Tompkins obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Tompkins, Archie C., Sr.      1 Oct 2011    Oct 2011    Jerry Nelson
Tompkins, Shannon Ward       10 Oct 2003    Oct 2003    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on:  10/1/2011

TOMPKINS, ARCHIE C., SR.
Archie C. Tompkins, age 77, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 
his residence. He was born in New Orleans, LA and a resident of Ponchatoula. 
He served in the U.S. Army.  He leaves behind his loving wife of 39 years, 
Melva Tompkins; children, Nelda Rolling, Calvin Tompkins, Susan Kreamer, 
Darren Tompkins, Randy Ezell, Timothy Ezell, Rena Weaver and Mesha Puderer; 
eighteen grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; two sisters, Lucy 
Rodrigue and Barbara Wortmann and numerous nieces and nephews.  Preceding 
Archie in death were his parents, Archie L. and Thelma Tompkins, son, 
Archie C. Tompkins, Jr. and brothers, Jerry Tompkins and Roy Tompkins.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the visitation 
from the chapel of Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, 1190 Hwy 51 N, 
Ponchatoula LA 70454 on Monday, October 3, 2011 from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 
with religious services at 6:00 p.m. Graveside services will be held 
10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at Restlawn Park Cemetery in Avondale, 
LA.  Memorial donations may be made to North Oaks Hospice, 15790 Paul Vega 
Md Drive, Hammond, LA 70403.  Condolences and other information are 
available online at www.thompsoncares.com.  Arrangements have been 
entrusted to Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home of Ponchatoula.

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Obituary published in The Advocate on:  10/10/2003
TOMPKINS, SHANNON WARD    

A resident and native of Ponchatoula, he died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003, at 
North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. He was 18. Visitation at Harry 
McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday. 
Visitation in the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m. until religious service 
at 10 a.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Eddie Ray Robertson. Interment 
in Sand Hill Cemetery. Survived by his parents, Donnie and Alice Watts 
Bardwell, Ponchatoula; father, Stacey Tompkins; brother, Dustin Tompkins, 
Ponchatoula; sister, Heather Bardwell, Ponchatoula; grandparents, Wallace 
and Lilly Mae Watts, Ponchatoula, and Donald and Beverly Bardwell, 
Thibodeaux; and great-grandmother, Clara Johnson, Denham Springs. 
Preceded in death by his grandmother, Juanita Miller. In lieu of 
flowers, donations may be made to the Shannon Tomkins Memorial Fund at 
Hancock Bank.

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