Funeral services for Mrs. Reita Thompson, 79 of Marshall will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday May 12, 2011 at Immanuel Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Mims Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday May 11, 2011 at the funeral home. Mrs. Thompson passed away Sunday, May 08, 2011 in Marshall. Reita Thompson was born July 16, 1931 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Brady Eugene and Alice LaRue Pope Gafford. On December 10, 1957, she married R.C. Thompson. Reita was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She retired as a machinist at Woodlawn Manufacturing. Surviving Mrs. Thompson are three sons, Johnny R. Nixon and wife Madaline of Harleton, Robert Thompson and wife Delois and Michael Thompson and wife Laurie all of Marshall; four daughters, Linda Davis of Ft. Worth, Judy Pierce and husband Mike, Valeria Stephens and husband Michael, and Jeannie Oney and husband Glenwood, Jr. all of Marshall; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-four great-grandchildren and two great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, James Maxwell Nixon and Jerry Leon Nixon and great-grandson, Christopher Bryan Anderson. Serving as pallbearers will be Andrew Nixon, Jason Nixon, Danny Nixon, Brad Nixon, Tony Pierce, Floyd Oney, William Oney, Kyle Oney, John Oney and Mark Thompson. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Elrod and Bryan Elrod. The family requests memorials be made to Heartsway Hospice 505 E. Travis St., Ste 103, Marshall, Texas 75670. The family would also to express their many thanks to the staff of Heritage House and Heartsway Hospice. Online condolences may be made to www.downsfuneralhome.com