Oma Bea Thompson

Monday, June 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel, 500 S. Main Street in Vandalia, Missouri.
Officiating will be: Pastor Justin Rich.
Music provided by: Shirley Forgy - pianist; Robyn Taylor - soloist.
Interment will be in the Vandalia Cemetery.
Pallbearers: Gary Branstetter, Ronnie Smith, Jeffrey Heins, Lucas Gibson, Travis Gibson and Kyle Gibson.

Oma Bea Thompson passed away at 9:35 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at the Moberly Regional Medical Center. She was a lifelong resident of the Perry and Vandalia area and attended area schools. Oma Bea married Roy Frank Thompson and after his worked as a seamstress for the Bobby Brooks garment factory in Vandalia. She was a Christian by faith and enjoyed sewing and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Born: October 26, 1919 in Perry, Missouri the daughter of Walter Lewis and Mucie Belle (Gregory) Wilkinson.

Married: Roy Frank Thompson on June 29, 1940; he preceded her in death on November 6, 1956.

Survivors include: one daughter, Marilyn K. and husband, Glenn Heins of Camp Point, Illinois; one sister, Elizabeth Frances Gordon of Vandalia, Missouri; three grandchildren, Robyn L. and husband, Gregory Taylor of Moberly, Missouri; Jennifer S. and husband, Cliffton Boling of Coatsburg, Illinois; Jeffrey R. Heins of Camp Point, Illinois; seven great-grandchildren, Lucas Gibson, Travis Gibson, Kyle Gibson, Bryce Taylor, Morgan Taylor, Reece Boling and Jackson Boling; one great-great-grandson, Gage Gibson.

Preceded in death by: husband and four sisters, Lila Mae Winders, Wilma Lee Leake, Lillian Gertrude Boyle and Margaret Ruth Smith.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1121 Business Loop 70E, Columbia, Missouri 65201.