Roy Lester Thompson

Roy Lester Thompson was born on March 30th, 1939 in Teresita, OK, the son of William Herman and Maudie Irene (Hicks) Thompson. After graduation from Oaks High School in May 1957, Roy married Shirley, who lived near Lucky Springs, not far downstream on Spring Creek from the homeplace. The newlyweds moved to Wichita Kansas, where Roy found work as a painter’s assistant at Cessna Aircraft. A job that gave him skills for a career in automotive paint and body repair that allowed him to provide for his family. Roy raised Herschell, Herman, Emmett, and Teresa with the help of his siblings and mother after separating from Shirley in 1970. Roy and Jackie Walkingstick got together in the mid ‘80s and later adopted grandson Dustin as their own. Roy raised Dustin after losing Jackie to cancer in 1995. Roy was a father figure in the lives of many young people over the years and shared of himself and what he had to make their lives better. Roy, to retire from body work, bought a semi and hauled refrigerated loads across the country for a while with Herman as a co-driver. He built a milk barn and milked cows for a while, until it became too much like punching a time clock. He went back to the body shop that Herschell had kept running. Herschell was the only one that learned the craftsmanship that served Roy for so long. He was a man that knew how to enjoy life and lived it to the fullest every day he had. Roy passed from this life on February 25th, 2021 after reaching the age of 81 years. He will be greatly missed.

He is preceded in death by his mother and father, two brothers Junior and Steve, four sisters, Goldie, Merle, Mildred, and Martha Lou, and grandson, Jeremiah Thompson.

Those left to remember him include his children, Herschell Thompson and wife Dianna of Rocky Ford, Herman Thompson and wife Sheila of Gideon, Emmett Thompson of Teresita, Teresa Thompson-Moore of Wagoner, and Dustin Thompson of Chelsea, OK. He leaves his sisters, Bobbie Wood of Arlington, TX, Lois Wilmon of Tahlequah, brothers, Robert Thompson and wife Lula of Teresita, W.R. Thompson of Lexington, and Doug Thompson of Tahlequah. He lives on in his seven grandchildren and their families, William Thompson of Hulbert, Jeffery Thompson of Peggs, Barbara Thompson of Rocky Ford, Ashleigh Thompson of Gilbert, AZ, Amanda Neamon of Bethel Acres, OK, Karin Thompson-Wise of Moore, OK, Beth Johnson of Palm Beach, FL, seven great-grandkids, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends and loved ones too numerous to mention.

Funeral services for Roy Lester Thompson will be held on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021, at 2:00 Pm at Reed-Culver chapel with Tom Claxton and Keith Marler, officiating. Pallbearers for Roy include Danny Cole, Jeff Fisher, Steven Thompson, William Thompson, Jeff Thompson, and Emmett Thompson. His family will receive visitors on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 beginning at 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Reed-Culver Chapel. He will be laid to rest at Teresita Cemetery in Teresita, OK. Online condolences for his family may be left at www.reedculver.com.