Emery Thompson

Emery W. Thompson (SMS Retired), 85, of Big Spring, died on Sunday, July 2, 2006, in a local care facility. There are no services planned.He was born on September 30, 1920, in Cooperstown, New York and married Georgia C. Adcock on February 3, 1945 in Aquillo, Hill County, Texas. She preceded him in death on March 28, 2005.Mr. Thompson served in the United States Air Force during World War II as a CoPilot on B-17s, during the Korean Conflict and in Viet Nam. He retired at Webb Air Force Base on September 30, 1970 after serving twenty-six years. After his retirement from the military he took a Volkswagon frame and built a body entirely out of wood and called it the "Wooden Car".Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Jackie and Garnetta Thompson of Jeffersonville, Kentucky; three grandsons, Brian D. Thompson, Gregory K. Thompson and wife, Peggy, and Eric W. Thompson and wife, Keri all of Kentucky; five great grandchildren, Courtney, Kyle, Jenna, Kaia and Garrett. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,