Obituary for Evelyn Ernestine Thompson
Greer Funeral Home
235 South Pennsylvania
Mangum, Oklahoma 73554
(580) 782-3323
THOMPSON
Evelyn Ernestine Thompson, age 82, of Mangum, passed away late Sunday evening, May 20, 2012, at Integris Baptist Medical Center, in Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Thompson was born in Mangum, Oklahoma on November 10, 1929, to Ernest David and Tennie Faye (Howell) Parker. Living in Mangum all of her life, Ernestine graduated from Mangum High School in 1947. At the age of fifteen, she began working at Temple Theater and later began work at Vuemore Cable Company and retired thirty-eight years later with Cableone, in November 1996. On March 4, 1961, she married Emmett Clay "Tom" Thompson and he preceded her in death on November 4, 1991. In her spare time, Ernestine enjoyed line dancing and was a line dancer with the "Silver Bells". She also enjoyed reading, playing almost any card game, along with Joker Board and Farkle. Ernestine was a devoted member of First Baptist Church Mangum and loved spending time with her family and friends.
Preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one sister, Jane Johnson; one brother, Roy G. Betts and two daughters, baby Jana Jo Thompson and Ginger Renslow, she is survived by one daughter, Sherri Banister of Oklahoma City; one sister, Ella Mae Thompson of Altus; four grandchildren, Hali Baber, Lexi Banister, Craig Renslow and Lorien Hess along with many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Ernestine Thompson will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 24, 2012, at the Mangum First Baptist Church with Pastor Shawn Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery under the direction of Greer Funeral Home of Mangum.
Online tributes may be made to the family at www.GreerFuneral.com
05/24/2012
2:00 PM
Funeral
Mangum First Baptist Church
Mangum
OK
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235 South Pennsylvania
Mangum, Oklahoma 73554
(580) 782-3323
THOMPSON
Evelyn Ernestine Thompson, age 82, of Mangum, passed away late Sunday evening, May 20, 2012, at Integris Baptist Medical Center, in Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Thompson was born in Mangum, Oklahoma on November 10, 1929, to Ernest David and Tennie Faye (Howell) Parker. Living in Mangum all of her life, Ernestine graduated from Mangum High School in 1947. At the age of fifteen, she began working at Temple Theater and later began work at Vuemore Cable Company and retired thirty-eight years later with Cableone, in November 1996. On March 4, 1961, she married Emmett Clay "Tom" Thompson and he preceded her in death on November 4, 1991. In her spare time, Ernestine enjoyed line dancing and was a line dancer with the "Silver Bells". She also enjoyed reading, playing almost any card game, along with Joker Board and Farkle. Ernestine was a devoted member of First Baptist Church Mangum and loved spending time with her family and friends.
Preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one sister, Jane Johnson; one brother, Roy G. Betts and two daughters, baby Jana Jo Thompson and Ginger Renslow, she is survived by one daughter, Sherri Banister of Oklahoma City; one sister, Ella Mae Thompson of Altus; four grandchildren, Hali Baber, Lexi Banister, Craig Renslow and Lorien Hess along with many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Ernestine Thompson will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 24, 2012, at the Mangum First Baptist Church with Pastor Shawn Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery under the direction of Greer Funeral Home of Mangum.
Online tributes may be made to the family at www.GreerFuneral.com
05/24/2012
2:00 PM
Funeral
Mangum First Baptist Church
Mangum
OK
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