Murry Thompson

Services for Murry A. Thompson, 76, of Tyler will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Olive officiating. Burial will follow at Tyler Memorial Park under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler. Mr. Thompson passed away, Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital. He was born September 5, 1932, in Tyler to Redden Andrew and Myrtle Alma Thompson. He lived in East Texas for all of his life and graduated from Tyler High School in 1951. He was an all sport letterman for Tyler High and voted best athlete as a Junior and Senior. He later graduated from Stephen F. Austin with a business degree following a tour of duty in the armed forces. He worked all of his life for one company, Allied Finance, and talked many an afternoon about the enjoyment of working for them. Mr. Thompson was a loving husband, a wonderful father and Dad to his son and daughter, a reliable brother and the best grandfather to his four grandkids. He was especially proud of his daughter attaining her Law Degree at Texas Tech University and of his son obtaining his MBA at Indiana University. He loved coaching his son in sports, which began at the age of six and never really ended. Murry was a positive influence in coaching sports and working with young kids to build confidence and character. He was especially proud of his basketball team, the Tyler Bullets of the YMCA, that produced one state championship in 1975, one second place finish in state in 1977 and a third place finish in state in 1974. He enjoyed playing golf, yelling for and booing the Dallas Cowboys and spending time with his family. Murry was preceded in death by his wife of 39 years, Jerry Sue Thompson, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Redden Thompson, his younger sister, Francis Jane Thompson and his grandson, Finley Andrew Thompson. He is survived by his son, Clay Thompson and wife Stacey of Bullard along with their three children, Morgan, Landry and Kennedy; daughter, Cindy Henry and her husband Kevin along with their daughter Allison; brother, Bo Thompson and sister, Almenia “Bee” Stewart. Pallbearers will be Thomas Smith, Brad Seidel, John Sokol, Tony Finley and David Thompson. Honorary Pallbearers include Tommy Raspberry, Vernon Stanley and Mel Brown. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2009 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, located at 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler, 75703. To honor his memory, donations can be made to The United Way of Tyler/Smith County, 4000 Southpark Dr., Tyler, TX, 75703. The family wishes to thank the many friends who have prayed for and helped Murry over the last year during a difficult period of his health. In particular, the family would like to thank Dr. Mollie Bankhead, Dr. Bryan Lowery and his nurse JB, Dr. Carney, the Tyler Renal Center, the ER, ICU and MICU Staff of Trinity Mother Frances Hospital.

Murry Thompson

September 5, 1932 - May 28, 2009