GARY THOMPSON, SR. WAS THE FOURTH CHILD BORN ON
MARCH 29,1944 IN PITTSBURGH, PA. TO THE LATE REV, DR,
FRED "PAINTER" AND MRS. LOUISE SCOTT THOMPSON.
HE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PITTSBURGH, PA
AND VINELAND, NJ. HE WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE
ALBERTA SCARBOROUGH. FROM THIS UNION JOSEPH
GARY AND JACOB WERE BORN. GARY HAD A VERY
CHALLENGING LIFE. MANY OF THE TRAPPINGS OF THE
WORLD DID NOT ELUDE HIM. HE WAS PLAGUED BY
SEVERAL ILLNESSES INCLUDING DIABETES,
GARY LOVED HIS FAMILY WHICH GREW OVER THE YEARS.
THIS INCLUDED MARYAM, JERIMIAH, ABDULLAH, BERNICE,
GARY 3RD (B0XER)
HE LOVED MUSIC, ESPECIALLY ELVIS PRESELEY AND HIS
GUITAR STRUMMING SELF. HIS EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS
CONSISTED OF MUSLIM FAITH CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES . HE WAS A MEMBER OF GREATER ST.
AUGUSTINE AME ZION CHURCH, BRIDGETON, NJ.
TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY ARE HIS SISTERS, THE REV, DR.
MARY L. THOMPSON. MRS. CECELIA M. BONNER, AND
MRS, GLORIA J. ELLIS (CHARLIE ELLIS) CHILDREN, SEVERAL
NIECES/NEPHEWS, GRANDS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.