"Rosie" Emma Rose Thompson

    Mrs. “Rosie” Emma Rose Thompson age 79 of Stephens Rd. Blairsville passed away peacefully on Saturday August 6, 2022 in the Union General Hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Thompson was born on December 25, 1942 in Young Harris, GA., the daughter of the late Ulan Plott and the late Nola Wimpy Plott. She was a lifelong resident of Union and Towns Counties. She had worked at Georgia Boot for over twenty nine years. She loved to cook and eat. She was a loving wife, sister and aunt. Her favorite saying was “Been her and gone”. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Janice and Virginia Plott, brother, Odell Plott, brothers in law, Johnny and Bobby Thompson and sisters in law, Roberta Steward and Faye Smith. Rosie was a member of the Blairsville Church of the Nazarene.

    Surviving Mrs. Thompson are her loving husband and best friend of fifty six years, Tamar Thompson of Blairsville, one sister, Annie Lovell of Blairsville, one sister in law , Peggy Loftis of Blairsville, her favorite niece, Renee Brown of Blairsville, several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.

    Funeral services will be held on Tuesday August 9, 2022 at 11:00 am from the Mountain View Chapel with Rev. Mark Handy officiating. Special music will be presented by Jane Henson. The following gentleman will serve as pallbearers, Roger Loftis, Jim Loftis, Itly Marsh, Steve Rhoten and Terry Stuart. Interment will follow in the Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Flowers are accepted or if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to the Blairsville Church of the Nazarene in Mrs. Thompson’s memory. The family will meet with friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 6-8:00 pm.

    Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com