Obituary: Ometa Pullum Thompson

Ometa Pullum Thompson, age 80, of Oak Ridge, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 13, 2014.

She was born June 18, 1933, in Baxter, Tenn., the daughter of Fount and May McBroom Pullum. She attended Baxter Seminary in Baxter, which is now Upperman High School.

Ometa was an active member of Robertsville Baptist Church for more than 50 years, where she enjoyed the friendship of many of the senior women in her Sunday school class, the Women’s Missionary Union, and the “New Beginnings” group.

She enjoyed working with Tabitha’s Table, the church’s food ministry, the clothes closet, and other benevolence ministries.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband Clarence Taylor Thompson and younger brother Ruben Sonny Pullum of Cookeville, Tenn.

She is survived by children, Connie Woods and husband Joe of Cookeville, Roger Thompson and wife Cathy of Oak Ridge, and Bill Thompson and wife Susan of Bristol, Va.; brother, Ernie Pullum and wife Bonnie of Cookeville; and nine grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 1–2:30 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary. The funeral will begin at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Brian Scott officiating. The burial will follow at Anderson Memorial Gardens.

The family requests that any memorial gifts be given in her memory to the Kitchen Renovation Fund at Robertsville Baptist Church, 251 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

An online guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.