Katherine Dora Thompson age 76 of Amity, AR died Saturday, October 6, 2012. She was born October 13, 1935 in Dillard, GA the daughter of Eulysses and Alice Deal McCoy. She attended the Oak Grove Community Church near Fendley. She was preceded in death by one son, Wayne Thompson, three brothers, Ellis, Paul, and Melvin McCoy and one sister Mildred Rogers.
She is survived by her devoted friend, Foy Kirksey, one daughter, Cathy Straight and her husband Kevin of Morristown, OH, two brothers, Fred McCoy and his wife Doris and Jimmy McCoy and his wife Mary Jane all of Dillard, GA, one sister, Margaret Thompson of Arkadelphia, two grandsons, Patrick and Josh Thompson.
Funeral services will be 2 PM Tuesday in the Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Chapel in Arkadelphia. Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 1 PM Tuesday till service time.
Memorials may be made to the Susan G. Koman Foundation, 904 Autumn Rd., Little Rock, AR.