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Robert Ellis Thompson

1949 - 2024

BORN

1949

DIED

2024

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Memorial Funeral Home

334 East Madison St. / 122 Starkville Rd.

Houston, Mississippi

Robert Thompson Obituary

Cumberland-Robert Ellis Thompson, 74, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024, at his home in Cumberland. He was born October 26, 1949, in Clay County to the late Robert Lee Thompson and Jewell Ruth Swindle Thompson.

Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Old Montpelier Cemetery in Cedar Bluff with Bro. Rusty Miller officiating. Memorial Funeral Home of Houston is in charge of arrangements.

He is survived by his wife, Judy Elaine Hurst Thompson of Maben; two sons, Robert Joe Thompson (Brenda) of Houston, John Ellis Thompson (Sandra) of Cumberland; two daughters, Elena Renee Thompson of TN, Heather Ann Thompson of FL; three grandsons, John Colby Burgess, Ryder Kade Thompson and Cody Parker Thompson; one brother, Jerry Lynn Thompson of Maben.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. until time of service at 4:00 p.m., at Old Montpelier Cemetery in Cedar Bluff.

For online condolences visit www.memorialfuneralhomehouston.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Daily Journal from May 22 to May 23, 2024.

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