Jahala A. Thompson
December 5, 1937 - January 31, 2022 (Age 84)
Jahala Ann Hudson Thompson, 84, of Charlotte passed away on Monday, January 31, 2022 at Atrium Health Main. Visitation will be held from 5-8PM on Friday, February 4, 2022 at Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care in Locust, NC. The family will also receive friends 1 hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary. Her funeral service will be held at 2PM on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at First Baptist Church of Matthews. Entombment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens in Mint Hill, NC.
Mrs. Thompson was born December 5, 1937 in Stanly County to the late William Virgil Hudson and Opal Marie Mauldin Hudson. Jahala was a very talented hair dresser for 62 years. She loved her family and put them first in her life. Her granddaughters were the joy of her life and she never missed a birthday party or event. Gardening and growing beautiful flowers were one of her favorite things to do outside of work.
Jahala is survived by her husband Gibson Heath Thompson of Charlotte, NC; daughter: Beth Anne Thompson Sowder (Randy Lee) of Midland, NC; granddaughters: Rebecca Sowder Moran (Dixon) of Concord, NC, and Karrah Sowder of Concord, NC. She is preceded in death by her brother Bennie Hudson.
Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Locust is serving the Thompson family.
