Margaret Thompson
Margaret Cordelia Thompson, 76, of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 26, 2016, surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Thompson, a native of Fyffe, Al., was born on January 11, 1940, to the late Elmos Ozelle and Ruthie Lee Brown. After she married the love of her life, William A. Thompson, she later moved to the North Georgia area and had spent the past 60 years in Fort Oglethorpe. She had previously been employed with Peerless-Woolen Mills and Southern Industrial Fabrics as a machine operator. She enjoyed crocheting, planting flowers, working in her garden and was known for having a green thumb. She also loved her dogs and cats. Mrs. Thompson was a loving, thoughtful and caring person who will be truly missed by her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Thompson, parents, Elmos Ozelle and Ruthie Lee Brown, daughter, Deborah Jean Thompson, brothers, William Gary Brown and Merrill Douglas Brown, and sister, Louise Pike.
Survivors include her brother, Elmos Junior “E.J.” Brown, son, Michael Wayne Thompson, daughters, Beverly Wilbanks and Carol (Anthony) Steele, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
The family would like thank Connie Vaughan for being a special friend and caregiver for Mrs. Thompson for the past year.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, in the South Crest Chapel with Reverend Craig Westbrook officiating. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memory Gardens South.
The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home and Crematory, at the end of historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.