Margaret Thompson

Mrs. Margaret Lunsford Thompson went to be with the Lord August 18, 2009, after a lengthy illness at the age of 76. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, August 21, 2009 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Stanley Phillips and Rev. Bill Jennings officiating. Interment will follow at Cool Springs Cemetery with Ned Bryan, Ted Bryan, W.C. Calhoun, David Hill, Bobby Hill and Kenneth Haire serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends Thursday, August 20, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Cool Springs Cemetery Fund, c/o Jeannette McSmith, 809 Evelyn Court, Tallahassee, FL 32304-4023 or Hospice of Southwest Georgia, 1323 E. Shotwell Street, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Mrs. Thompson was born November 7, 1932 in Colquitt, GA, the daughter of J. Carroll Lunsford and Myrtle Heard Lunsford. She met and married the love of her life Edward and had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 24, 2009. She worked with Decatur County Schools for a short time and as a florist. She was also a homemaker and enjoyed preparing meals for the senior's weekly luncheon at Faceville Baptist Church. She was instrumental is raising funds for The Cool Springs Cemetery Memorial Fund where she served as treasurer for many years and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Gene Lunsford and John Lunsford. Survivors include her husband, Edward "Ed" Thompson of Bainbridge, GA; two sons, Earl Thompson and his wife Nancy of Bainbridge, GA and Devin Thompson and his wife Jean of Bainbridge, GA; two daughters, Donna Bryan and her husband Carlton of Bainbridge, GA and Teresa Barnett and her husband Rick of Boca Raton, FL; two brothers, Larry Lunsford and his wife Barbara of Claremont, FL, and Don Lunsford of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; two sisters, Laverne VanOrman and her husband Bob of Dade City, FL, and Trenia Blosser and her husband Burle of Okeechobee, FL; 9 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson.