Larry "Butch" Thompson

Funeral Services at Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel, Walters, OK on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., with burial in the Walters Cemetery. Visitation at Hart-Wyatt Chapel on Monday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. Memorial Donations can be made to St. Jude.

Larry Walter Thompson, better known to family and friends as Butch Thompson was born on May 7th, 1943 to William M. and Eurvel Marie (Kimbriel) Thompson in Walters, OK.

Butch went to work for his brother-in-law, Dean Walden, when he was about 19, and became a custom cabinet maker. A few years later he opened his own cabinet shop in Lawton, OK. He later had a shop in Rowlett, TX and in Teague, TX. He was currently active as owner of Butch T’s Custom Cabinets in Palestine, TX.

Butch liked to play poker and dominoes with friends. He loved the outdoors, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved planting a garden and raising fresh vegetables. He also got into buying and raising cattle.

Butch has fought with heart and kidney failure for more than 2 years.

He is survived by his wife Ruth Ann Thompson; daughters, Tammi Driever and husband Mick, and Rebecca Thompson and husband Terry; a son, Larry Walter Thompson, Jr.; 5 grandsons, Brett Crandall, Chase Thomson, Chance Thompson, Challen Thompson & Trey Thompson; 2 granddaughters, Bridgett Weekley and Savanna Thompson; 4 great granddaughters and 5 great grandsons; 3 nephews, Doug, Richard & Robert; other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Gerald Thompson and a sister, Patsy Walden.