ELLIS FUNERAL HOME - MIDLAND

Gary Lynn Thompson 10-26-1958 to 6-24-2019 Our precious loved one has passed into Jesus' peace for eternity. Gary was born in Bastop, LA to George and Margie Thompson. With seven brothers and sisters, the family spent many years growing up in Hobbs, NM and then settled in Midland, TX in 1980. Gary was preceded in death by his parents, George Aaron and Margie Sue Thompson; his brothers, Michael Aaron Thompson and Shane Ray Thompson, both of Midland. Those left behind to cherish his memory are his beloved wife, Jackie Elaine Thompson; his children Dennis Wayne Wallace, Natisha Lynn Hein and Briana Shea Thompson; brother John Mark Thompson of Albuquerque, NM; sisters, Barbara Gayle and...

Mary Jo Smith passed away in Cedar Park, Texas on May 22, 2019 at the age of 96. Mary Jo was born in Lawton, Oklahoma on December 5, 1922 to Beulah Hester (Johnston) and Thomas Jefferson Franklin. She graduated from Henderson High School and Baylor University School of Nursing in 1944 as a pediatric nurse. On September 2, 1944, she married Dr. Clyde Gordon Smith in Dallas. Gordon and Mary Jo settled in Midland, Texas in 1953 where he set up his dental practice. Both were lifelong members of the Baptist Church, and the First Baptist Church was the center of their lives there. One of Mary Jo's favorite scriptures was Psalm 100 that begins, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord." Her sense of...