Jewell Thompson

January 31, 1920 - December 4, 2019

Jewell Hope Richardson Thompson, age 99, passed away Wednesday December 4, 2019. She was born January 31, 1920 in Harford County, Maryland to the late Glenn and Clyde Moxley Richardson. She spent the first fifteen years of her life in New York State, North Carolina, Ohio, Maryland and North Carolina. After graduation from Sparta High School and marriage she lived in Washington, DC, Texas, Illinois, and Virginia. In September of 1953 she left Sparta with two small children and drove to Alaska where they lived for the next twelve years. They returned to Sparta in 1965 where Jewell was Administrator of GlenHaven Nursing Home until the business was sold in 1980. Jewell was an active member of the community. She was a member of Sparta First Baptist Church, a member and officer of Sparta Woman's Club, Alleghany Arts Council, the Wildflowers Club and the Symphony Committee. After retirement she enjoyed traveling, reading, meeting with friends but especially working in her yard which was a showplace with boxwoods and roses. She was fun-loving but determined, a great mother and grandmother, a special sister, a lover of beauty and art in her surroundings and a true Free Spirit! She is survived by one daughter, Susan Ruth Ostertag and husband William of Elizabethtown, KY; one son, Bob Thompson, Jr. and wife Lisa of Sparta; her grandsons, Michael M. Brooks and wife Brandy of Fort Leavenworth, KS, and Cooper M. Thompson of Sparta; one great grandson, Christopher C. Brooks of Ft. Leavenworth, KS; one sister, Una Edwards Lindh of Sparta; one brother Allen Richardson and wife Linda Sue of Comers Rock, VA. Several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews and friends also survive. The family requests the honor of your presence at the funeral service to honor Jewell at 2 PM Saturday, December 7, 2019 in the Chapel of Grandview Memorial Funeral Home with Reverend John Attaway officiating. Interment will follow in Sparta Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials made be made to Sparta Revitalization Committee, attention Karen Leys, 208 Farmer Road, Sparta, NC 28675. Grandview Funeral Home is proudly serving the Thompson family and if you wish condolences may be submitted to the family at www.grandviewfuneralhome.com.