Frank & Bright Funeral Home

Carrie Thompson

Mar 7th, 1925 - Feb 19th, 2017

     Carrie Virland Thompson, age 91, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Sunday night, February 19, 2017, at Flora Gardens Care Center.
     She was born March 7, 1925, the daughter of John Oscar and Rosa (Etchason) Martin in O’Kean, Arkansas. She married Burrell Thompson on September 20, 1947, in Pocahontas, Arkansas, and they shared 52 years of marriage. He preceded her in death May 30, 2000.
     Carrie had worked at Sparton Manufacturing. To put her love for cooking to use, she operated Carrie’s Country Cooking for several years. Later, she began a quilting business where she crafted quilts for friends and family. Carrie was well-known for her delicious pies, baking them for Julian’s for over 20 years, with coconut as a longtime customer favorite. She was a member of Flora Church of the Nazarene where she participated in the Friendship Sunday School class.
     She is survived by a daughter: Carolyn Scott of Flora; a son: Martin (Nancy) Thompson of Flora; grandsons: Tyler (Carrie) Scott of Yale, Michigan, Clayton Scott of Olney, Ryan (Angie) Scott of Flora, Steve (Amy) Blandford of Marion, David Blandford of Atlanta, Georgia, and Sterling Thompson of Flora; great-grandchildren: Desirae (Chris) Cavataio of Yale, Michigan, Blain and Chase Scott of Yale, Michigan, Drew Scott of Murray, Kentucky, Christopher, Paige, & Mariah Scott of Flora, Dalton and Riley Blandford of Marion, and Cole Blandford of Atlanta, Georgia; great-great-grandsons: Aiden and Connor Cavataio of Yale, Michigan; a sister-in-law: Dollie Pearson of Edwardsville; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son: Ronnie Blandford; a son-in-law: Ronald Scott; brothers: Howard (Virland) Martin, Tom (Ruby) Martin, Cecil (Grace) Martin; sisters: Hazel (Harry) Rickey and Lucille (Dorris) Kerby.
     A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Interment will be in Floral Garden of Memories Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Flora Church of the Nazarene.