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Submitted: 11/2/14 • Approved: 11/2/14 • Last Updated: 11/2/14 • R711-G0
Birth: May 12, 1921
Death: Sep. 15, 1944
Place of Burial: Ball Cemetery, Boone Co. WV
Date of Birth: 1921/05/12
Place of Birth: Stark, Boone Co. WV
Father: Elza Snowden Sansom
Mother: Artimisha Ball Sansom
Spouse: Betty Jane Sigmon
Date of Marriage: June 6, 1941
Place of Marriage: Boone County, West Virginia
Children: Susan Carol Sansom
Date Added to Memorial: Original
Source: WV Vet Mem Application; Boone County Death Record - 1944; WV Dept of Health Birth Index - 1921 Cert # : 39976; Service Record Book of Men and Women of Madison WV and Community by Daniel Boone Post #5578 VFW (WV Archives);
Coal Valley News - death notice - 16 Nov 1944
Notes: Name spelled Thurmond in the newspaper, The Charleston Gazette Feb. 19, 1945; Name is spelled Sanson on the death record; Burial: 2/5/1949;
Funeral Home: W. T. Hunter; Purple Heart
Info from Veterans memorial
War: WWII
Name: Thermond L Sansom
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Boone
Community: Julian
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: Sgt
Service Number: 35434804
Date of Death: 1944/09/15
Place of Death: France
Cause of Death: KIA
Family links:
Parents:
Elza Snowden Sansom (1895 - 1971)
Artimisha Ball Sansom (1896 - 1973)
Siblings:
Hearl Lewis Sansom (1917 - 1993)**
Kermit Edmon Sansom (1919 - 1999)*
Lettie Faye Sansom (1923 - 1923)*
Erma Sansom Sansom Huyler (1924 - 1998)*
Kenneth Kenton Sansom (1926 - 1927)*
Cecil Grady Sansom (1928 - 2009)*
Betty Mae Sansom Chase (1930 - 2004)*
Willis Clinton Sansom (1932 - 1993)*
Clyde Denzil Sansom (1933 - 1933)*
Virgil Lee Sansom (1934 - 2012)*
Bobbie Maxwell Sansom (1938 - 1938)*
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