Mrs. Audrey Thompson

HEREFORD - Final rites for Mrs. Audrey Thompson, 81, a resident of Hereford for 66 years and a longtime civic leader, were set for 3 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church here.

Officiating was to be the Rev. Gerald Mann, pastor. Burial was to be in West Park Cemetery here under direction of Gililland Funeral Home.

Mrs. Thompson died Sunday night in Deaf Smith County Hospital following a brief illness.

A native of Paris, Tex., she had lived in Hereford since 1905.

The former Audrey Argo, she married Alex O. Thompson on Nov. 25, 1908, at Hereford.

Mr. Thompson, who owned and operated A.O. Thompson Abstract Co., died in 1956. Now the business is operated by a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Schroeter.

Mrs. Thompson was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hereford, the Hereford Music Study Club, and was a past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She was made a life member of the Hereford Garden Club in 1957 and was known to have more than 700 varieties of iris in her garden.

Mrs. Thompson also had held district and state offices in the Federation of Music Clubs.

Among survivors are another daughter, Mrs. Ruby Carmichael of Hereford; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Hayes of Paris; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

The family requests that any gifts be sent either to a memorial in her name at the First Baptist Church or to a favorite charity.

(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 31 Aug 1971, Tue - Page 45)
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Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Audrey Argo
Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1908
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: A. O. Thompson

Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Audrey Thompson
Death Date: 29 Aug 1971
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Female
Marital status: Widowed

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Audrey Thompson [Audrey Argo]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1890
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 29 Aug 1971
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father:
A E Argo
Mother:
Hattie Bryan
Certificate Number: 55686

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Audrey Thompson
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1890
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: Aug 1971

Audrey Argo and Alex O. Thompson were married in the home of her parents on Thanksgiving Day, 1909. During the years when they were rearing their two daughters - Margaret (Mrs. A. J.) Schroeter and Ruby (Mrs. Troys) Carmichael - the couple shared the Thompson family home with his mother, "Aunt Jennie" Thompson, and his aunt, "Aunt Jessie" Morris. They built their own home in 1948.

info provided by FAG member J Vogel (#46975003)

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An attractive member of the first Hereford High School class presented diplomas on formal graduation rites in May 1906, was Audrey Argo. Young Alex Thompson took note of the young lady who had come here the year before with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Argo. A short time later they were introduced during the ride by special train car to the annual reunion of old settlers in Canyon.
During the following school year, both young people shared the community, church, and school activities high-lighted by the Friday evening "literary society" programs at the college, where they both were enrolled. Refreshments were served in the girls' dormitory following the program; then couples and groups strolled home talking of songs by Louella Howard and elocution by Lela Gregg.
Audrey Argo and Alex O. Thompson were married in the home of her parents on Thanksgiving Day, 1909. During the years when they were rearing their two daughters - Margaret (Mrs. A. J.) Schroeter and Ruby (Mrs. Troys) Carmichael - the couple shared the Thompson family home with his mother, "Aunt Jennie" Thompson, and his aunt, "Aunt Jessie" Morris. They built their own home in 1948.
Mrs. Thompson, the two daughters and their families also have been active in many phases of the county's cultural life. Mrs. Thompson is a charter member of the Hereford Music Study Club, and she and both daughters are past presidents of the club. Both Mrs. Thompson and Miss Morris were awarded 50-year pins of Eastern Star.
For 37 years Audrey Thompson has been arranging flowers for the Baptist Church , raising many of them herself. She served as superintendent of the intermediate department for 10 years and the young people's department for 22 years in the First Baptist Church Sunday School. She is the only charter member of the Hereford Garden Club who has held continuous membership since its organization. (A History of Deaf Smith County, by Bessie Patterson, 1964;