Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameOpal Branson THOMPSON 
241,3, Joanna Thompson Irwin,3, Opal B. Thompson Isley
241,3, Joanna Thompson Irwin,3, Opal B. Thompson IsleyBirthNov 7, 1919, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Opal B. Thompson Isley,241
DeathJan 30, 2011, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Opal B. Thompson Isley
BurialFriendship United Methodist Church, 4612 Friendship Patterson Mill Road, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Opal B. Thompson Isley
FatherHarrison Allen THOMPSON (1889-1968)
MotherElsie ALLEN (1893-1958)
Spouses
BirthOct 23, 1919, Alamance County, North Carolina241
DeathOct 20, 1998, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina241
BurialFriendship United Methodist Church, 4612 Friendship Patterson Mill Road, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina241
FatherJohn Moody ISLEY (1886-1939)
MotherMary Caroline GARRETT (1887-1962)
MarriageJun 20, 1940241
Obituary Online notes for Opal Branson THOMPSON
2/1/2011
Opal B. Thompson Isley
SNOW CAMP — Mrs. Opal B. Thompson Isley, age 91, went home to be with her heavenly father and her dear husband, H. Wake Isley, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at her home surrounded by her family.
A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Harrison and Elsie Allen Thompson. Opal graduated from Sylvan High School in Snow Camp and attended Berry College in Rome, Georgia. She was of the Quaker faith and a member of the Friendship United Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the United Methodist Women as well as other church groups. She was a homemaker and enjoyed flower gardening and was a member of the Alamance County Garden Club. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother.
She is survived by her daughters,PhyllisI.Tildenand her husband Jack of Roanoke, Va., Iris I. Pope and her husband Charles of Apex, N.C., and Patricia I. Johnson and her husband Terry of Snow Camp; sons, Henry Isley and his wife Pam of Creedmoor, N.C., Mike Isley and his wife Connie of Snow Camp, Jake Isley and his wife Martha of Bullock, N.C. and Chris Isley of Snow Camp; 15 grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister, Cora Lee T. Gibson of Snow Camp.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and sisters, Christine T. McPherson , Mabel T. Graves of Snow Camp, Louise T. Stout of South Carolina, Betty T. Pollock of New Jersey and Joanna T. Irwin of Burlington; brothers, Hugh Thompson of Snow Camp and Russell Thompson of Burlington.
The funeral service to celebrate her life will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 2, at Friendship United Methodist Church with the Rev. Henry Swansea and the Rev. Alvin M. Horne officiating. Burial will follow in the Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the Rich & Thompson Funeral Home in Graham from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and in the Fellowship Hall of the church after the committal service.
Memorials may be made to Cane Creek Friends Meeting, 719 W. Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road, Snow Camp, NC 27349, or Friendship United Methodist Church, 4612 Friendship-Patterson Mill Road, Burlington, NC 27215 or to the Hospice Home of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.
Online condolences may be sent at
www.richandthompson.com 3, Opal B. Thompson Isley
Opal B. Thompson Isley
SNOW CAMP — Mrs. Opal B. Thompson Isley, age 91, went home to be with her heavenly father and her dear husband, H. Wake Isley, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at her home surrounded by her family.
A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Harrison and Elsie Allen Thompson. Opal graduated from Sylvan High School in Snow Camp and attended Berry College in Rome, Georgia. She was of the Quaker faith and a member of the Friendship United Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the United Methodist Women as well as other church groups. She was a homemaker and enjoyed flower gardening and was a member of the Alamance County Garden Club. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother.
She is survived by her daughters,PhyllisI.Tildenand her husband Jack of Roanoke, Va., Iris I. Pope and her husband Charles of Apex, N.C., and Patricia I. Johnson and her husband Terry of Snow Camp; sons, Henry Isley and his wife Pam of Creedmoor, N.C., Mike Isley and his wife Connie of Snow Camp, Jake Isley and his wife Martha of Bullock, N.C. and Chris Isley of Snow Camp; 15 grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister, Cora Lee T. Gibson of Snow Camp.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and sisters, Christine T. McPherson , Mabel T. Graves of Snow Camp, Louise T. Stout of South Carolina, Betty T. Pollock of New Jersey and Joanna T. Irwin of Burlington; brothers, Hugh Thompson of Snow Camp and Russell Thompson of Burlington.
The funeral service to celebrate her life will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 2, at Friendship United Methodist Church with the Rev. Henry Swansea and the Rev. Alvin M. Horne officiating. Burial will follow in the Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the Rich & Thompson Funeral Home in Graham from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and in the Fellowship Hall of the church after the committal service.
Memorials may be made to Cane Creek Friends Meeting, 719 W. Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road, Snow Camp, NC 27349, or Friendship United Methodist Church, 4612 Friendship-Patterson Mill Road, Burlington, NC 27215 or to the Hospice Home of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.
Online condolences may be sent at
www.richandthompson.com 3, Opal B. Thompson Isley