Joseph A. Thompson Jr.

Mr. Thompson, I am so sorry to hear of your passing I am sending my condolences to your beautiful family. I was thinking of you because I wanted to see you and share my story and thank you. Let me honor you by sharing my story here. My name was Tracey Garcia and I was an English High School student in 1985. I struggled in that school and missed many days I just couldn't navigate all that I needed to do and I never sought help or told anyone. I thought I was hiding but remember many times you...

My friend is gone. I will certaintly miss him. I met Joe in 1973 when we both began our first year of law school at Northeastern University School of Law. Boy what an ordeal those three years were. But Joe was determined. We both graduated together and then went our separate ways. Joe eventually gave up on the law. I don't think it fulfilled his need to make everyone's life he came in contact with a little better. I know that is what drove him. He was Mr. Helping Hand. He placed no limit on...

May Joe rest in Peace. He was a good man and I had the Honor and Pleasure to work with Him @ Boston English High School. Joe CARED and
Helped People and He did it with a smile and a kind word !

Once a student @ English was thinking of Suicide ... Joe was able to reach the Young Man in a way that NO-ONE ELSE COULD ...
... Later when I asked Joe what His 'secret' was he replied, ' I just asked the kid,-''Why do you want to do that for ?''
Joe knew that by giving the person...