Date of birth: 12 Jan 1903
Date of death: 01 Jun 1992

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Burial Information

Section 04 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0223-03
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

Rachel Barrett Thompson

Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Barrett Thompson, 89, of Lexington, were held Tuesday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. at Southern Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating minister was Dr. Michael O’Brien. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.

Mrs. Thompson died Monday, June 1 at Methodist Hospital of Middle Mississippi in Lexington of heart failure.

The widow of Lester Russell (Jelly) Thompson, she was a Lexington native and a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Lexington.

Survivors include two brothers, W. B. Barrett and Pat M. Barrett, both of Lexington and seven nieces and nephews.

Serving as active pallbearers were Harold Hammett, Jr., Chick Weathersby, John Weathersby, H. H. Neill, Dan Pepper, and A. B. Holder.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, Mississippi)
June 4, 1992, vol. 34 no. 23, pg. 4

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Family Members

Parents
William Oliver Barrett
1870–1952

Rachel Burwell Barrett
1874–1952

Siblings
Olivia Barrett Linfield
1900–1985

William Burwell "Will" Barrett
1906–1994

Pat Montgomery Barrett
1909–1998

Thomas Richard "Dick" Barrett
1912–1980

Spouse
Lester Russell "Jelly" Thompson
1903–1990

More information, family relationships, and images may be found by CLICKING HERE (external link)

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