Shirley Marie

Thompson

Shirley Thompson

February 15, 1949 - October 10, 2026

Her story started in a snowstorm on February 15,1949, on the way to the hospital in a pick-up truck, with her father Bill Wilkinson, her mother Ruby Wilkinson, and her two older brothers. Her father said they found her in the mailbox on the way.

She was raised on a farm with her 7 siblings. She moved on in her life, married Robert Chatham, in 1965, and had a total of five children: Elaina, Eric, and Amanda, all of whom passed away shortly after birth, and Nancy and Robert.

She later tried several careers, before finding her calling in security. She then married J.D. Thompson in 1994, and moved to Blanchard, OK. Her husband died in 2011, of Cancer. After her retirement she enjoyed life, by spending time listening to children read in her daughter's classroom, spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and traveling the world by way of cruising.

Shirley passed on October 10, 2026, after a short illness.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, three children, father, mother, and three male siblings, Ivan Wilkinson, Chester Wilkinson, and Glen Wilkinson. She is survived by her children Nancy and Robert, brother Marvan Wilkinson, and her sisters Linda Ford, and Retha Thoma, and numerous nieces, and nephews and great nieces and nephews, two grandchildren Ruby Krist, and Wyatt Inman, and three great-grandchildren, Rosalee Duff, Sebastian Duff, and Shirley Krist.

She will be greatly missed by family, adopted family, church family and friends.

A funeral service for Shirley will be held at 11:00 A.M, Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at Midway Southern Baptist Church in Dibble. Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com