Born on Feb 1907 to Cecil Thompson and Margaret "maggie" Gollihue Newhouse. Rev Edward Roy Thompson passed away on Dec 20, 1985, at the age of 78 and was buried in Cunningham Memorial Park in Saint Albans, West Virginia, United States. Rev Edward Roy Thompson was married to Elizabeth Meadows Thompson, Ruth Evelyn Keeney Thompson and had 3 children: Edward Roy Thompson, Jr, Richard Byron Thompson, James Lyle "jim" Thompson, Sr.