William Archie “Billy” THOMPSON^[1]

1941 - 2025  (83 years)

• Name	William Archie “Billy” THOMPSON  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	26 Nov 1941	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina 2625 Carriage Drive, Sumter, South Carolina WILLIAM ARCHIE THOMPSON Posted Monday, January 27, 2025 5:09 pm Funeral services for William Archie Thompson, 83, who entered into rest on Jan. 27, 2025, will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30, 2025, at 2 p.m. from the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Ronald Allen Taffer officiating. Private interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Mr. Thompson was born in Sumter on Nov. 26, 1941, to the late Archie Edward and Ileen Dennis Thompson. He served his country in the United States Army as a Military Police Officer. For more than 40 years, Mr. Thompson was a manufacturing engineer with Sunbeam Corporation in Manning and Square D Company in Columbia. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Sumter where he served as a deacon, Sunday School teacher and a member of the adult choir. He was a member of American Legion Post 15 where he served for more than a decade as chaplain. Mr. Thompson loved woodworking, golf and his five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Caroline Thompson Thompson; daughters, Allison Thompson Taffer (Ron) and Caroline Thompson Thomas (John); grandchildren, Jessica Thomas Kamlet (Adam), Aaron Grant Taffer (Anna Kate), John Adam Taylor Jr. (Kimmy), Anna Caroline Taffer Bayne (Derek) and Daniel Henson Taffer (Madison); 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Doris Thompson Collins. He was preceded in death by brothers, Donald Thompson Sr. and Robert Thompson. Honorary pallbearers for the service are Mr. Thompson’s grandsons and nephews, Grant Taffer, Adam Taylor, Daniel Taffer, Donald Thompson and Wayne Thompson. The family would like to thank special friends Vicky Carty and Don and Ivy Smith, along with the staff of Linville Courts at the Cascades at Verdae for their friendship, love and compassionate care for Mr. Thompson. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Legion Post 15. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.  [1, 3, 5]
  MILI	He served his country in the United States Army as a Military Police Officer. For more than 40 years,  [1]
  Religion	transfer of letter to First Baptist Church, Sumter, South Carolina, on 14 Oct 2012  [4]
  _UID	6571D27C37E54F51A3B79EEE77E542F85C8B
  Death	27 Jan 2025
  Burial	30 Jan 2025	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I181281	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Archie Edward THOMPSON   d. Bef 28 Jun 2014
  Mother	Ilene DENNIS,   b. 1916, Turbeville, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 14 Dec 2008, Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina (Age 92 years)
  _UID	40AE96D6AC4247D68694CD841D56AD655549
  _UID	40AE96D6AC4247D68694CD841D56AD655549
  Family ID	F104233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline D. THOMPSON
  Marriage	1962  [1]
  _UID	C08FBA5934DE4FF486BF8CF91323AF157B6C
  _UID	C08FBA5934DE4FF486BF8CF91323AF157B6C
  Children	1. Allison THOMPSON   2. Caroline THOMPSON
  Family ID	F123195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S32376] William Archie Thompson. [S6990] Interview with Sandra Dianne “Diane” (Dennis) Morris . [S11490] Ileen D. Thompson. [S18679] . [S21249] Robert G. Thompson. [S22314] William R. Thompson Jr. [S28162] David Hugh Thompson Sr.