > Irmo. Family visitation is 6-8 p.m. Friday. A brief graveside service will > be held 1 p.m. Monday in Hall Family Cemetery near Modoc, Ga., in Emanuel > County. > Mrs. Thompson died April 21, 2010. Born August 9, 1941, in Emanuel > County, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Gordon Hall and Carrie Bell > Beckworth Hall. She attended public schools in Swainsboro, Ga., and, in > 1963, earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the Women's College > of Georgia in Milledgeville, Ga. For several years she taught junior high > mathematics in Georgia and Texas, before moving to Lansdale, Pa., in 1966. > Upon relocating to Columbia in 1972 she pursued a career in banking, > attaining the level of assistant vice president of market research and > development. In 1991 she joined Chas. Thomson Associates as business > manager, remaining there until her retirement in 2006. She was a member of > two Bridge clubs, a tennis team and the Chapin Arts and Crafts League. Her > life-long hobby was the genealogical study of her family history. > Surviving are her husband, Charles O. "Chuck" Thompson; daughter, Dr. > Andrea Drew-Gounev, her husband, Dr. Todor Gounev and their son, Troy Drew > Gounev of Kansas City, Mo.; son, Dr. Barry Robert Drew and fiancee, > Monique GIron of Olather, Kansas; stepson, Peter Mitchell Revis, his wife, > Kim, and their son of Clinton; sister, Betty Jean and husband, Carol > Baughman of Palm Coast, Fla.; a large number of nephews and cousins. She > was predeceased by an older sister, Kathleen Hall Belfiore of Hilton Head > Island, and an older brother, Charles Kenneth Hall Sr. of Swainsboro. > Thanks to the kind people of Lexington Medical Center and Ascension > Hospice. Special thanks to her Quail Valley tennis team, Bridge club > ladies and Chapin Craft Club friends for their may acts of kindness and > support. > In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of one's > choice. > Condolences may be signed at www.dunbarfunerals.com or > www.funeraldirectors.com .