Janet Lee McMillion Thompson
Mrs. Janet Lee McMillion Thompson, 80, departed this life on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Oak Ridge Center in Charleston, with her loving husband, Ray by her side. She was born on September 12, 1937 in Charleston, WV. She was the daughter of Roy and Helen McMillion of Sissonville. She was the oldest of four children; including Shirley, Thomas and Jimmy. Janet enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, shopping, eating out and going to the casino for fun with her husband. She spent several years working at Heck's, that throughout the years changed their name to Take Ten and LA Joes. She looked forward to going to work every day and would never turn down over-time. She loved working there and helping people. She was the best wife, mom, grandma, sister and friend ever.
Janet is survived by her wonderful and loving husband of 60 ½ years, Ray Thompson; their beloved three children; daughter, Connie Colt and her husband Tim, of Winston Salem, NC and two loving sons, Brett Thompson of Charleston and Terry Thompson and his wife, Deana Mayhorn-Thompson of Charleston; Three grandchildren; Tiffany Wilson, Jennifer Doss, and Riley Dean Thompson; three great-grandchildren; Kaiti Via, Teagan Wilson and Cody Doss; sister, Shirley Burdette, brother, Jimmy McMillion, and sister-in-law, Crystal "Cookie" McMillion; wonderful nieces and nephews, and her special best friend, Jody Kinder. Janet was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Helen; brother, Mr. Thomas McMillion; and granddaughter, Miss Angela Via.
On August 7, 2015, Janet and her family's life changed when she suffered a severe stroke that caused her to be paralyzed on her left side. After a couple weeks in the hospital, she was transferred to Oak Ridge Center Nursing Home in Charleston. The 791 days that she was there, Ray was there for seven or more hours daily and had only missed six days. The love they have for each other is like no other.
Our family would like to thank everyone involved with the care of our mother, you all were amazing! A special thanks to Tabitha for always showing her love for our mother and taking care of our dad every day he was there. Thank you to Sylvia for the love you showed our mother the days you worked with her. Thank you to all the doctors, nurses and staff who made our mother's life as good as it could possibly be. I know she loved you all because that was the person she was.
Visitation with the family will be Monday, October 23, 2017 at 2 p.m., with funeral service immediately following at 3 p.m., at Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home Charleston, with Pastor Chad Cowen of Bible Center officiating.
Burial will follow at Floral Hills Garden of Memories, 6839 Sissonville Drive, in Sissonville. Pallbearers will be family members.