obituaries
minnie Louise Thompson
Bishop
Cared for many Thousands Artice L.wright has
A
funeral was held on
Thursday, Feb. 3,
2011 for Minnie Louise
Thompson
at
Life
Change Christian Center.
Minnie
Louise
Thompson was born
Minnie Louise Mays on
July 3, 1942 to the union
of Woodrow Wilson
Mays and Lottie Mae
Mays
(Parson)
in
Decatur, Alabama. At an
early age, she moved
with her family to
Portland, Ore.
Louise (as she pre-
ferred to be called) graduated from
Washington High School and received her
Licensed Practical Nursing degree from
Portland Community College. From the
date of her college graduation for over
forty years, Louise was a practicing nurse
for Legacy Health Care Systems –
Emanuel Hospital. Her passion for patient
care and health touched the lives of thou-
sands of patients across many surgical spe-
cialties. Louise retired from Legacy
Emanuel in 2008, leaving behind many co-
workers with whom she built meaningful
friendships and with whom she kept in
touch.
Louise was blessed with three loving
children – Nolan Stewart, Kimberly
(Mitchell) Elliott, and Rhonda (James)
Etherly. In September
1986, she married
James
Edward
Thompson. Louise is
also survived by
James’ children - Tina
(James)
Jackson,
James
(Jacquelyn)
Thompson
Jr.,
Jonathan (Jasmine)
Thompson, Jermaine
(Stacey) Thompson,
and Jimmy Thompson.
Also left to mourn are
Louise’s fifteen grand-
children and one great
grand child. She was
the last surviving sibling on her maternal
side and she is survived by two sisters
[Veronica (John) Cable & Anita Mays] and
three brothers [Ples Mays, Victor Mays,
and Willie (Valerie) Mays] on her paternal
side. She is also survived by her father’s
second wife, Evelyn Mays, who resides in
Cleveland, Ohio. Louise is preceded in
death by her parents (Woodrow and Lottie)
and her siblings (Wilma Jean Mays, Ricky
Rankin, Glasker Rankin, Armpriscilla
Epps, and Woodrow Wilson Mays, Jr.).
Please visit Minnie’s online webpage
guestbook at www.terryfamilyfuneral-
home.com to leave messages of condo-
lences for the family. Arrangements
entrusted to Terry Family Funeral Home.
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Passed Away
B
ishop Artice L. Wright, long time resident of
Portland, Or., passed away on Feb. 6, 2011, at
the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
A wake service was held Feb. 11 at Emmanuel
COGIC United, and the funeral was Feb. 12, 2011
at Emmanuel .
Olivia Jackson, 83, Leaves
Cherished memories
A
funeral was held Jan. 8,
2011 at First A.M.E.
Zion Church for Olivia
Jackson.
She was born on July 22,
1927, to George Cale and
Phillis Washington of New
Orleans Louisiana. She died
Dec. 30, 2010.
Olivia married Elisha
Jackson Jr on Nov. 6, 1948.
They had seven children.
She and her family lived in
New Orleans, La. and in
1960 relocated to Portland, Ore.
Olivia was a long time member of
Philadelphia Community Missionary
Baptist Church along with her family. She
later began to attend Emmanuel Temple
FGPC. She was very active with her
Mothers Board and other Church func-
tions.
She leaves to cherish her memories and
celebrate her life accomplishments, three
daughters: Ida Hight of Los Angeles, CA;
Carolyn Bankole of San Francisco, CA;
Jacqueline Jackson-Freeman of Portland,
OR, four sons: Elisha
Jackson, Stanley Jackson,
Gerald Jackson of Portland,
OR and Ronald Jackson of
Washington DC. Adoptive
brother Lamar Akers of
Portland, OR; three son-in-
laws, Babatu, Abubakar and
Larry;
daughter-in-law,
Barbara. Ten grandchil-
dren: Diallobe, Zalika,
Elimu, Taamiti, Jhmaal,
Mpagi, Omar’e, Jessalyn,
Ronald Jr, and Casey. Four
great grandchildren: Rashawn, Elimu Jr,
Zayden, and Sadie. A host of nieces,
nephews and cousins in New Orleans, LA.
Abundance of others she thought of as fam-
ily and close friends, she came in contact
with throughout all the places she traveled,
to where her kindness and grace touched
them all. Please visit Olivia’s online web-
page guestbook to send the family condo-
lences. www.terryfamilyfuneralhome.com
Arrangements entrusted to Terry Family
Funeral Home.