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Marie Thompson, 81, Evergreen

Funeral services for Marie Thompson will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2021 in the chapel of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie with Kevin Griffin officiating. Burial will follow in the Bayou Rouge Baptist Cemetery in Evergreen. Friends may visit on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. until the time of service at 11:00 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.

Blanche Marie Everett Massey Thompson, 81, went to be with our Heavenly Father on April 27, 2021. Marie was born in New Orleans on April 9, 1940. She was the 6th daughter of Floyd and Blanche Everett. She grew up in Baker and graduated from Baker High in 1958. Marie was a red head with a firey spirit! She married Sonny Massey when she was just 16 and didn't tell her Mama for several months! They had a son in July, 1958, and Sonny passed away from cancer in November, 1958. Marie and her son lived with her mother until a handsome man named Ken Thompson had a blind date with her in October, 1959. Ken & Marie married just 3 months later on January, 8th, 1960. Ken adopted Mickey and they went on to have 4 more children. They were married over 60 years when Ken went to be with Jesus on July 8, 2020.
Marie had the biggest heart! And she could wield a switch too when she felt the need. She LOVED her family more than anything. She was a homemaker and a wonderful, faithful, kind, hardworking, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, daughter, Aunt and friend.
Marie and Ken have 5 children: Mickey Thompson (Darlene), Pride, LA; Ken Thompson, Jr. (Clary Loisel), Missoula, MT; Gwen Descant (Trent), Sunset, LA; Scott Thompson, Slaughter, LA; Rodney Thompson (Michelle), Gainesville, FL.
Marie's large family includes 10 grandchildren: Ashley (Sam) Fontenot; Adam (Anna) Thompson; Jason Hollinshead; Michael (Fara) Descant; Janet (Connor) Lloyd; Jade (David) Veals; Camron Thompson; Brianna (Christopher) Smith; Zachary Thompson; Jasmine (Rey) Garcia. There are 16 great-grandchildren: Summer, Benjamin, Daphne, Kole, Desirea, Harley; Audrey, Sabrina, Mia; Charles, Theodore; Ayden, Merida, Adreus, Metztli; Zayla.
Marie is also survived by 4 sisters: Helen Emrick, Grace Blanchard, Shirley Parsons, and Wilma (Lucian) Mascarella.
She is preceeded in death by her husband, Kenneth W. Thompson, Sr; her parents, Floyd and Blanche Everett; her beautiful grandson, Jared Thompson; and her sister, Rosemary Cady.

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