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| name=William Young Thompson<br>

| name=William Young Thompson<br>

(Historian at Louisiana Tech University)

(Historian at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston)

| birth_date=October 15, 1922

| birth_date=October 15, 1922

| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]

| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]

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==Family==

==Personal life==

Thompson's first wife, the former Helen Sherard McCarly, whom he married on December 27, 1947,<ref name=whoswho/> died of [[cancer]]. The couple resided at 1504 Elizabeth Street in Ruston and had two children, Sherard Ellen and Richard Howard Thompson.<ref name=whoswho/> Thompson retired in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] thirty miles east of Ruston, with his second wife, Marie Meade Thompson (born c. 1936), the former wife of the late historian [[C. Wade Meade|Carroll Wade Meade]], a veteran of the [[Korean War]], specialist in ancient history, and resident in his lat years of Tyler, [[Texas]].

Thompson's first wife, the former Helen Sherard McCarly, whom he married on December 27, 1947,<ref name=whoswho/> died of [[cancer]]. The couple resided at 1504 Elizabeth Street in Ruston and had two children, Sherard Ellen and Richard Howard Thompson.<ref name=whoswho/> Thompson retired in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] thirty miles east of Ruston, with his second wife, Marie Meade Thompson (born c. 1936), the former wife of the late historian [[C. Wade Meade|Carroll Wade Meade]], a veteran of the [[Korean War]], specialist in ancient history, and resident in his lat years of Tyler, [[Texas]].