OSCAR W. THOMPSON
1893-1953
Dr. Oscar W. Thompson, 60, Pikeville dentist and president of the Big
Sandy Valley Associated, died at 1:10 p.m. Monday October 5 1953 in
the Pikeville Methodist Hospital.
Dr. Thompson was admitted to the hospital Oct. 2 with injuries
suffered when a tractor he was operating turned over on him at this
farm near Pikeville.
A long-time proponent of the canalization of the Big Sandy River, he
was active in community affairs, and was the Republican candidate for
the U. S. House of Representatives from the Seventh Congressional
District in 1950.
Born at Zebulon in Pike County, on July 19, 1893, he was the son of
Richard and Nancy Charles Thompson. He attended area schools and was
graduated from the Louisville Dental School in 1915 with the highest
honors of his class.
Dr. Thompson served in the U. S. Army's dental corps in the first
World War and held the rank of captain.
He was married in 1918 to Miss Hattie Weddington who survives. Other
survivors include his father, one daughter, Mrs. Betty Scott, wife of
Dr. John Scott, Pikeville, one son, Oscar W. Thompson Jr., a medical
student, and two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Stayton, and Mrs. Myrtle
Blackburn, both of Pikeville.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. today at his summer home
on the Mayo Trail by Rev. Orville Skeens, pastor of the Pikeville
Christian Church.
Burial will be made in the Johnson Memorial Cemetery.
Paintsville Herald
10-7-1953
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