Obituary of Geneva McDowell Thompson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: The News Star
Date: July 2005



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GENEVA MCDOWELL THOMPSON
Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, La.


Services for Geneva Leslie McDowell Thompson, age 80 of Columbia 
will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 13, 2005 from the chapel 
of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Bruce McGee officiating. 
Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.

Mrs. Thompson was born in Clarks, LA on November 9, 1924 to the 
union of Jim Floyd McDowell and Mary Frances Doherty and died on 
June 9, 2005 in Slidell, LA.

Until recently, Mrs. Thompson lived her life in Caldwell Parish. She 
was a graduate of Clarks High School, Class of 1944 and as a young 
woman was baptized at Old Bethel Baptist Church. She was a member of 
the Columbia Heights Baptist Church.

Mrs. Thompson was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her 
husband: Odis Curtis Thompson.

She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law: Linda and Larey 
LeBlanc of Slidell, LA and Marsha and Ken Dickson of Birmingham, AL, 
a grandson, Chris LeBlanc, a granddaughter, Daana LeBlanc; and a great 
granddaughter: Morgan Ensminger all of Slidell, LA.

She is also survived by a brother: Gerald McDowell, half-sisters: 
Jeddie Alford and Evelyn Bratton and half-brothers: Carlos McDowell 
and Clayton McDowell.

Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Monday 
from 8:00 a.m. until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 
165,Columbia 


Originally published June 11, 2005