April 7, 1944 - Feb. 16, 2010SOUTH BEND - Mr. Johnnie Lee Thompson, 65, a resident of South Bend, Indiana, departed from this life at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, 2010. He was born to the union of Roosevelt and Lillie Mae Thompson in Tilla, Arkansas, on April 7, 1944. Coming from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he moved to South Bend in 1970 Mr. Thompson was owner and operator of his own trucking business for ten years. He also worked as a truck driver for Spartan Express, Viking Express and for Mastics Siding as a machine operator. His favorite pastimes were fishing, boating and driving. He also was a former member of Paradise Missionary Baptist Church under the late Reverend Bill Adams and an honorary member of Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church under the pastorage of Reverend Rickardo Taylor Sr. Family members who survive to cherish his memory include his wife, Earthie (Utsey) Thompson; three children, Theodis (Janice) Thompson of Fordyce, Arkansas, James (Corrine) Thompson I and Georgiana (Kevin) Carter, both of South Bend; 12 grandchildren, Johnathan, Constance (Marvin), Johnna Rae, James II, Cierra, Kevin, Myra, Tevin, Tia, Theodis Jr., Tanesha and Tyreka; three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Helen (Tim) Robinson of Omaha, Nebraska, Dorothy Lloyd of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Catherine Hamilton of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; three brothers, Nehemiah Thompson and Lester (Geraldine) Thompson, both of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Carvin Thompson of Grady, Arkansas; along with a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services for Mr. Thompson will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2010, in Alford's Mortuary where arrangements have been entrusted. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery. Messages of condolence may be e-mailed to alfordsmortuary@comcast.net, c/o the Thompson family.