Danny Thompson Sr.

Danny Glynn Thompson Sr., 73, of Union City passed away at 2:02 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2019, at The Waters of Union City.
Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fremont Cemetery near Union City. Brother Henry Callison will officiate.
There will be no visitation and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery for the service.
Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142.
He was born Nov. 26, 1945, in Obion County, son of the late William Matthew Thompson and the late Martha Dell (Ross) Thompson Hamblen.
He was a retired building contractor and of the Methodist faith.
He is survived by his wife, Doris (McCollum) Thompson of Union City; one daughter, Dana Thompson Wright (Chris) of Union City; two sons, Danny Glen Thompson Jr. of Union City and William Shay Pirtle of Fulton; three grandchildren, Terra Thompson Young and Peyton Neyland Lee Wright, both of Union City, and William Blake Thompson of Hickman, Ky.; two great-grandsons, Hunter Young and Dylan Young, both of Union City; three sisters, Susan Thompson Johnson Rearden (Stuart) of Cloverport, Ky., Billie Dell Thompson Carter of Union City and Annette Hamblen Myers of Troy; and one brother, Jeff Hamblen of Troy.
He was also preceded in death by his son, William Shane Thompson; his foster son, Brent Allen Johnson; and one brother, Robert “Bob” Hamblen.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published 5.21.19