Obituary of LEE (IVY) THOMPSON.

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court, Allen, TX, 75013

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal for allowing the following to be added to
the Archives.





**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************
 



Date:  September 20, 2000

Headline:  Deaths 
Sub-Headline: Lee (Ivy) Thompson

Lee (Ivy) Thompson, 72, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, September 17, 2000, at his 
residence.

He was a member of Jonesboro Methodist Church, the Jonesboro-Hodge Kiwanis 
Club, a Mason and a Shriner.  He graduated from Jena High School and the St. 
Louis College of Mortuary Science.

A veteran of the United States Army, having served in World War II, Mr. 
Thompson was retired and was the former owner of Edmonds Funeral Home in 
Jonesboro.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Jonesboro United 
Methodist Church with Dr. Herb Dickerson and the Revs. Bryan Moore and Gene 
Cumpton officiating.

Interment followed in Gayla Traina Cemetery near Jonesboro under direction of 
Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Thompson of Jonesboro; one daughter, 
Terry Kohler of Lake Charles; one son, David Thompson of Jonesboro; two 
sisters, Judy Small of Paducah, Ky., and Lou Taylor of Deville; and two 
grandsons.

Pallbearers were J. H. Byrd, Joey Earle, Eddie Gatlin, Kent McBride, Johnny 
Mac Schmidt, M. H. Walker, Eddie Walpole, and Richard Zuber.