Palestine High School Alumni Association

12 / 26 / 1970  –  07 / 16 / 2005

Services for Gregory Lynn Thompson age 35 of Pleasantview, Tenn. and formerly of Elkhart will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial will follow at Cedar Creek Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.

Mr. Thompson was on return from a safari in Africa when he passed away. He was fulfilling a life long dream to hunt big game animals in Tanzania. He was a native of Elkhart and was a 1988 graduate of Palestine High School. Mr. Thompson was a resident of Pleasantview, Tenn. where he had been since 1998.

Mr. Thompson was preceded in death by a son Eric Lance Thompson. He is survived by his wife Terri Lynn Thompson of Pleasantview; sons Jacob Ryan Thompson and Will Samuel Thompson of Greenbriar, Tenn., stepsons Louis Iliades and Jacob Calvin Brewer of Pleasantview; father Wade Thompson Jr. of Huffman; mother and stepfather Carolyn and Kevin Brinkman of LaPorte; brother Rodney Thompson of Huffman; grandmother Mrs. Ruby McCann of Palestine; grandparents Wade and Dorothy Thompson of Elkhart; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and other family and friends.

Pallbearers will be Scott Shaver, Mark Carnes, Marc Hooper, Mike Burris, Morris Whiteside, and Matt Hays.

Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. today and Friday at the funeral home.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 07-21-2005