Statesboro , Ga. — Mrs. Bobbie Jean Anderson Thompson, age 77, died Friday evening, November 23, 2012, in Franklin, North Carolina following a brief illness. The native and lifelong resident of Bulloch County was a 1953 graduate of Nevils High School. She and her husband owned and operated S&T Shoe Store and Thompson's Furniture in Statesboro for many years. She was also employed with High Hope Center and Colonial House of Flowers for several years. Throughout the years, she kept many children at "Granny's School". Mrs. Bobbie was a long-time and dedicated member of Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and had a strong faith in the Lord. She was an avid gardener who loved birds and flowers. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Marcelle Thompson; her parents, Preston and Mary Lou Tidwell Anderson and a brother, Billy Anderson.
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie "Dianne" and Don Roberts of Franklin, NC and Lucy and Tracy Smith of Statesboro; two sons and daughters-in-law, Elwood and Rita Thompson of Portal and Cheze and Dee Dee Thompson of Statesboro; six grand-children, Clay, Cru, Savannah, Riley and Reid Thompson and Dustin Terrell; two great grandchildren, Payton and Avery; a sister, Ann Harville of Minnesota; a brother, Charles Anderson of Statesboro; a sister-in-law, Margaret Anderson of Statesboro and her beloved dog "Toby". Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating, assisted by Elder Curt Bacon.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, November 25, 2012
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie "Dianne" and Don Roberts of Franklin, NC and Lucy and Tracy Smith of Statesboro; two sons and daughters-in-law, Elwood and Rita Thompson of Portal and Cheze and Dee Dee Thompson of Statesboro; six grand-children, Clay, Cru, Savannah, Riley and Reid Thompson and Dustin Terrell; two great grandchildren, Payton and Avery; a sister, Ann Harville of Minnesota; a brother, Charles Anderson of Statesboro; a sister-in-law, Margaret Anderson of Statesboro and her beloved dog "Toby". Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating, assisted by Elder Curt Bacon.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, November 25, 2012
Statesboro , Ga. — Mrs. Bobbie Jean Anderson Thompson, age 77, died Friday evening, November 23, 2012, in Franklin, North Carolina following a brief illness. The native and lifelong resident of Bulloch County was a 1953 graduate of Nevils High School. She and her husband owned and operated S&T Shoe Store and Thompson's Furniture in Statesboro for many years. She was also employed with High Hope Center and Colonial House of Flowers for several years. Throughout the years, she kept many children at "Granny's School". Mrs. Bobbie was a long-time and dedicated member of Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and had a strong faith in the Lord. She was an avid gardener who loved birds and flowers. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Marcelle Thompson; her parents, Preston and Mary Lou Tidwell Anderson and a brother, Billy Anderson.
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie "Dianne" and Don Roberts of Franklin, NC and Lucy and Tracy Smith of Statesboro; two sons and daughters-in-law, Elwood and Rita Thompson of Portal and Cheze and Dee Dee Thompson of Statesboro; six grand-children, Clay, Cru, Savannah, Riley and Reid Thompson and Dustin Terrell; two great grandchildren, Payton and Avery; a sister, Ann Harville of Minnesota; a brother, Charles Anderson of Statesboro; a sister-in-law, Margaret Anderson of Statesboro and her beloved dog "Toby". Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating, assisted by Elder Curt Bacon.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, November 25, 2012
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie "Dianne" and Don Roberts of Franklin, NC and Lucy and Tracy Smith of Statesboro; two sons and daughters-in-law, Elwood and Rita Thompson of Portal and Cheze and Dee Dee Thompson of Statesboro; six grand-children, Clay, Cru, Savannah, Riley and Reid Thompson and Dustin Terrell; two great grandchildren, Payton and Avery; a sister, Ann Harville of Minnesota; a brother, Charles Anderson of Statesboro; a sister-in-law, Margaret Anderson of Statesboro and her beloved dog "Toby". Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating, assisted by Elder Curt Bacon.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, November 25, 2012
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