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Vera Estell Thompson, 91, of Grambling, La., died Friday, April 25, 2008, in Dallas.

The daughter of Jack and Fannie Bennett Faulk, she was born June 22, 1917, in Summerfield, La. She was a member of Rockey Valley Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ernest Thompson; a daughter, Dorothy Glosson; a sister, Lola Bullock; and two brothers, Hardy and J. Faulk.

Survivors include two sons, Theodore Roosevelt Thompson of Moreno Valley, Calif., and Hardin Thompson of Los Angeles; four daughters, Earnestine Payne of Grambling, Mary Helen Wainright of El Dorado, Margaret Ann Scott of New Orleans, and Peregrine Thompson of Los Angeles; one sister, Youtha Mae Thompson of Bernice, La.; 20 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Summerfield. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery in Summerfield under the direction of Our Christian Funeral Home of Ruston, La.