Shannon Joy Thompson Sowders

Shannon Joy Thompson Sowders, 43, of Converse, TX, passed away on November 9, 2022. She was born in Houston, TX, on July 3, 1979, to parents, John Wayne Thompson Sr. and Georgina Burroughs Thompson. Shannon graduated from Park University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Psychology. Following her achievement, she became a student at St. Mary’s University and attended Graduate school for a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She met Lamont Sowders in Houston, TX, and they married on October 27, 1998.

Shannon is survived by her husband; four kids who loved her unconditionally, Courtnie Nicole Sowders, Lamont Joe Sowders Jr., Darius John Wayne Sowders, and Jazmine Joy Lanae Sowders; siblings, Johnell Wanita Thompson, Floyd Henry Jefferson, John Wayne Thompson Jr., and Tiffany Nicole Thompson; niece, Malaia Bella-Joy Davis.

Shannon was always known as a Queen to all who met her, the type of Queen who always had the goal of helping others in mind, the type of Queen that will live on in the hearts and memories of everyone who met her. “Shannon Joy Thompson Sowders loved gatherings and parties. She lived life to the fullest. She was loving and fearless! As early as one year old, while sleeping, her dad, John Thompson, decorated the kitchen walls with bright birthday streamers and balloons. He woke Shannon and carried her into the kitchen. Her eyes glowed big and bright with amazement like she was in wonderland. I knew then and there that she would love parties and festivities. I could feel losing Shannon. I had this foreboding feeling. Well, now my Shannon is in heaven like a star, forever shining bright.” - Georgina Burroughs Thompson.

The Memorial Service will take place on December 3, 2022, at 2:00 pm, in the Family Chapel at Brookside Funeral Home, 13747 Eastex Freeway, Houston, Texas, 77039.