Bessie Thompson
Bessie Thompson of Smith Ridge Road, Campbellsville, daughter of the late Lewis Whitlock and Mary French Whitlock was born November 18, 1916 in Marion County, Kentucky. She died at 10:06 A.M., Thursday, January 22, 2004, in Campbellsville. Age: 87 She professed faith in Christ and attended Robinson Creek Baptist Church. She was retired from Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville. She united in marriage to Jimmie Thompson, December 31, 1938. He preceded her in death August 20, 1978.She is survived by seven children and their spouses: Gilbert and Rosie Thompson, Jean and Jodie Burkhead, Becky and Bill Spratt, Patricia and Donnie Gray, Terry and Betty Thompson, Phillip and Pam Thompson, and Hilda Bell and friend Mike Maupin all of Campbellsville; twelve grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; four sisters: Jesse Harris, Ermine Harris, Hallie Harris, and Tillie Allen of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. She was also preceded in death by one son-in-law, Gary Lynn Bell; seven brothers and sisters: Ardie Mae Underwood, Flora Thompson, Arvin Ray Whitlock, Lewis Whitlock, Jr., Virgil Lee Whitlock, Ben Whitlock, and a brother in infancy. FUNERAL SERVICES: 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January 24, 2004 at the Parrott Ramsey Funeral Home inCampbellsville by Rev. Jim Durham and Rev. Donald Wright BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens PALLBEARERS: Kevin Burkhead, Darian Gray, Shiney Kearnery, J. J. Knopp, Dennis Thompson, Eric Thompson, Greg Thompson, Troy Walters. HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Jessie Abell, Ivan Bault, Donnie Cowan, Joe Dudgeon, Billy Floyd, Larry Floyd, Gary Gray, Steve Hunt, David Ratcliff
