Gail "Randy" Randall Thompson, Jr.- 4/6/14

Gail "Randy" Randall Thompson, Jr. was born in Bakersfield, CA. At the age of two, his family moved to Kansas City, MO where his folks bought at house South of Waldo at 97th and Warnall. He attended Boone Elementary School and then Center Junior High School. His family later moved to the Westbook neighborhood of Overland Park, KS where he attended and graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School. This interview covers the schools he attended, neighborhoods he lived in, his memory of the JFK assasination, and his first job.

Interviewee Birth Year: 1948
Interviewer Birth Year: 1979
Interviewer Relation: daughter

Tags from Generation Exchange:
1950s, 1960s, Boone Elementary School- Center School District, Center Junior High School- Center School District, Childhood and family, daughter, Kansas City, Kansas City Public Library, Kennedy Assassination, KS, Mary Olive Thompson, Overland Park, Schools, Shawnee Mission West High School- Shawnee Mission School District, Suburbs, Work

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Reference

Kansas City Public Library, Gail "Randy" Randall Thompson, Jr.- 4/6/14, Mid-Continent Public Library, 4 April 2014

Cite As

Kansas City Public Library, “Gail "Randy" Randall Thompson, Jr.- 4/6/14,” Genealogy Gallery, accessed April 28, 2024, https://content.mymcpl.org/items/show/10570.

Title

Gail "Randy" Randall Thompson, Jr.- 4/6/14

Description

Gail "Randy" Randall Thompson, Jr. was born in Bakersfield, CA. At the age of two, his family moved to Kansas City, MO where his folks bought at house South of Waldo at 97th and Warnall. He attended Boone Elementary School and then Center Junior High School. His family later moved to the Westbook neighborhood of Overland Park, KS where he attended and graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School. This interview covers the schools he attended, neighborhoods he lived in, his memory of the JFK assasination, and his first job.

Interviewee Birth Year: 1948
Interviewer Birth Year: 1979
Interviewer Relation: daughter

Tags from Generation Exchange:
1950s, 1960s, Boone Elementary School- Center School District, Center Junior High School- Center School District, Childhood and family, daughter, Kansas City, Kansas City Public Library, Kennedy Assassination, KS, Mary Olive Thompson, Overland Park, Schools, Shawnee Mission West High School- Shawnee Mission School District, Suburbs, Work

Creator

Kansas City Public Library

Publisher

Mid-Continent Public Library

Date

4 April 2014

Language

English

Type

Sound

Identifier

gail randall thompson 2014_04_06.mp3

Duration

00:14:30

Interviewer

Mary Olive Thompson

Interviewee

Gail Thompson