Funeral service for Betty Allen Thompson, 87, of Valhermoso Springs will be Sunday, March 22, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Valhermoso Holiness Church with Bro.Tim Patrick and Bro. Melvin Brown officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Valhermoso Holiness Cemetery. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at the church.
Mrs. Thompson passed with peace and grace on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at her residence with her family at her side. She was born April 20, 1927, in Washington, D.C. to Albert Frank Allen and Pearl Allen. Betty will always be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother, who’s greatest passion was helping others. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Nathan Thompson; three sons, Courtney B. Diamond, Larry and David Thompson; one brother, Frank Albert Allen; and one sister, Mary Jacobs.
Survivors include two sons, Gary Nathan Thompson and Rickey Thompson, both of Valhermoso Springs; two daughters, Donna Jean Roberts and Wanda Carol Thompson, both of Somerville; one brother,
Earl Allen of Virginia; one sister, Jean Bruno of Illinois; 14 grandchildren; 17 great- grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be family and friends
