OWENSBORO MESSENGER INQUIRER OBITUARY - 11/20/1994
Mary Ethel Barr Thompson, 85, of 5736 Cedar Lane, Philpot, died Friday, Nov. 18, 1994, at her residence. She was born in Daviess County, a daughter of the late George R. and Ella M. Knott Barr. She was a homemaker and was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Urey Thompson, in 1991. Survivors include four sons, Charles U. Thompson and Ronald A. Thompson, both of Utica, and Everett E. Thompson and William J. Thompson, both of Owensboro; nine daughters, Mrs. John (Marie) Davis of Sweden, Mrs. Charles (Lois) Coomes of Abilene, Texas, Mrs. Leonard (Barbara) Enslow of Elizabethtown, Eugenia Marie Thompson of Philpot, Mrs. Bert (Ellen) Baldes of Louisville, Brenda L. Murray of Austin, Texas, Margaret C. Newton of Philpot, Dr. Kaye Thompson and Mrs. Mark (Tommie) Clark, both of Louisville; 36 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles Barr of Bradenton, Fla.; and a sister, Theresa Higdon of Owensboro. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Utica. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery, Brown's Valley. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. today and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Haley-McGinnis Funeral Home, Owensboro. Prayers will be said at 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Retired Sisters of Loretto, Loretto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Ky. 40049. Memorial contribution envelopes are available at the funeral home.

Editor's note: The location of St. Anthony Church was incorrect in Mary Ethel Barr Thompson's obituary in Sunday's Messenger-Inquirer. It is corrected here.
THOMPSON – Mary Ethel Barr, 85, of 5736 Cedar Lane, Philpot, died Friday at her home. Services are at 11 a.m. today at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Browns Valley. Burial will be in St. Anthony Cemetery. Visitation is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. today at Haley-McGinnis Funeral Home, Owensboro. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Retired Sisters of Loretto, Loretto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Ky. 40049. Memorial contribution envelopes are available at the funeral home.