Joan Thompson

Joan “Jo Jo” Marie Thompson, age 85, of Malvern passed from this life on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Arkansas Hospice in Hot Springs. She was born on August 31, 1936, in Saginaw, MI, the daughter of the late David Harold and Ida Baker Warner. Jo Jo was a member of the Malvern Moose Lodge #2365. She enjoyed taking care of her grandchildren and running the women’s auxiliary at the Moose Lodge. Jo Jo was preceded in death by her parents, three husbands, three children, Shelley Ann Lampkey, Wallace “Butch” Gray and Harold David Gray, one brother, Richard “Dick” Warner, and one sister, Nancy Kime.

She is survived by three sons, Lonnie Gray (Barbara) of Hot Springs, Gene Allen Gray of Benton, and Semi Gray III (Karen) of Henderson, NV, three daughters, Gerry Ray of

Mayflower, Sandra Joiner of Malvern, and Kathrine Gray of Henderson, two brothers, Jerry Warner and Jimmy Warner both of Michigan, two sisters, Jenette Warner of Michigan and Karen Delgado of Florida, thirty-one grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Sunday May 15, 2022 at the Malvern Moose Lodge #2365 in Malvern.

In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Malvern Moose Lodge #2365 P.O. Box 382 Malvern AR 72104.

Final arrangements are entrusted to The Welch Funeral Home of Arkadelphia. Visit www.welchfh.net to sign the guest book.