Joseph Arthur ‘Art’ Thompson, 86, Bardstown,

ART THOMPSON

Joseph Arthur “Art” Thompson,  86, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at Colonial Health and Rehab. He was born Oct. 25, 1926, in Holy Cross. He was a former employee of Western Electric, an Army veteran of the Korean War and was a member of St. Joseph Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ballard and Catherine Cotton Thompson; two sisters, Margaret Mary Thompson SCN and Anita Snyder; and one brother, John “Cotton” Thompson.

Survivors include his wife Louise C. Thompson of Bardstown; two stepsons, Joseph D. Rapier Jr., of Panama City, Fla., and Mark Rapier and his wife Brenda, both of Bardstown; five stepdaughters, Fran Hardin and her husband Bill, both of Springfield, Rita Valiant and her husband Ed, both of Pittsburgh, Charlotte Price and her husband Pat, both of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., Linda Sims and her husband Millard, and Madeline Downs and her husband Wayne, all of Bardstown; one niece; one nephew; 19 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at the Basilica of St. Joseph-Proto Cathedral with the Rev. Bill Hammer as celebrant. Burial is in the Nazareth Cemetery.

Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at Clark and Houghlin Funeral Home with a prayer service at 6 p.m.

Clark and Houghlin Funeral Home and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

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