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- The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, Friday, 17 June 2005
CHARLESTON -- Ryan Washington Thompson of Charleston, formerly of Rainelle, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at age 100.
He was the son of the late Alex R. and Mina Henley Thompson of Greenbrier County and the last of their 14 children. His sisters were Faye Jones, Annie Mann and Ruth Burr; brothers, Conrad, Wyatt, Kirtley, Howell, Maynard, Murray, Ross, Melvin, Carel and Roy.
Ryan was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Beulah Van Stavern Thompson; he was the dear father of Mary Lou (Don) Osborne of Waterford, Mich., and Carolyn (Paul) Smith of Charleston. He is survived by seven grandchildren, James Osborne, Mary Beth Scibilia, Joni Edwards, Linda Buxton, Tim Smith, Terri Lacy and Kelsey Cottrill. He has five great-grandchildren, Nathaniel Ryan, Meghan Ryan, Ryan Osborne, Jacob Osborne and Merinda Edwards; and many nieces and nephews. More than 80 relatives celebrated with him on his 100th birthday in February.
Ryan graduated from Lewisburg High School in 1925. He then graduated from Charleston School of Commerce. Ryan managed The Bank of Rainelle for more than 35 years and helped form the First State Bank and Trust of Rainelle in the 1970s where he remained on the Board of Directors until he was 90.
Mr. Thompson was a member of Rainelle United Methodist Church for 70-plus years where he served as treasurer for over 25 years. He was a charter member of the Rainelle Lions Club and was recognized for more than 70 years of service, many of them as treasurer. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge AF and AM, served on the Board of Directors of the Rainelle Medical Clinic and Western Greenbrier Development Corp. which built housing and the nursing home now known as Heartland of Rainelle.
Mr. Thompson was honored as Citizen of the Year in 1972 by the Western Greenbrier Chamber of Commerce.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. today at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle. Celebration of his life is 2 p.m. Saturday at Rainelle United Methodist Church with visitation one hour before the service. Interment will follow at Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Rainelle United Methodist Church Memorial Fund in his memory at P.O. Box 646, Rainelle, WV 25962.
Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle.
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