Betty Parrish Thompson
July 31, 1929 - December 17, 2020
Betty Sue (Morgan) Parrish Thompson was an independent woman, loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother many times over. She was both a hard working and fun-loving woman. She had a great love for all music, enjoyed playing the piano, square-dancing and clogging. Her hobbies and activities were too many to name but her greatest loves were horseback riding, music, sewing, and crafts. She also enjoyed golf, bowling, board games, and exercise. She leaves behind a legacy of handmade Christmas decorations and Kachina dolls for her entire family to remember her for years to come.
Betty was extremely versatile and resourceful, working on the farm as a young girl and in her adult life in grocery stores, car dealerships, chiropractic office, school cafeteria cook, activity director, campground manager and more. Betty was not intimidated to cook up a batch of her delicious biscuits & sausage gravy for a crowd of 80 people! She loved traveling, site-seeing, and visiting her children and grand-children. In her lifetime she lived in Callao, MO, Gallatin, MO, West Yellowstone, MT, Apache Junction, AZ, Sunrise Beach, MO, and finally in Freeland, Whidbey Island, WA. Betty was a member of Brown Road Baptist Church in Mesa, AZ, however she was always a member of a church wherever she resided.
Betty Parrish Thompson, 91 years of age, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, gracefully and peacefully, on December 17, 2020 in Freeland, Whidbey Island, WA. Betty was born July 31, 1929 to Daniel and Lorene Morgan of Callao, MO. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband of 44 years, Donald Parrish, her second husband of 22 years, Wilbur “Tommy” Thompson, sister Margaret Sons, step-daughters, Kathleen "Sue" Saunders (Larry) and Mary Fern Smith (Loren).
She has three surviving sisters, Annette Shaver (Jacksonville, IL), Norma Gibbins (Apache Junction, AZ), and Arlene Hayes (Macon, MO). Betty is also survived by all five of her children, Beverly Jean Debolt (Nick) of Apache Junction, AZ, Michael Parrish (Elaine) of Lincoln, KS, Dana Moffett (Byron) of Langley, WA, Janis Bell (Joe) of Cape Coral, FL, and Charles Parrish (Karen) of Roswell, GA. Betty was blessed with 21 grandchildren, 21 Great Grandchildren, and two Great Great Grandchildren.
A memorial will be held at Brown Road Baptist Church, 4801 East Brown Road, Mesa, AZ at 10:00 a.m. on March 26, 2021. Betty’s ashes will be joined with Wilbur “Tommy” Thompson at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ, and also in Bevier, MO where her ashes will be buried alongside Donald Parrish at a graveside service at Milam Chapel Cemetery to be held at 10:00 a.m. on July 24th, 2021.
FUNERAL INFORMATION
A memorial will be held at Brown Road Baptist Church, 4801 East Brown Road, Mesa, AZ at 10:00 a.m. on March 26, 2021. Betty’s ashes will be joined with Wilbur “Tommy” Thompson at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ, and also in Bevier, MO where her ashes will be buried alongside Donald Parrish at a graveside service at Milam Chapel Cemetery to be held at 10:00 a.m. on July 24th, 2021.