Eva R. Thompson

 

OBITUARY Former Resident Dies Mrs. Eva. R. Thompson, age 81, a former settler of this community, passed away Tuesday of last week at a Dallas hospital after six weeks of illness. Services were held at the First Christian Church in Carrollton at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. James Nelson, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Gola Bailey of Farmers Branch. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Henry Allen Baxley, Ernest Russell, Earl Skiles, Floyd May, Son Stanley, and Roy Raspberry. Mrs. Thompson lived in this community for 25 years and at the time of her death, her home was at Frisco, Texas. Survivors are six sons; Elbert of Fort Worth; Carl of Frisco; Claude of Fort Worth; Frankie, Avondale, Ariz.; Ray, Farmers Branch; and Elmer (Chic) of Carrollton; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. Thompson is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary Wren, Chicago, Mrs. Sudie Copeland, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Bates Mitchel of Harlingen; three brothers, M. A. Lewis, Henderson, Purdie Lewis of Kansas and Clarence Lewis of Texarkana, Texas. Carrollton Chronicle - October 24, 1947 Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams   THOMPSON FATHER - THOMAS FRANKLIN - 1861 - 1942 MOTHER - EVA ROANNA THOMPSON - 1866 - 1947 Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas   Notes: Wife of Thomas Franklin Thompson