THE ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD
St. Augustine, Florida
Thursday, May 5, 2005


William Ray Thompson, 79, of New Smyrna Beach, died May 2, 2005, at his sister’s residence in St. Augustine. Mr. Thompson was born in Waycross, Ga., and resided in St. Augustine for many years before moving to New Smyrna Beach.

Thompson was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees. Locally, he had worked on shrimp boats and at Marineland and had worked for the Coronado Paint Company in New Smyrna for the past 25 years.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Espanola Cemetery in Bunnell.

Officiating: Pastor John Tanner.

Calling hours: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kotrady-Hudgins-Croyle Funeral Home. 

Survivors: His wife, Shirley Thompson, New Smyrna; one son, Kenneth Smith, New Smyrna; one sister, Martha May Apeler, St. Augustine; and two granddaughters. 

In charge: Kotrady-Hudgins-Croyle Funeral Home.