Elder Gold Valentine Thompson

  Noted events in his life were:

• Obituary. ⁴ THOMPSON, Gold Valentine, 83, of West Main Street, Christiansburg, died
Wednesday, April 21, 1993, at his home. He was preceded in death by a son,
Johnny Thompson; and is survived by his wife, Irene Lucas Thompson; a son
and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Faye Thompson of Riner; daughters and
sons-in-law, Corrine and Harold Vaughan of Riner, Betty and C. B. Linkous,
Christiansburg, Winki and Bud Akers, Christiansburg, Mary Jones,
Christiansburg; one brother, Hassell Thompson, Christiansburg; six sisters
Edith Brammer, Opal Wirt, Aleen Wade, all of Christiansburg; Myrtle
Mitchell, Blacksburg, Evia Bishop, Riner and Mary Pugh, Roanoke; thirteen
grandchildren and nine great-grand children. The funeral will be 1 pm
Friday from the Richardson - Horne Chapel, conducted by Elder Willard Cox
with burial in the Thompson Family Cemetery, Floyd County, Va.

Gold married Pearl Irene Lucas, daughter of Montie Jackson Lucas and Cora Virgie Lester, on 21 Dec 1932 in Montgomery Co., VA.^{1 2} (Pearl Irene Lucas was born on 20 Dec 1914 in Montgomery CO, VA ⁴ and died on 29 Nov 2012 in Montgomery Co., VA ⁴.)