Jim Willie Thompson Sr.

Jim Willie Thompson Sr., 89 of Baileyville, died Friday July 19, 2024 in Rosebud. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in Morning Star Baptist Church in Baileyville. Burial will follow in Morning Star Cemetery.

Mr. Thompson was born on September 16, 1934 in Briary to Tom and Addie Lee Cross Thompson. He attended school at Harlan Chapel and Wilson White High School. He worked for the Richard Ellison Ranch and later for the Charles Ellison Ranch until his retirement. He married Gracie Mae Jones on October12, 1959. In 1953 he was ordained as a Deacon at Morning Star Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, five brothers and two sisters.

He is survived by five daughters, Kellie Brown and husband Robert, Gwen Mitchell, Mary Thompson, Harriett Thompson, and Suzy Thompson all of Rosebud, three sons, Shedrick Johnson and wife Linda of Dallas, Jim Thompson Jr. and Frankie Thompson and wife Mary both of Rosebud, one sister, Belle Jones and husband James of Rosebud, 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, three sisters in law, two brothers-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud.