Paul Thomson, 82, Hamilton Missouri passed away on February 18 2010 at Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home Hamilton.Ray was born on June 15 1927 in Kansas City Missouri to Harry and Lucille Thomson. He had been a 1945 graduate from Hamilton High School. He had served our country during World War II in the Army Air Force from 1945-1947.Ray had been a self-employed electrician the Maytag Man and had worked in the past as a phone company lineman in Sidney Iowa and at Thomson Hardware in Hamilton. He was a member of the Hamilton Church of Christ.Ray was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Harry Thomson Jr.Ray married Mary Woods in Cameron Missouri on April 8 1978. She survives of the home.Other survivors: Step-daughter JoAnna (Kenneth) Gwinn Hamilton; Step-son Richard (Sharon) Stubblefield Hamilton; two granddaughters Lori Gwinn (and her companion Scott Vetere) Trimble and Amy Gwinn (and her companion Tim Colwell) St. Joseph; Sister Pat (Dick) Wilson Raleigh North Carolina; Step-mother Ellen Thomson Cameron; and numerous nieces and nephews.The body has been cremated.Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Monday February 22 at the Hamilton Church of Christ. Visitation: 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment at a later date at Highland Cemetery Hamilton. Memorials: to the church. Arrangements: Bram Funeral Home