The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-24
]. B. THOMPSON DEAD
VALUABLE MONTGOMERY CITIZEN
 PASSES AWAY.
He Was Many Years an 0h5ciaI of L.. N. Railroad and was the FirSt
 President of 3eauvoir Club.

A death occurred in Montgomery yesterday morning in which one oi this city's best known men was remov- ed from the scenes in which he had about a quarter of a century been q prominent factor both In business and social circles.
 Jacob B. Thompson. after an illness
 of eight weeks duration. breathed his last at s:so o'clock yesterday morning at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. M. De- Cottes. on Goldthwaite Street, where he had lived for the past ten years.
 Mir. Thompson was born at Louisville, Kentucky, January 2s. 1896. At Dam vile. Tenn. he was for two years freight agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and in cling Auditor for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company with head quarters at Montgomery.
 Three years later Mir. Thompson was appointed local freight agent at this place, which position he retained for a number of years. So esteemed was he among the men with whom he worked that when he resigned his po- sition his fellow workers in the freight department presented him with an ele gant set of diamond buttons. which was one of the most treasured of his possessions.
 Mir. Thompson was one of the found CTS of the first lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Eiks in this city, and was the first Exalted Ruler of the lodge whih was organized in the win ter Of 1890. He was also one of the organizers of, and the first President of the Beauvoir Club.
 During the winter of 1892 and while he was Exalted Ruler of the Elks after one of the most brilliant receptions. and one of the most important social events of Montgomery. given by the Elks Club, he was presented by the club, with an elegant jeweled medal as testimonial of the appreciation of his services to the club.
 Always ready to lend his energies to the promotion of any scheme that stood for the progress and welfare of Montgomery, he was especially active In his efforts to promote the building of the line of railroad which is now the Atlantic Coast Line. and in reoog- milton of his interest and work in ac- complaining the building of the new railroad In this section, the late Dr. M. P. LeGrand, in behalf of number of Montgomery's most prominent citi- gems presented him with an elegant gold headed walking cane.
 Mir. Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Bullen Thompson, one half brother. Mir Archie L. smith, of Louisville, Ky, and an adopted son who is the nephew of his wife, Mir. Jacob Thompson Bullen, civil engineer of Montgomery county.
 The remains were shipped last night to Louisville for interment and were accompanied by MT. Bullen.
 wealth of beautiful flowers and many handsome designs covered the casket. The floral tribute from the Elks club was an especially beautiful wreath of Easter and calla lilies, vio- lets and spirea. The flowers were sent with the remains and with their loveliness will cover the spot where he will sleep, testifying mutely of the af- lection of those left behind.
 r The body will be inferred in beauti- ful Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville this afternoon.
 s, The pail bearers who accompanied the remains to the station were Messrs. J. M. De Cottes. T. Gardner Foster. w. J. Drum, J. M. Boyd. W W. Seidle, Edgar Winter, Robert Eilenberg and H L. Candler
 s In recent years MT. Thompson had retired from active business pursuits but his former activity in all lines of helpful endeavor remained fresh in the minds of older citizens who cherished his friendship and knew his worth as a citizen.
 To these older citizens his long ill., ness caused much anxiety and his death has brought to them great sor- row.