- Date Of Birth: October 6, 1928
- Date Of Death: October 26, 2022
- State: Florida
Minnie Dean Hollinhead Thompson was born October 6, 1928 in Wing, Alabama. She was the fifth child of William and Buelah Hollinhead and her twin sister Jean was number six. The twin’s mother passed away ten days after their birth. William and Elon Kennedy took Minnie into their hearts and home as their daughter, or as her father called her, “Baby Girl”.
Minnie grew up in Escambia Farms, starting school at age 7 and graduating high school at 16. She eventually went to work as a nurse’s aide (now known as a CNA) at the hospital in Brewton, Alabama. There she worked with a nurse who introduced Minnie to her brother James Thompson. They met on December 21, 1951 and married on January 1, 1952. Yes, that was just 10 days later. They had five children, four boys, and one girl, and were married for 62 years.
Minnie passed away on October 26, 2022, at the age of 94.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James, and oldest son, James Michael; her parents, brothers Curvie and Charlie, and sisters Sally, Peggy, and Jean.
She is survived by her children, John and wife Bess, daughter Jane, son Richard, son Fred and wife Danetta; Grandchildren, Lee Thompson and wife Ashley, Brad Thompson and wife Mary, Logan Thompson, Kevin Thompson, Stephen Thompson, Kimberly Gorham, and David Thompson; Great grandchildren Victoria, Sophie, and Calla Thompson, Laura McLemore, Phillip Thompson, Seth and Natalie Gorham, and Levi, Sawyer, and Hudson Thompson.
