Laura Rebekah Thompson, of River Ridge, Louisiana, passed away on Friday, August 3, 2018 at the age of 32. Her visitation will be Friday, August 10, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. Rosary service will follow in the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Laura’s funeral service will be Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Our Lady of the Shoals Catholic Church with Father Roy Runkle officiating. She will lie-in-state at the church from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. prior to the service. She will be buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Tuscumbia.
Laura was a native of Colbert County and a member of Our Lady of the Shoals Catholic Church. She was a 2004 Deshler High School graduate and a UNA graduate. She started her career working in nutrition in the Vitamin Shop and later became an insurance adjuster helping many lives that had been affected by disaster. Laura was very involved in sports including golfing, skiing and bungie jumping. She enjoyed arts such as painting and crafting. Laura had an outgoing personality and lived life to the fullest. She was always positive about people never saying anything bad about anyone. She deeply loved her niece and nephews.
She is survived by her loving fiancé, Chad Stephen Laborde; parents, Michael J. and Sandra Hacker Thompson; daughter, Kaylee Jane Laborde; brother, Randal Matthew Thompson and wife, Emily, nephews, Nicolas and Connor and niece, Natalie; grandfather, Carl G. Thompson; grandmother, Betty Hacker; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Memorials may be made to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation athttp://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org or to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital atwww.stjude.org.
Pallbearers will be Brannon Jones, Travis Whitaker, Chris Thompson, Jason Thompson, Ryan Thompson, Colin Laborde, Jamie Davis and Chris Boston.
Honorary pallbearers will be Tray Jones, Kevin Tesseneer, Derrick Tesseneer, David Jones and Josh (J.P.) Passons.
