This is the funeral service for Maurice Calvin "Red" Thompson.
"Born on February 21, 1931, in rural Grant parish, to Baxter and Myrtle Thompson, Red was raised on Kateland Plantation. The family sharecropped in the area until his father was hired to oversee the cotton gin and plantation. Red was a proud graduate of Colfax High School and Northwestern College. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea where, quite fittingly, he was in charge of the base Officer's Club. Red was a long time executive at Alexander and Bolton Insurance Agency, where he was employed for 50 years. His recognition in the insurance industry led him to serve on various boards and committees on both a state and national level."
I came to know Red well beginning in 1976.
Shortly after I was installed as the pastor of the Presbyterian congregation on Jackson Street in Alexandria in September of 1975, our youth director moved back to Arkansas. I approached the elders and asked that they take over one of the three services I conducted each week -- our mid-week service, so that my wife and I, along with a young deacon and his wife could do the youth.
The plan was simple: We played games, then ate, and then I taught the youth. This aimed at an hour and a half.
Initially this was at our home, the Manse. But in the course of time many parents hosted these meetings, and our youth group grew to roughly 40 high school students.
A favorite place was the Thompsons' home at the corner of Jackson and Elizabeth streets. They had a club house with a pool table and other things to keep their sons home.
Through those meetings, I came to know Red and Cynthia and their sons well. |
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