Emphasis Preaching Journal

John Thompson was extravagant in his generosity. In July, 1999, he sold Michigan's largest asphalt and paving business and gave his 550 current and retired employees a $128 million chunk of his gains. He started the Thompson-McCully Company some forty years ago with $3,500 which his wife Ellen had earned substitute teaching, and he had pushed his road and highway workers each year, from April to December, to finish the job. Now he has rewarded their loyalty and sweat. Ninety employees became instant millionaires. Even workers' surviving spouses got checks.