Thomas Millard Hope

HOPE A Graveside Service for Thomas Millard Hope, age 90, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday August 18, 2006, at Forest Park Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana. Officiating will be Dr. Rob Weber of Grace Community United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 17, 2006, at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana. Mr. Hope died Saturday, August 12, 2006, in Metairie, Louisiana following a brief illness. He was born in Vivian, Louisiana, on May 15, 1916 but resided in Shreveport, LA for most of his life until 1999 when he moved to Metairie to, LA live with his daughter. Mr. Hope was retired from Sears Roebuck and Company. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a longtime member of Rotary International having served as President of the South Shreveport Rotary Club, 1976-1977. Mr. Hope was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Menco Hope and Annie Elliston Hope; his wife of 56 years, Vivian Fleming Hope; his daughter, Harriet Hope Rankin; and his sisters, Margaret Hope Hickman and Louise Hope Cotton. He is survived by his daughter, Marsha Hope White and her husband, Kreig of Metairie, Louisiana; his son-in-law, Gary A. Rankin of Shreveport ; his grandchildren, Mimi Rankin Webb, Amanda Rankin Smith, and Jeffrey Thomas White; seven great-grandchildren; niece, Anne Hickman Harris; and nephews, Kenneth L. Hickman, Thomas Cotton and Richard Cotton. The family requests that all memorials be made to the charity of the donor's choice. OSBORN UNERALHOME.NET 318-865-8426