Biography: Flora Lee Casey Thompson was born August 18, 1925 to Lavina Pless and Sam Davis Casey in Siloam Springs, AR. She died on October 30, 2020.

She was a devoted wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She married Everett E. Thompson on July 3, 1948, in Russellville, Arkansas. They were married for 71 years.

She graduated from Russellville High School and attended Arkansas Tech. She graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with a BA in 1947 and with a Master’s Degree in Education in 1970. She taught secondary education mathematics for over 25 years in the Hartford, Dollarway, and Whitehall School Districts.

Lee and Everett were charter members of the Saint Luke United Methodist Church in Pine Bluff where she was the organist for 30 years. They were members of First United Methodist Church, Little Rock, where she was a member of the chancel choir and a faithful member of the Faulkner Sunday School Class, played the piano for the Homebound Class and lead the UMW Lee Thompson Circle. Lee was a member of Chapter AL (Little Rock) of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Everett. Her living descendants are: two sons, Dr. T.T. Tyler Thompson, Rev. Davis (Laura) Thompson; two daughters, Lee Anne (Greg) Berson and Vikki (Steve) Hamilton; Nine grandchildren – August Thompson, Suzanne (Russ) Barnard, Mikelle (Jeremiah) Elliott, Casey (John) Loftus, Meridith Berson, Andy (Amber) Hamilton, Bailey (Devon) Hamilton, Colby Hamilton and Dawson Hamilton; eight great-grandchildren – Charlotte Barnard, Nathaniel Barnard, Jacob Loftus, Cora Loftus,  Hannah Loftus, Willow Ross, Margo Elliott and Everett Hamilton.

A Service of Death and Resurrection for both Lee and Everett, who passed away March 22, 2020 will be held at the First UMC, Little Rock, with interment of their ashes at the Arkansas Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock.  Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home, RuebelFuneralHome.com