JAMES HOUSTON THOMPSON, JR.

It's been a year since you passed Uncle Jimmy & if you are keeping an eye on all of us down here, you already know everything I am writing. But just for the record, I think about you often. I think about how surprised you must have been to see your son in law, Guy Bourne, walk thru heaven's gate not long after you left us. I know you greeted him with open arms & I can picture the smile on Aunt Barbara's face along with all the rest of our family members in heaven who have now got to meet...

I will always remember you, my Uncle Jimmy. You were always a very kind, loving and helpful Uncle to me. Growing up with you and my Dad as twins was fun. I found myself explaining many times to people who was who. In the many pictures I have of ya'll I still have a hard time figuring out who was who myself. It was not until many years later that you both took on a little more individual identity. Nanie was so proud of her twin boys. She spent endless hours talking to me about you and...