Funeral services for Donald E. Thompson will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, January 18, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder Chapel with Thomas Thompson, Nephew, Davis, OK officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder.

*The family will greet friends Wednesday evening from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home.*

Donald Eugene Thompson, 79, Snyder passed away Sunday, January 14, 2018 in Altus, OK.  He was born May 9, 1938 in Davis, Oklahoma to Albert Wheeler and Myrtle (Wainscot) Thompson.  He joined the US Navy, serving from 1956 until 1962.  He saw sea duty aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10).  He married Hettie Marie Bingham on December 29, 1959 in Las Vegas, NV.  She passed away June 25, 2003.  Donald worked for numerous granite quarries for over 30 years as a stone cutter and laborer.  Wichita Granite, Roosevelt Granite, Brown Monument, and Lowell Monument just to name a few.  His last job before retiring was operating a bulldozer at Southwestern State Sand, southwest of Snyder.  For many years Donald coached Little League Baseball teams, ran the time clock for football and basketball games in Snyder, played on many local softball teams and even at one time played on the Snyder African-American Baseball team as the only white player.  He loved hunting, fishing and was an avid OU Sooner fan.

Donald is survived by his two children, Tammie and husband Larry Saville of Altus, OK, Jeff Thompson of Snyder, OK, his sister Dorothy Noble of Snyder, OK, granddaughter, Kindra Christon and husband Michael and  great grandchildren, Jozzlin, Jennifer and Jayden Christon and granddaughter-in-law Amber Saville and great grandchildren,  Caden and Bryson Saville.  He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, grandson Gregory Wayne Saville, his sisters: Carrie Bell Yarbrough, Lilly Watson, Alvaline Sexton and infant Lora Dale Thompson, and also preceded by 2 brothers, Ernest and Robert Thompson.