Obit of Thompson, Donnie - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: THOMPSON, HENLEY, KOCHER, MERKEY, MCKINNEY, OKLE, CAPPS, CARTER, 
JAY, PERRIER, BROOKS, BLANKENSHIP, WALKER, HOLMAN, PORTER, BUTLER

from 2-6-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Donnie Thompson

Mr. Donnie Thompson, 72, of Bartlesville, died at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday at 
the Jane Phillips Medical Center.

Funeral services for Mr. Thompson will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday at the 
Adams Blvd. Church of Christ with Mr. Art Henley officiating. Interment 
will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery where military rites will be 
accorded. Funeral services and interment will be under the direction of 
the Stumpff Funeral Home.

Casket escorts will include Ollie Kocher, Nathan Thompson, Shane Merkey, 
Delbert McKinney, Ralph Okle, and Johnnie Ray Capps. Honorary casket 
escorts will include Lee Carter, Paul Jay, Danny Perrier, Melvin Brooks, 
and Curt Blankenship.

Friends who wish may call for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home until 
11:30 A.M. on Friday.

A memorial has been established and those who wish may send their 
contributions to the Hope Harbor Children's Home, P.O. Box 1047, 
Claremore, Oklahoma, 74018.

Mr. Thompson was born on July 20, 1930 at Swartz, Louisiana to Henry and 
Manie (Walker) Thompson. He grew up and received his education in Swartz, 
Louisiana . Mr. Thompson entered the United States Navy and served on a 
destroyer during the Korean Conflict until receiving his Honorable 
Discharge. While in the military he met Vova Lee Holman and they were 
married on May 16, 1951 in Bartlesville. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson made their 
home in Bartlesville and he was employed with National Zinc Company and 
the H.C. Price Company. While employed with H.C. Price Company, they made 
their home in the Price Tower until 1960. Mr. Thompson was employed with 
the U.S. Bureau of Mines (NIPER) as an operative engineer until his 
retirement in 1986. He was a member of the Adams Blvd. Church of Christ 
and he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Mrs. Thompson preceded him in death on 
November 11, 1997 and he has continued his home in Bartlesville since that 
time.

Mr. Thompson is survived by one son, Jerry Don Thompson and his wife, 
Patricia of Bartlesville, one daughter, LeDonna Porter and her husband, 
James of Twin City, Georgia, one brother, Jack Thompson of Swartz, 
Louisiana, one sister, Lois Butler of Houston, Texas, four grandchildren, 
Nathan Thompson, Amber Thompson, Robert Shane Merkey, and Kyela LeAnn 
Thompson, and five great grandchildren, Robert Allen Merkey, Michael Paul 
Merkey, Vera Nicole Merkey, Zachary Lee Thompson, and Vahlen Wayne 
Thompson. Mr. Thompson was also preceded in death by his parents and seven 
brothers and sisters.
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