Hettie Thompson, 93, of Pleasant Ridge, Ky., died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, at Hermitage Care & Rehabilitation in Owensboro. She was born Oct. 23, 1921, in Ohio County to the late Harlin and Ethel Lloyd Wigginton.
She was an 84 year member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and a past member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Indian Hills Archery Club. She enjoyed walking, singing, reading and quilting.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Sim Ray Tabor; second husband, Tommie Thompson; three brothers, Larry (Dorothy), Edwin (Nadine), and Dan (Mae) Wigginton; three sisters, Clarice (Archie) Smith, Norma (James) Evans, and Anna Laura Medlin; and grandson, Eric Parks.
She is survived by her son, Major (Ret.) Carlton (Betty) Tabor, of Beebe, Ark.; daughters, Vivian (Richard) Brooks, of Owensboro, Ethel Darlene (Richard) McQueen, of Hutto, Texas, Vicki (Jerry) Gentry, of Henderson, and Sean (Brad) Smith, of Laurel Hills, Fla.; 11 grandchildren, Sim Parks, Ginger (Ricky) Leonard, Ben Brooks, Lisa, Hettie, and Carl Tabor, Kelley Morris, Ryan (Jessica) Ford, Emily (Robert) Quinn, Brad (Carrie) Gentry, and Travis (Sarah) Westerfield; 14 great grandchildren, Dylan and Shaleigh Morris, Cassidy Adkins, Jared and Jacob Tabor, Jacquelyn and Charlotte Ford, Evan Quinn, Samuel and Elijah Gentry, Alyce, Noah, Levi, and Owen Westerfield; and many nieces and nephews.
Services are 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, at the Chapel of James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory in Owensboro. Burial is in Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Ohio County, KY. Visitation is from 2 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday and after 11 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, 4195 Ky. 764, Utica, Ky. 42376.