Calvert Elmer Thompson Sr.

Calvert Elmer Thompson, Sr., answered the call of the Lord on June 3, 2018. He was surrounded by his loving family. Born the fifth child of Lemuel Alexander Thompson Sr. and Annie Inez Baxter Thompson on June 5, 1935, in Dominion, MD, grew up working with his father and brothers in the family boat building and repair business. Later as the Thompson boys grew to adulthood, Calvert caught the racing bug and competed along with his brothers, Lem Jr. and Jack, in POD hydroplane racing along the East Coast. He won the East Coast Championship in 1955 and '56 racing his POD “Wild Cat” 045. In 1955, he was inducted into the Gulf Marine Hall of Fame. He won 45 trophies in his five-year racing career and won High Point Plaque for Region 4 as well as for the Nation. He retired from hydroplane racing, thinking that he should give up dangerous activity in favor of fatherhood. In 1965, he purchased the property next to his family homestead and carried on Thompson’s Boatyard for 36 years. He was a quietly generous man, passing on much of his wisdom and kindness to his fellow watermen, friends, family, and community. He would take food to people down on their luck and feed them before sitting down to the table himself. He cut many a bill for a struggling waterman. “Callie” as his dear friends called him was quick witted and a great practical joker. Once he relocated the “My Lynn” and listened intently on the next boat to hear all the scuttle about where the boat could be. Callie was an inventor. He filled many little notebooks with ideas of inventions to make things easier to do. He invented “Ice Eaters” and used them in the winter on his piers to break the ice around the pilings. Callie invented a crab picker that used compressed air to blow the crab meat out of the shell. Callie and his brother Jack once invented an oyster shocker. This was a contraption to shock the shell open. Callie was a carver; he carved ducks and made lamps. He made doll furniture. He built wooden skiffs and could fix anything. He even found a way to charge non-rechargeable batteries. Though, his family was a little fearful at the potential hazard of doing this. Callie loved to fish, boat, build, and teach what he had learned to others. For several years, he competed in the local workboat races, piloting the last workboat built by his father to amazing 1st place finishes. His highest speed clocked at 43 mph, not bad for a 33 ft wooden workboat. On June 29th 1957, Calvert married Rebecca Mae Boulden in Stevensville, MD. They enjoyed almost 61 years together. He is survived by his wife; daughter, Deborah Langrell and son-in-law Chris; son, Calvert “Butterball” Thompson and wife Phyllis; beloved daughter-in-law, Rebecca Thompson; grandchildren, Daniel Hull and wife Cindy, Bradley Hull, and wife Bobbi Jo, Brenda Young and husband Kyle, Valerie Lozado, and husband Willie, Sarah Britt and husband Lawrence, Joshua Thompson and Lydia Ann Thompson; great- grandchildren, Natalie Hull (Daniel & Cindy); Callie Hull, Wyatt Wilhoit, Samantha Wilhoit (Bradley & Bobbi Jo); Shelby Young, Chloe Young, Allie Young (Brenda & Kyle), Isabella Lozado, Kathy Lozado (Valerie & Willie); great-great-grandson, River Curtis (Shelby); a sister-in-law, Kay Thompson; and brother-in-law, Aulby Bates. He was predeceased by his beloved youngest son, Joseph Thompson, on October 14, 2014; his brothers, Lemuel Thompson Jr., Marvin “Buck” Thompson, William “Jack” Thompson, and sister ,Merle Bates. Pall Bearers are: Daniel Hull, Bradley Hull, Frankie Crouch, Willie Lozado, Butch Young, Freddie Baxter. Honorary Pall Bearers are as follows: Ronnie Horney, Bucky Thompson, Louie Kelley, and Joshua Thompson. A visitation will be held on Friday, June 8, 2018, from 6-8 pm, at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. in Chester, MD. Services will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at 1 pm, at Island Alliance Church, Stevensville, MD. Burial will be privately held in Woodlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Hackerman-Patz Patient and Family Pavilion, The Joanne and Norman Rockwell Residential Living Program, 301 North Broadway,Baltimore, MD 21231

Calvert Elmer Thompson Sr.

June 5, 1935 - June 3, 2018