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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 8, 2021

Gary Ronald Thompson died Feb. 26 at the age of 77. A native of Ashland, Kentucky, Thompson attended Morehead State College before transferring to Western Kentucky University. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served a one-year tour of duty in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star. Thompson returned to Nashville and worked at National Life and Accident Insurance Company while attending Nashville School of Law at night. Following graduation, he opened a private law practice in Huntingdon, where he also sat as a judge on occasion. He later moved back to Nashville and worked at Third National Bank as an in-house attorney until 1994. He finished his law career as senior counsel at the Tennessee Attorney General's office where he worked until his retirement in 2010. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Alzheimer's Association or Woodmont Christian Church.