Mildred Thompson

Complete arrangements are being announced for Mildred L. (Connell) Thompson, 100, a resident of Obion, who died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at The Waters of Union City.
Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Justin Hiens and Greg Bowers officiating. Burial will follow in Rosehill Cemetery in Obion. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until the hour of services Sunday at the funeral home.
They request that memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.
She was born May 27, 1916, in Dyer County, daughter of the late William F. and Mamie (Dunning) Connell. She married McCoy Thompson Jan. 19, 1933. He died Aug. 23, 2001. She was a beautician for 18 years, as well as a homemaker, and was a member of Union City Second Baptist Church and Order of Eastern Star No. 432 in Troy.
She is survived by two granddaughters, Sidonna Foust of Clifton and Jana Parnell of Obion; her grandson and his wife, Mark and Melinda Parnell of Obion; her son-in-law, Glen Parnell of Obion; her great-grandson, Drew Foust of Pensacola, Fla.; two great-granddaughters and the spouse of one, Emma Grace Foust of Clifton and Hannah and Dallas Campbell of Obion; two great-great-granddaughters, Ivey Campbell and Alaina Campbell, both of Obion; and two nieces, Brenda Connell Brown and Danita Connell Carey.
She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Parnell; her great-grandson, Heath Foust; two sisters, Loama Thompson and Onez Medlin; and her brother, M. Daniel Connell.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.