Tift-Worth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thompson, Erlene Story December 20, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lorie A. Everson lorieeverson@bellsouth.net February 11, 2012, 3:20 pm Cordele Dispatch 22 Dec 2004 TIFTON - Erlene Story Thompson, 85, of Tifton, died Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, at Bradley Place. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Chris Ramsey and Dr. Fred Evers officiating. Burial will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be her nephews and the McCord Sunday School Class of Trinity United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors Tiftarea Chapel. Born July 28, 1919, in Worth County, Mrs. Thompson was the daughter of C.A. Story and Sallie McKenzie Story, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Chesley Ralph Thompson Sr., who died in 2000, and to whom she was married for 61 years; an infant twin brother, a sister, Carmen S. Cowart, and a brother, Buren Story. Mrs. Thompson had lived in Tift County most of her life and was a homemaker and a charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church. She had been the fabric coordinator for Mary Lynn Fabrics, had been the manager of Fabrics, Inc., and retired as a custom framer at Stones, Inc. She was past president and an active member of Willing Workers Home Demonstration Club. She served in several capacities at Trinity United Methodist Church. Mrs. Thompson was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, C.R. and Myra Thompson of Chula; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sarinelle and Albert Potts of Tifton and Norma and Trenton Davis of Macon; one brother, Lum Story of Albany; one sister, JoAn S. Fox of Asheville, N.C.; 11 grandchildren, Ches Thompson, Tamara Thompson Parlor, Chad Thompson, Chris Thompson, Alex Thompson, Kimberly Potts Chapman, Robin Potts, Al Potts, Trent Davis, Dana Davis Deas and Ashley Davis; and 14 great-grandchildren. Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors Tiftarea Chapel is in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/tift/obits/t/thompson2489nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb