RclayT Thompson, 50, Sees
Sis™ for First Time
Robert W. Thompson, 50, of
the Peniel section of Polk County,
returned Sunday from a visit with
his half sister, Mrs. Mary Burk,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, whom he had
never seen. His sister is 28 years
old. Mr. Thompson is 50. His par
ents separated when he was about
18 months old. His mother brought
him from Hawkins County, Tenn.,
to the Green Creek section of Polk
County.
Mr. Thompson’s father married
again and he never saw him again
until about five years ago, when
he had to get a birth certificate.
His mother had died and he had
heard that his father had passed
away. He went back to Tennessee
and began a search for records
for a birth certificate. Bert Vin
son. a reporter on The Knoxville
News-Sentinel published a storv
about the search. His father’s sis
ter, Mrs. Bell Foster of 2910
Sutherland Ave., Knoxville read
it. and told his father, James T.
Thompson, about it. In a few davs
the father arrived in Polk County
to visit his son for the first time
in 41 years. He was able to sign
the necessary papers to get his
son’s birth certificate. Robert
Thompson had already spent $150
trying to get the certificate. The
reunion of father and son made
quite a story for the newspapers
five years ago. At that time the
elder Thompson told his son about
a half sister living in Cincinnati.
Last week-end was the first op
portunity the younger Thompson
had to visit his sister'. While in
Cincinnati he also saw an aunt
for the first time, his father’s sis
ter, Mrs. Bell Martin, of 105 Green
Street.
Mr. Thompson says he thinks
the State Legislature should pass
some law to grant birth certifi
cates to older citizens who were
oorn during that period before
certificates were required, as it is
almost impossible for some of them
to get them.
John Taylor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Taylor, has returned
home from Duke Hospital, Dur
ham, where he has been a patient.
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