Freda Hankins Thompson

Freda Hankins Thompson passed away the 18th of June 2018 in Conway, Arkansas. She was born in Pine Bluff, AR, the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Guy F. Hankins Sr., where she was a 1950 high school graduate, and later attended UCA in Conway. She worked in the Legal Department of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Dallas, Texasa, and Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. in San Diego, Calif. She was a real estate broker in Conway for several years, and retired from the University of Central Arkansas in 1994. Mrs. Thompson lived in Conway for over 50 years. She was a long time member of Central Baptist Church where she formerly taught the Ladies Sunday School Class, led a Girl's Auxiliary group, and performed with the Grace Outreach Singers, a senior musical drama group. She enjoyed golf and was proud of making a hole-in-one at the age of 66. Mrs. Thompson was married for 60 years to William E. "Gene" Thompson who died in 2010. She is the mother of one daughter, Dr. Sheri Thompson Carder Gunter (Larry) of Lake City, Fla.; two sons, William E. "Bill" Thompson II (Carolyn) of Albuquerque, N.M.; and Guy Steven Thompson (Caroline) of Santa Barbara, Calif. five grandchildren, Beau Carder (Sara), and Mary Caroline Thompson of Dallas, Texas; Dr. Casey Carder Rockwell (Eric) of Little Rock; Dustin Thompson of Dallas, Texas; and Aimee Thompson Wyatt (Kevin) of Austin, Texas; and five great-grandchildren Capri, Alex, Maddie, Taylor, and Whit. She is survived by two sisters, Doris Hankins Lenox and Carolyn Hankins Wright of Hot Springs, Ark. She was preceded in death by a sister, Lucille Hankins Wolfe; and two brothers, Guy F. Hankins Jr., and former State Representative Hubert A. Hankins. Services were held at in Conway on June 22, 2018. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Central Baptist Church Food Pantry or Soaring Wings Ranch for Children, both in Conway.