Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....THOMPSON, GLADYS MAY HALSELL December 3, 2011
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News Star World - December 09, 2011
GLADYS MAY HALSELL THOMPSON

A celebration of the life of Gladys May Halsell Thompson will be held at 
Kilpatrick's Funeral Home in West Monroe at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, 
2011, with the Rev. Waymond Warren officiating. Gladys passed away on 
Saturday, December 3, 2011, in Monroe, Louisiana. She was currently living in 
Grand Junction, Colorado.

Gladys was born in West Monroe, Louisiana, on February 2, 1939, just 30 
minutes before the arrival of her identical twin sister, Beverly Kay. From 
birth the two were best friends, being known always as "the Halsell twins." 
Their parents, John Clinton Halsell and Marina Owens Halsell, were justifiably 
proud of their two daughters.

Gladys and Beverly were inseparable in their early years, growing up on the 
Halsell dairy farm, one of the first and largest home places in the White's 
Ferry Road community of West Monroe. They enjoyed outdoor activities, 
especially horseback riding and, later, water skiing on the Ouachita River. 
Trips to Dallas to see their Aunt Gladys and Uncle Louie Kimple and cousins 
Kay, Lou, and Bill were special, as were visits to see Cousin Beverly Claire 
Symons in Port O'Conner, Texas.

After elementary school at Millsaps and graduation from West Monroe High 
School in the Class of 1957, Gladys attended Louisiana Tech, obtaining a 
degree in elementary education, which led to teaching school for five years. 
She was a member of Phi Mu Sorority.

In 1963 Gladys married Charles Elliot "Tommy" Thompson, beginning a 42-year 
life together until Tommy's death. Together they took flying lessons, and 
Tommy became a career TWA captain. The family was completed with two precious 
children, Virginia Ann and Charles Elliot III "Chuck" who brought Tommy and 
Gladys much joy. Gladys enjoyed traveling, and the two saw the world together, 
visiting far-flung places in Europe and Asia. Acquiring light planes and 
boats, they became familiar with the waterways and flyways of North America, 
as well as the Caribbean. One of their adventures was "the Great Loop," a 
challenging boat trip from Marsh Harbor in the Caribbean, up the U. S. 
Atlantic Coast, into Canada, then down the United States to the Gulf of 
Mexico, and back to the Caribbean. An annual tradition was returning to Monroe 
for Thanksgiving with the Dr. Burchall and Che-Che Liles family.

Both Gladys and Tommy made friends easily; consequently Gladys has many good 
friends all around the world. Because of her sunny, loving disposition, she 
was loved in return by all she met. She never forgot an acquaintance. After 
Tommy's death Gladys continued to travel, often accompanied by her sister 
Beverly. At home in Colorado and in Florida, her pleasure was entertaining 
friends and family, cooking unforgettably delicious meals. Always uppermost in 
Gladys's life was the love for her family: her husband, her children, and 
especially her four granddaughters, Lauren, Morgan, Reagan, and Layne. She 
lived to make them happy and to show them unconditional love.

Gladys was predeceased by her husband Tommy Thompson; her parents, her 
brothers Bobby and John Owen; by Tommy's parents Charles Elliot Thompson and 
Virginia Hinkle Thompson; her niece Susan Halsell Collier.

Survivors include daughter Virginia Ann Thompson Pitzer and husband Neil, 
children Lauren and Morgan, of Denver, Colorado; son Charles Elliot Thompson, 
III, and wife Tori Hunt Thompson, children Reagan and Layne, of Grand 
Junction, Colorado; sister Beverly Halsell, of Monroe, Louisiana; brother 
James Donald Halsell and wife Jean Bower Halsell, of West Monroe, Louisiana, 
children James Donald Halsell, Jr., and Robert David Halsell; brother Owen's 
sons: Steve Halsell, Johnny Halsell, Charles Randolph Halsell and wife Margie, 
all of California; special niece Phyllis Anderson, and special friend Lee 
Carlton.

Pall-bearers are Dr. Jerry Liles, Mr. Thomas Liles, Dr. Arthur Liles, Dr. Doug 
Liles, Col. James D. Halsell, Jr., and Dr. Robert Halsell.

Honorary pallbearer is Charles Halsell.

Interment will be in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe.

Visitation will be held Friday from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Kilpatrick 
Funeral Home West Monroe.

Following the funeral, friends and family are cordially invited for 
refreshments in the home of Beverly Halsell.

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