Wille Thompson
Posted: July 28, 2016
COLUMBUS — Willie “Peter” Thompson, 85, died July 21, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Services will be at 11 a.m., Friday, at Southside MB Church with the Rev. Rayfield Evins officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens. Visitation is from noon-5 p.m., today, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Thompson was born Oct. 8, 1931, to the late Windell and Nannie Bell Thompson. He was previously employed as a foreman with Johnson Tombigbee and as a police officer with the Columbus Police Department. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Helen Harris and Eloise House; and brother, Odell Thompson. He is survived by his wife, Nettie Cooper Thompson of Columbus; son, Anthony Thompson of Columbus; daughter, Shelia Young of Columbus; brother, James Thompson; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.