Mr. Compton died Saturday in Palatine, Illinois.
He was the son of the late Kieffer and Mary Sanders Compton, retired with 34 years of service to the Coats & Clark Sales Corporation, and served his country in the Air Force National Guard.
Survivors include his wife, Berit Knutsen Compton of Palatine, IL; three daughters, Candice Compton of Brentwood, TN, Criselle Naimet of Fayetteville, TN, and Crystal Bowers of Lewisburg, TN; a sister, Mrs. Imogene Brashears of Lewisburg; and two grandchildren, Jenna Naimet and Cameron Bowers.