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Floral Bearers Friends of the Family
Pall Bearers Friends of the Family
Acknowledgment
In Grateful Appreciation
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all of you for every kind expression we have received during our time of bereavement. You have made this burden easier to bear by just being there for us. We pray God’s continued
Blessings upon each of you.
~The Family
Dear Daddy,
I miss you and I love you. I’m grateful for all the things
you got me and for putting a roof over my head. I know
there’s an angel over my head and the angel is you.
I will always try to be good and make all straight A’s and
B’s to make you proud. I am always going to love you.
I will not give my mom hard times and I will look after my
brother. Everybody loves you too daddy, you are all they
talk about because they loved you and they are going to
miss you. I will always love you daddy.
Love Milli, Your Princess
Professional Services Entrusted To:
Knotts Funeral Home 719 Wall Street
Sanford, North Carolina 27330 Phone: (919) 776-4345 / Fax: (919) 776-0911
www.knottsfuneralhome.com
L O N G
L I V E
E R I C
The Celebration of Life In Loving Memory of
Alpha Omega December 16, 1989 August 25, 2019
Saturday, August 31, 2019
12:00 PM
Blandonia Presbyterian Church 605 Wall Street
Sanford, NC 27330
CRE Allen McLean, Pastor
Rev. Mamie L. Hooker, Eulogist
Order of Service
Prelude
Processional…………………………….Clergy & Family
Musical Selection
Scriptures: Old Testament: Psalm 23………….Minister Angela Jones New Testament: 1Corinthians 15:50-58….Rev. Iris Jordan
Prayer of Comfort
Solo…………………………….….Minister Angela Jones
Reflections Please limit 2 Minutes ……...…Family and Friends
Acknowledgements Obituary (Read Silently)
Solo…………………………………….....Rev. Iris Jordan
Eulogy……………………………..Rev. Mamie L. Hooker
Musical Selection
Recessional
Interment Lee Memory Garden
Sanford, North Carolina
Obituary
Eric Andre Thompson, Jr., age 29, was born on December 16,
1989 in Livingston, NJ to Tonya Yvette Wilson and Eric Andre
Thompson, Sr. He entered into life everlasting on August 25, 2019.
Eric was baptized on May 10, 1992 at Elmwood Presbyterian
Church in East Orange, NJ. When the family relocated to Sanford,
NC in 1999, he became a member at Blandonia Presbyterian
Church in Sanford, NC where he was active in the Blandonia Youth
Group and the Drama Club. He attended JR Ingram Elementary
School, West Lee Middle School, Lee Senior High School (briefly)
and graduated from Southern Lee in 2009. He received an
Associate Degree in Business Administration from Central Carolina
Community College in 2017.
Eric enjoyed playing basketball which he played throughout
Middle School and High School, traveling, spending time with his
children, his family and friends and being “the life of the party”. He
was known to have the ability to charm anybody he came in contact
with. He was truly one of a kind.
Eric was preceded in death by his father Eric Andre Thompson, Sr.
Eric is survived by his children, Amilliyana and Zyir Thompson
of Sanford; mother, Tonya Wilson, Linden, NC; mother of his
children, Valencia Rosemond, Sanford, NC; grandmother,
Rev. Mamie L. Hooker (Papa Wayne), Sanford, NC; sisters, Tamika
Thompson, Sanford, NC, Tamaiya and Jvonna Fleming, Linden,
NC; brothers, Jahid Thompson, Christopher and Elijah McCormick,
Keith Williams, Anthony Thompson (JR), Dave Seagroves, Travis
Bellamy, Kevin, and Tank; aunt, Gayle McKoy (Crainza), Sanford,
NC., cousins, Shakira Saziru, Rory Brown, and Cameron Alexander;
niece, MaKenzy Battle; nephew, Jalik McLean, and a host of other
loved ones and friends.
The Dash Poem “I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on their tombstone from the beginning…to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what
mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time that they spent alive on earth. And now only those who loved them know
what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars…the house…the cash. What matters is how we live
and love and how we spend our dash.