Mrs. Mary Nell Todd Thompson, 94, widow of Ralph LaRoy Thompson, died Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree, SC, after a short illness.
Mrs. Thompson was born November 26, 1922, in the Dogwood Neck Community of Horry County, SC, a daughter of the late Benjamin Haskell Todd and Julia Armenta Parker Todd. Mary Nell (or “Mernell” as she was often called by family) was a graduate of Wampee High School. She received an Associate Degree from what is now called Spartanburg Methodist College (called Textile Industrial Institute when she entered) in 1942, and a B.A. in Early Childhood Education in 1972 from the University of South Carolina.
Mrs. Thompson taught in the mid-1940’s at Red Bluff Elementary in Horry County before she married. Later with the Williamsburg County School System, Mary Nell taught her much beloved kindergarten classes from 1968 until 1986 (Lane Elementary, St. Mark Elementary and Anderson Elementary). Mrs. Thompson received the Lane School Parent Educator Award for The Puzzle of Parenting Program from 1977-1981. She was also a Williamsburg County Education Association Honored Teacher of the Year in 1982.
An expert seamstress, Mrs. Thompson also worked several years for Warsaw Manufacturing Company.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by her son, Ralph LaRoy Thompson, Jr., of Kingstree. She was also preceded in death by all of her seven siblings: Oneida Todd Martin, Laurene Todd Dusenbury, Benjamin Clayton Todd, Breckenridge Haskell Todd, Ella Pearl Todd Willard, William Judson Todd, and Marjorie Todd Holt.
Survivors are: her two daughters, Eileen T. (Binky) Maness of Kingstree and Julia T. James (Rick Frank,fiance) of Ladson; 9 grandchildren: Laurel Lifrage Wade, Tamara Jane Lifrage, Andrew Maness, Jennifer Ferguson Elkins (Brian), Marjorie Ferguson Crowder (Paul), Todd Kendley James, Benjamin Edward Thompson, Michael Scott Thompson, and Paul Anthony Thompson (Julie Shahon—fiance; 11 great-grandchildren, Jeremy Seth Wade (Lacey), Logan Adair Wade, Nicholas Blake Wade, Lyla Addison Lifrage, Ryley Elkins, Harrison Crowder, Luke Crowder, Chloe Thompson, Dezmund Corbin Thompson, Dylan Xavier Hartgrove, and Isaac Patton James; one great grandchild, Mason Wade.
Funeral Services will be 3 PM Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Kingstree First Baptist Church, with burial in Williamsburg Cemetery.
FH: Williamsburg Funeral Home, Kingstree, SC.
Mrs. Thompson was born November 26, 1922, in the Dogwood Neck Community of Horry County, SC, a daughter of the late Benjamin Haskell Todd and Julia Armenta Parker Todd. Mary Nell (or “Mernell” as she was often called by family) was a graduate of Wampee High School. She received an Associate Degree from what is now called Spartanburg Methodist College (called Textile Industrial Institute when she entered) in 1942, and a B.A. in Early Childhood Education in 1972 from the University of South Carolina.
Mrs. Thompson taught in the mid-1940’s at Red Bluff Elementary in Horry County before she married. Later with the Williamsburg County School System, Mary Nell taught her much beloved kindergarten classes from 1968 until 1986 (Lane Elementary, St. Mark Elementary and Anderson Elementary). Mrs. Thompson received the Lane School Parent Educator Award for The Puzzle of Parenting Program from 1977-1981. She was also a Williamsburg County Education Association Honored Teacher of the Year in 1982.
An expert seamstress, Mrs. Thompson also worked several years for Warsaw Manufacturing Company.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by her son, Ralph LaRoy Thompson, Jr., of Kingstree. She was also preceded in death by all of her seven siblings: Oneida Todd Martin, Laurene Todd Dusenbury, Benjamin Clayton Todd, Breckenridge Haskell Todd, Ella Pearl Todd Willard, William Judson Todd, and Marjorie Todd Holt.
Survivors are: her two daughters, Eileen T. (Binky) Maness of Kingstree and Julia T. James (Rick Frank,fiance) of Ladson; 9 grandchildren: Laurel Lifrage Wade, Tamara Jane Lifrage, Andrew Maness, Jennifer Ferguson Elkins (Brian), Marjorie Ferguson Crowder (Paul), Todd Kendley James, Benjamin Edward Thompson, Michael Scott Thompson, and Paul Anthony Thompson (Julie Shahon—fiance; 11 great-grandchildren, Jeremy Seth Wade (Lacey), Logan Adair Wade, Nicholas Blake Wade, Lyla Addison Lifrage, Ryley Elkins, Harrison Crowder, Luke Crowder, Chloe Thompson, Dezmund Corbin Thompson, Dylan Xavier Hartgrove, and Isaac Patton James; one great grandchild, Mason Wade.
Funeral Services will be 3 PM Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Kingstree First Baptist Church, with burial in Williamsburg Cemetery.
FH: Williamsburg Funeral Home, Kingstree, SC.
Mrs. Mary Nell Todd Thompson, 94, widow of Ralph LaRoy Thompson, died Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree, SC, after a short illness.
Mrs. Thompson was born November 26, 1922, in the Dogwood Neck Community of Horry County, SC, a daughter of the late Benjamin Haskell Todd and Julia Armenta Parker Todd. Mary Nell (or “Mernell” as she was often called by family) was a graduate of Wampee High School. She received an Associate Degree from what is now called Spartanburg Methodist College (called Textile Industrial Institute when she entered) in 1942, and a B.A. in Early Childhood Education in 1972 from the University of South Carolina.
Mrs. Thompson taught in the mid-1940’s at Red Bluff Elementary in Horry County before she married. Later with the Williamsburg County School System, Mary Nell taught her much beloved kindergarten classes from 1968 until 1986 (Lane Elementary, St. Mark Elementary and Anderson Elementary). Mrs. Thompson received the Lane School Parent Educator Award for The Puzzle of Parenting Program from 1977-1981. She was also a Williamsburg County Education Association Honored Teacher of the Year in 1982.
An expert seamstress, Mrs. Thompson also worked several years for Warsaw Manufacturing Company.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by her son, Ralph LaRoy Thompson, Jr., of Kingstree. She was also preceded in death by all of her seven siblings: Oneida Todd Martin, Laurene Todd Dusenbury, Benjamin Clayton Todd, Breckenridge Haskell Todd, Ella Pearl Todd Willard, William Judson Todd, and Marjorie Todd Holt.
Survivors are: her two daughters, Eileen T. (Binky) Maness of Kingstree and Julia T. James (Rick Frank,fiance) of Ladson; 9 grandchildren: Laurel Lifrage Wade, Tamara Jane Lifrage, Andrew Maness, Jennifer Ferguson Elkins (Brian), Marjorie Ferguson Crowder (Paul), Todd Kendley James, Benjamin Edward Thompson, Michael Scott Thompson, and Paul Anthony Thompson (Julie Shahon—fiance; 11 great-grandchildren, Jeremy Seth Wade (Lacey), Logan Adair Wade, Nicholas Blake Wade, Lyla Addison Lifrage, Ryley Elkins, Harrison Crowder, Luke Crowder, Chloe Thompson, Dezmund Corbin Thompson, Dylan Xavier Hartgrove, and Isaac Patton James; one great grandchild, Mason Wade.
Funeral Services will be 3 PM Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Kingstree First Baptist Church, with burial in Williamsburg Cemetery.
FH: Williamsburg Funeral Home, Kingstree, SC.
Mrs. Thompson was born November 26, 1922, in the Dogwood Neck Community of Horry County, SC, a daughter of the late Benjamin Haskell Todd and Julia Armenta Parker Todd. Mary Nell (or “Mernell” as she was often called by family) was a graduate of Wampee High School. She received an Associate Degree from what is now called Spartanburg Methodist College (called Textile Industrial Institute when she entered) in 1942, and a B.A. in Early Childhood Education in 1972 from the University of South Carolina.
Mrs. Thompson taught in the mid-1940’s at Red Bluff Elementary in Horry County before she married. Later with the Williamsburg County School System, Mary Nell taught her much beloved kindergarten classes from 1968 until 1986 (Lane Elementary, St. Mark Elementary and Anderson Elementary). Mrs. Thompson received the Lane School Parent Educator Award for The Puzzle of Parenting Program from 1977-1981. She was also a Williamsburg County Education Association Honored Teacher of the Year in 1982.
An expert seamstress, Mrs. Thompson also worked several years for Warsaw Manufacturing Company.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by her son, Ralph LaRoy Thompson, Jr., of Kingstree. She was also preceded in death by all of her seven siblings: Oneida Todd Martin, Laurene Todd Dusenbury, Benjamin Clayton Todd, Breckenridge Haskell Todd, Ella Pearl Todd Willard, William Judson Todd, and Marjorie Todd Holt.
Survivors are: her two daughters, Eileen T. (Binky) Maness of Kingstree and Julia T. James (Rick Frank,fiance) of Ladson; 9 grandchildren: Laurel Lifrage Wade, Tamara Jane Lifrage, Andrew Maness, Jennifer Ferguson Elkins (Brian), Marjorie Ferguson Crowder (Paul), Todd Kendley James, Benjamin Edward Thompson, Michael Scott Thompson, and Paul Anthony Thompson (Julie Shahon—fiance; 11 great-grandchildren, Jeremy Seth Wade (Lacey), Logan Adair Wade, Nicholas Blake Wade, Lyla Addison Lifrage, Ryley Elkins, Harrison Crowder, Luke Crowder, Chloe Thompson, Dezmund Corbin Thompson, Dylan Xavier Hartgrove, and Isaac Patton James; one great grandchild, Mason Wade.
Funeral Services will be 3 PM Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Kingstree First Baptist Church, with burial in Williamsburg Cemetery.
FH: Williamsburg Funeral Home, Kingstree, SC.
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