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Sinking Spring

Wylie-Thompson Funeral Home
126 S. Main Street
Sinking Spring, OH 45172
(937)588-2401

Charles Willing Byrd, 1770-1828, moved to Sinking Spring in the year of 1822 and purchased the land at 126 S. Main Street, where the "Sinking Spring" was located, and built the present home on this site. The brick used to build the house was made on the property. He was acting Governor of the Northwest Territory from 1802-1803, and the house is still called The Governor Byrd Home today.

When Jeff Wylie returned home from W.W. II, the community of Sinking Spring was without a funeral home. While Jeff was in the service, his former employer Ott Tener had died. In 1946, Jeff and his wife Leona purchased the property and started the Wylie Funeral Home.

Jeff and Leona operated the business until Jeff's death in 1971. Leona continued the operation of the business with the assistance of her brother-in-law and nephew, Burris and Randy Botkins of Waverly, Ohio, until 1985.

In January 1986, the present day owner, Steve W. Thompson, purchased the business from Leona, who continued living at the funeral home until 1999, when Leona decided to move to Waverly. At that time, Steve bought the funeral home building and the 50 acres upon which it is located.