Robert Young Thompson Jr.

Robert Young Thompson Jr., born Aug. 16, 1930, in Amite, son of Young Thompson and Louise Hendry Thompson Anzalone, died at home in Amite on Friday, May 15, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. After graduating from Amite High School and completing four years of military service in the U.S. Air Force, he graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and became a valued employee as an examiner for the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance. Affectionately know as "Mr. Bobby," he worked for the last decade for the Town of Amite as custodian of Amite's five cemeteries. Preceding him in death were his parents. His survivors include his wife of 55 years, Ruby Frey Carley Thompson, Amite; sons, Gerald G. Carley and wife Brenda, Daphne, Ala., John Robert Thompson and wife Karen Vines Thompson, Ponchatoula, Samuel James Thompson and wife Nancy Miller Thompson, Tickfaw, and Robert Young Thompson III, Amite; grandchildren, David Carley and wife Murphette, Baton Rouge, Kevin Carley and wife Susan, Mobile, Ala., James Michael Thompson, Pumpkin Center, Robert Brandon Thompson and wife Samantha, U.S. Army, Fort Bragg, N.C., John Carl Thompson, Bradley Young Thompson and Kevin Paul Thompson, all of Amite, and Beth Taylor Jarred, Independence; great-grandchildren, Houston, Evelyn and Jack Carley, Baton Rouge, Cameron and Ross Carley, Mobile, Amanda and Corey Jarred, Independence, and Breeanna Marie Thompson, Fort Bragg; brother, James E. Thompson, Baton Rouge; sister, Irma Thompson Villar, Oriskany Falls, N.Y.; aunt, Rosemary Thompson Walters, Baton Rouge; numerous cousins, two nieces and a nephew. Mr. Thompson was a charter member for 45 years of First Southern Methodist Church, Amite. While attending, he served for many years as a Sunday school teacher, a member of the board of stewards, as a trustee, as church chairman and choir member. He was formerly a member of the Amite Volunteer Fire Department, the Masonic Lodge of Amite, the Woodmen of the World Fraternal Organization and a former member of First Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church, both in Amite. "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, beloved husband, father, grandfather and neighbor. You will be sorely missed by your many friends and loved ones." Visitation at First Southern Methodist Church, 410 E. Mulberry St., Amite, on Sunday, May 17, from noon until 3 p.m. when a memorial service will be led by the Rev. Dan Plunkett and assisted by the Rev. Sam Leto and the Rev. Mervin Strother. Honorary pallbearers are John Battalora, Reggie Goldsby, Malcolm Goldsby, Louis McCoy, Marvin McCoy, Vergil Howell, Maurice Wascom and Allen Doughty. Arrangements by McKneely Funeral Home, Amite. For an online guestbook, visit www. mckneelys.com.