Obituary for Charles Leslie Thompson from Pendleton Times
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Final Rites Held Here Tuesday for Chas. Thompson Charles Leslie Thompson, 41, of Baltimore, Md., died Saturday (January 16, 1971) his residence from a heart attack. Mr. Thompson was sales representative for United Airlines and handled the accounts and traveled with the Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Colts on all their trips. He served in the Army during the Korean War and was a member of the Morris Memorial United Methodist Church in Charleston. He was born at Circleville May 28, 1929, and was a son of Mrs. Bessie Lee Vandevander Thompson of Charleston and the late Leslie E. Thompson. He had never married. Mr. Thompson is survived by his mother and a brother, John W. Thompson, of St. Albans. A funeral service was conducted Tuesday, at 2pm in the chapel at Brown's Funeral Home in Franklin and interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Franklin. |
Obituary for Charles Leslie Thompson, The Sun,
Baltimore, Tuesday Morning, January 19, 1971:
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Franklin W. Va., Jan, l8 (Special)-Funeral services for Charles Leslie Thompson, a sales representative for United Air Lines in Baltimore, will be here at 11 A.M., Tuesday at the Brown funeral establishment. Mr. Thompson, who was 41, died Saturday (1-16-1971) at his home in Baltinore after a heart attack. An employee of United for years, Mr. Thompson was responsible for arranging team trips for the Baltimore Colts, the Orioles, the Clippers, the Bullets and also the former Baltimore Bays. Because of his close contact, with sports personalities he became widely known by players as well as officials. For many years he accompanied local teams on flights to other major cities. A native of Franklin, Mr. Thompson moved to the Baltimore-Washington area in 1950, shortly after his release from the Army where he had served as a sergeant in Korea. In September of 1950, he was employed as a reservations agent in Washington, by the Capital Airlines, which merged with United in 1960. While with Capital, Mr. Thompson held a number of positions, eventually becoming sales manager for the Baltimore office in 1955. After the merger of Capital with United, Mr. Thompson remained in Baltimore as a sales representative for United, with particular emphasis in the sports field. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Bessie VanDevender Thompson, of Charleston, WV, and one brother, Wayne Thompson, of Franklin. |
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