I knew clyde thompson’s story would die with him if someone didn’t step up to tell it. On sunday, he died after being hit by another suspected drunken driver. Again found guilty at his appeal trial, thompson was sent to death row in huntsville, texas in march, 1931.
The True Story of Clyde Thompson The Meanest Man in Texas
He was within hours of execution when texas governor ross sterling commuted.
His life story has been recorded in a book by journalist don umphrey (the meanest man in texas, quarry press, p.o.
Clyde thompson, age 77, died peacefully on january 7, 2025 at candler hospital, surrounded by his family. He killed two men when he was 17 years old. The year was 1928 and the place was rural west texas. Clyde thompson spent part of 2019 in a hospital bed after being hit by a drunken driver.
Labeled as “the meanest man in texas,” clyde… Found guilty, he was then was. He was nearly lynched while awaiting trial. He killed two men when he was 17 years old.
Then one night in 1977 umphrey’s path crossed that of convicted murderer clyde thompson as he attended a service at the broadway church of christ in lubbock, texas.
7, clyde thompson was not as fortunate. Clyde thompson, a convict who became a preacher, gained a reputation as the “meanest man in texas,” during more than 20 years in the texas prison system. Clyde thompson died of a heart attack july 1, 1979.
