Daughter of Milton and Maybell Chandler Thompson. She grew up in Fayetteville. While attending Fayetteville High School, she worked for the phone company, and graduated in 1949. She married Carl High in 1953. He passed away in 1955, and she married Alvin Cole in 1962. They lived in several, eventually returning to Georgia to enjoy their retirement. She worked as a teacher’s aide at Hood Avenue Elementary School in Fayetteville. She and Al were very active in Woolsey Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Carl High and Alvin Cole; brother, Wayne Thompson; and sisters, Virginia Thornton and Jean Rivers. She is survived by her son, Lonnie High; sisters, Karon Holloway, Louise Shiflet, Henrietta Leavell, and Deb Ciconte; brothers, Nelton “Bunk” (Amelia) Thompson and Jim (Susan) Thompson.
Daughter of Milton and Maybell Chandler Thompson. She grew up in Fayetteville. While attending Fayetteville High School, she worked for the phone company, and graduated in 1949. She married Carl High in 1953. He passed away in 1955, and she married Alvin Cole in 1962. They lived in several, eventually returning to Georgia to enjoy their retirement. She worked as a teacher’s aide at Hood Avenue Elementary School in Fayetteville. She and Al were very active in Woolsey Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Carl High and Alvin Cole; brother, Wayne Thompson; and sisters, Virginia Thornton and Jean Rivers. She is survived by her son, Lonnie High; sisters, Karon Holloway, Louise Shiflet, Henrietta Leavell, and Deb Ciconte; brothers, Nelton “Bunk” (Amelia) Thompson and Jim (Susan) Thompson.
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