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William Thompson, 69, entered into rest on Saturday, September 10, 2022.
William was born on May 25, 1953, in McRae, Georgia to the late Collie Thompson and Anna Ward Katy. Growing up mostly in Macon, he joined the United States Marine Corp in 1972 at the age of nineteen. William served at Camp Lejeune and dedicated twenty-two years of service until his retirement in 1994. A big University of Georgia fan, GO DAWGS, William also enjoyed fishing and golfing but really enjoyed being at home. Having never met a stranger, he was always cheerful and loving to everyone he met. William was preceded in death by his siblings, J.W. Wheeler, Billy Wayne Wheeler, Clifford Wheeler and Margaret Louise Thompson.
His memory will forever be treasured by his adoring daughter, Merri Sarita Lewis of Michigan; grandchildren, Hannah and Noah Lewis; brothers, Paul Wheeler (JoAnne) of Kathleen, Archie Thompson, Sr. (Emma) of Abbeville, Alabama and Willis Allen (Judy) of Commerce; previous spouse, Debbie Cox, his long-time companion, Gladys Thompson, and God brother and sister, Larry and Earnestine Jamison.
Visitation with William’s family will be Wednesday, September 14, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at McCullough Funeral Home with funeral service beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel. Fol
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William P. T. Hill
United States Marine Corps general
William Pendleton Thompson Hill (22 February 1895–6 December 1965) was a United States Marine Corpsmajor general who served as Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps from 1944 to 1955.
Early life
[edit]Hill was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, and attended Kemper Military School. He later graduated from Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois. After his graduation from the University of Oklahoma, he entered active duty as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 12 July 1917.[1]
Military career
[edit]After attending flight school at the Naval Coastal Air Station in Cape May, New Jersey, Hill served as one of the Marine Corps' first aviators. In 1918, he served as a pilot with the 1st Marine Aeronautic Company, flying seaplane patrols in the Azores.[2]
In 1920, he was assigned as a member of the Naval Alaskan Coal Commission, where he served as a geologist during the survey of Alaskan coal fields.[1] As a captain, he commanded a company assigned to the American Legation in Peking, China. While there, he participated in Doctor Roy Chapman Andrews' third expedition to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, as the expedition topographer.[3]
In 1933, he was posted overseas t
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