Background
Thompson, Anna Blanche was born on October 8, 1914 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Daughter of George Lewis and Gula Gertrude (Cook) Turnbow.
Thompson, Anna Blanche was born on October 8, 1914 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Daughter of George Lewis and Gula Gertrude (Cook) Turnbow.
Bachelor in Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1935. Postgraduate, University Arizona, 1940. Postgraduate, University Hawaii, 1964.
Postgraduate, Pepperdine University, 1967.
Teacher, Parke (Arizona) Elementary School, 1935-1940; teacher music, Parker High School, 1940-1942; teacher, Scottsdale (Arizona) Elementary School, 1948-1971; teacher, U. Hawaii, Laie, 1971-1972; teacher, U. Hawaii, 1972-1979; retired, U. Hawaii, 1979.
Member education board Phoenix Women's Club, 1983-1984. President Arizona Reserve Officers Ladies, Phoenix, 1982-1984, state president, 1986-1987. President Ladies of the Ribbon, Phoenix, 1987-1990, Tempe Garden Club, 1987-1988.
Member Arizona Reserve Officers Ladies (state secretary since 1990), Tri-City Angels of Arizona (president since 1984), Collectors Club American (national president since 1987), Ikebana International, American Association of University Women (historian Tempe chapter 1987-1990), Delta Kappa Gamma (president Phoenix chapter 1974-1976, 88-90, parliamentarian since 1990).
Married Jess Lee, May 27, 1939. Children: Jess Lee II, Mary Ann Thompson Archbold.