Obituary of Donald Thompson

Graveside services for Donald Thompson, 79, Arp, will be at 3:00 pm, Sunday, August 24, in the Overton City Cemetery, Overton, with Reverend Jack Lakey officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mr. Thompson died Thursday, August 21, 2014 in Overton. He was born March 7, 1935 in Malakoff to the late Milton Charles and Sadie Mae Hopkins Thompson. He served in the US Army in Germany during WWII. He married Thelma Lee Davis in December of 1957 at the family church in Kountze, Texas and moved to Arp in 1982 from Baytown. He was a machinist and a account representative in the oil field. He enjoyed his computer and when he was younger, he enjoyed fishing with his family. Besides his parents, Mr. Thompson was also preceded in death by a son, Stephen Thompson. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Thelma Lee Davis, Arp; two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald Wayne and Denita Thompson and David Michael Thompson and Julie Burton, all of Arp; two brothers; a twin sister, grandchildren and their spouses, Alexander Wayne and Rachel Thompson and John Michael and Maranda Thompson; great grandchildren, Jacob Wayne Thompson, Cassandra Sue Thompson, Michael Alexander Todd Thompson, Jesse Lee Thompson, and Enola Bailee Thompson; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Sunday, August 24, from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm prior to the service.