Married Billie Maurine Sapp
(Parents: Clinton Sapp and Elsie Winegar (Shelton by adoption).
He attended Mabank High School. Served in the military from August 1945 until December 1945 and was stationed in California. Licensed to the ministry August 1950 by the Mt. Calvary Baptist and was Ordained September 24, 1950.. Pastor twenty-five years. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary-Diploma in Theology on May 17, 1963. He attended Baylor College, 2 years, graduated from Eastfield College, awarded the degree of Associate in Arts and Sciences on May 20, 1982.
Three children:
(1) Phyllis Gene Thompson,. Married first Richard Wayne Moore, (divorced).
Four daughters:
Dreama Gaye Moore, married Michael Robert Cooper, born to this
couple two children, Michael Robert Cooper, Jr. Amanda Paige,
Rhonda Wayne Moore, Married Ronald Louis Jones, by her Grandfather Rev.
Willard Allen Thompson, born to this couple one daughter, Catilyn Marie Jones,
Robin Lynne Moore,. Married first, Desmond Storm, (divorced), born to
this couple, Kendall Reed Storm, and Mason Troy Storm, Second marriage to
Lonnie Button, who had two daughters; Heather Rene` Button, and Brooke
Taylor-Jo Button.
Summer LaDawn Moore, Married John Jordon
Phyllis' second husband James Powell,
(2) Willard Brent Thompson, married Nancy Jane Miller, . Two children: Amy Nicole Thompson, married Aaron Fitzgerald,. They have two children, Lauryn Taylor Fitzgerald, and Cole Briggs Fitzgerald, Eric Brent Thompson, (b. 1979 d. 2003), married Leila Tai Burch,
(3) Horace Allen Thompson