Leland "Mule" Thompson Obituary (2011)

NAME: Leland "Mule" Thompson AGE: 69 RESIDENCE: of Horse Creek - Cedar Grove Community DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 PLACE OF DEATH: Johnson City Medical Center INTERMENT: Graveside service Friday, August 26, 2011 at 7 PM at Cedar Grove Cemetery MINISTERS: Rev. Biskey Wheeler SURVIVORS: wife of 45 years: Carol Thompson; 1 daughter and son-in-law: Becky and Stanley Winslow; 1 son: James Thompson; 1 grandson: Stephen Bentley; 1 step grandson: Stephen Winslow; special friends that he considered grandsons: Heath Starnes and Chance Lamb; very special friend: Dave Fellers; 5 brothers and sisters-in-law: Ruble Thompson and Pat McKee, Bill & Marie Thompson, George & Marie Thompson, Harold & Carolyn Thompson, Donnie & Vivian Thompson; sisters: Katherine Lea Stewart, Julie and Ken Cohen, Brenda and Ray Crum; sisters-in-law: Elizabeth Thompson; special friends: Dee Shores and Ronnie Starnes PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY: parents: Carl and Bertha Thompson; brothers: Edward Thompson, Gene Thompson, Jack Thompson; sisters: Mary B. Wahler, Patricia Gray PALLBEARERS: Ralph Thompson, Jason Thompson, Eddie Thompson, Bradley Thompson, Tommy Thompson, Stephen Bentley, Dave Fellers, Keith Cohen REMARKS: He loved baseball and softball and played as long as he could. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 2-4 and 5-7 PM at Jeffers Funeral Chapel at Afton. Family and friends are asked to meet at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church at 6 PM on Friday to go in precession to the cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.jeffersmortuary.com To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Leland "Mule" Thompson, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store. print Print Obituary