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January 16, 2013

Larry Ray Thompson

Mr. Larry Ray Thompson, age 69, of Revelo, Kentucky, passed from this life on Monday, January 7, 2013, at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Kentucky.

Funeral services were held Friday, January 11, 2013, in the chapel of Pine Knot Funeral Home with Bro. David West officiating.  Full fireman’s honors were delivered by South McCreary Fire and Rescue.  He was laid to rest at the Upper Cal Hill Cemetery in Pine Knot with full honors by the McCreary County Fire Departments.

Larry was fire chief at the South McCreary Fire Department for 26 years and was the Chairman of the Board.  He had a total of 45 years of service in the fire department which was originally the McCreary Fire Protection District which started in 1967.  From 1972 until 1998 he served as chief, then in 1974 Pine Knot formed its own department.  Larry was a railroad engineer 23 years.  He worked for the Big South Fork Scenic Railroad and worked for K & T Railroad bringing coal out of the mines.

Born October 3, 1943, in Whitley City, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Estel and Lucille (Strunk) Thompson.  Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by a daughter Ann Thompson.

Surviving family include his wife Molly M. (Stephens) Thompson, his children Jeff Wells (and Melissa) of Pine Knot, Lynn Simpson (and Don) of Pine Knot, L.A. Henry of Revelo, Mollie Thompson of Revelo and Christine Ross his adopted daughter of Revelo.   His sisters are Vonda Lewis (and Morris) of Cumberland, Kentucky, Wilma Thompson (and Bill) of Science Hill, Kentucky and brother Allen Thompson (and Betty) of North Vernon, Indiana, as well as all his brothers on the South McCreary Fire and Rescue.  Larry and Molly had seven grandchildren; Wendy Walker (and David), Heather Vaughn (and Tyler), Jennifer Anderson, Franki Spradlin, Andrew Wells, Rachel Wells and Jacob Genoe, and eight great grandchildren.

Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.

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