Obituaries: Nancy Van Hook Thompson, 1932, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: August 11 & August 25, 1932 Winn Parish Enterprise Mrs. Thompson Is Buried In Junction City Dies After Long Illness; Burial Is In Rose Lawn Cemetery Wednesday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Vanhook Thompson, 71 years, who died at the home of her son, Parker Thompson, at 7 o'clock Tuesday night, were held at the First Methodist Church, Junction City, Ark., at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Reverend Burke, pastor of the Junction City Methodist Church, and the Rev. R. T. Ware, pastor of the local Methodist Church, officiated. Burial was in the Rose Lawn Cemetery of that city. The funeral cortege left Winnfield at 12 o'clock Wednesday. A number of Winnfield citizens attended the funeral. Among the relatives and friends who had been called to Mrs. Thompson's bedside were: Mr. and Mrs. Tom Douglas and Mrs. Jim Nelson, Monroe; Sid King, Mrs. Ned Wilfort, Mrs. Tom Griffin, and Henry Slater and two daughters of El Dorado, Mrs. G. K. Walker and two children, of Alexandria, and Mrs. A. A. Dawson and Mrs. G. W. Garrett of Homer. Mrs. Thompson is survived by the following children: Mrs. Matt Milam, Mrs. A. Leonard Allen, Mrs. Joel T. Hutson, and Parker Thompson of Winnfield, H. B. Thompson of Shreveport and Graydon Thompson of Ashdown, Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. Jim Nelson of Monroe and one brother, R. R. Vanhook, El Dorado, Ark. Mrs. Thompson came here to reside with her children about a year ago. She was Miss Nancy Vanhook of El Dorado before her marriage to the late V. L. Thompson of Junction City, where she lived until she came to Winnfield. She was the mother of eight children, two, Calvin and Watson, having preceded her in death. No. 2 In Memory of Mrs. Nancy Vanhook Thompson A Tribute Among the many virtues and graces ascribed to the good women of our land, none are more worthy and beautiful than the relation of wife and mother. By inheritance and training, as a people, we are home lovers and home builders. The Master of life chose the home, the mansion, as the fittest type and symbol of the abiding heavenly rest. A woman who rears her family and builds a home, and then thru the passing years, by industry and frugality maintains this home and trains the sons and daughters committed to her care is surely fulfilling a God Given Mission. If there is any worthier or higher office committed to woman, in the great divine economy of things that are, it is not found recorded or revealed. Such a wife and mother was Mrs. Thompson, whose sweet spirit "Crossed the Bar" on August the 9th, 1932, to dwell with the loved ones on the other shore. Mrs. Thompson was born April 11, 1861, and was the daughter of R. C. (R. R. is listed elsewhere) Vanhook, Senior. She spent the early years of her life in her father's country home, just across from Bethel Church, near El Dorado, Arkansas. Mr. Vanhook was one of the founders of this church and gave the ground on which it was built. Here the family worshiped until Mrs. Thompson married the late V. L. Thompson, July 19th, 1883, and they moved to their home in North Louisiana, here all of her children were born and here she spent the happiest years of her life. This lovely old southern home was known as a home of gentleness, kindness, and hospitality. Here, there was always a welcome, not only for the friends, but for the strangers who came her way. Her home was her province and in this domain one always found an atmosphere of friendly greeting and kindly conversation. Her native traits of character, cheerfulness, and a sunny disposition, were emphasized by a simple truthful faith in the verities of the Christian religion, that were the guide, stay and comfort of her busy life. This found expression in many kindly deeds of charity. Her husband and her family gave their love to her in such measure that proved her devotion as wife and mother. No greater heritage ever came to any one than the memory of such a sweet, gentle mother whose years have been full of a loving service and a living faith. Her sons and daughters with their family connections, as well as a host of friends, mourn the loss of one who lived and wrought most faithfully in love and devotion, and now rests in The Care Of Him, who doeth all things well.