BEVERLY THOMPSON Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Beverly Sue Thompson, 53, of Kankakee, Illinois died at home on Thursday, September 2, 2010. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at Lax Mortuary from 5:00PM to 8:00PM and again on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 from 11:00AM until time of Funeral Services at 12 noon at Pembroke Fellowship Church, Pembroke, Illinois. Reverend Dr. Walter A. McCray will officiate. Burial will be in Momence Cemetery. Beverly Sue Thompson was born on August 10, 1957, in Joliet, Illinois to Delores Lewis and Lamar Thompson. Beverly was baptized at Union Baptist Church in 1970 by Reverend Hunt. She was a member of Pembroke Community Church where she sang in the choir, served as a Sunday school teacher and was in a missionary group. She will be remembered for her kindness. Beverly graduated from St. Anne High School and received her degree from Eastern University and a masterÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s degree from Olivet Nazarene University. Ms. Thompson was an educator and worked at I-KAN Regional Office of Education for seven years and Head Start for Kankakee School District 111 for 15 years. Beverly had an interest in travel and reading and she was very inspirational. Beverly leaves to cherish her memory, her father, Lamar Thompson of Joliet, IL; her mother, Delores Thompson of Pembroke Township, IL; one son, Marcus Thompson of Bloomington, IL; two daughters, Marissa Thompson of Kankakee, IL and Marla Thompson of Cochran, GA; four brothers and two sisters-in-law, Lamar and Tina Conn of Memphis, TN, Dana Thompson of Mobile, AL, Donnell and Barb Thompson of Watseka, IL and Phillip Thompson of University Park, IL; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Cynthia and Jewel Pickett of University Park, IL, Matireah Thompson Borders and Michael Borders of New Lenox, IL, Celia Thompson of Hannibal, Missouri and Susan Thompson of Sun River Terrace, IL; three aunts and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Thompson.

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BEVERLY THOMPSON

August 10, 1957 - September 2, 2010