ALLEN LEON "BUCK" THOMPSON

Allen Leon “Buck” Thompson, 98, of Eudora passed away at Mercy Hospital, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

He was born March 21, 1924, to Alvin William and Pauline McCulley Thompson. He was married to Orpha Dale Dodson on Aug. 27, 1945, and they celebrated 76 years together. They had three sons.
Thompson graduated from Marion C. Early High School in Morrisville, class of 1943. He served during World War II in the U.S. Navy on the USS McGuire delivering supplies in the Pacific Theater.
Thompson became a member of the Eudora Baptist Church and supported its ministries, especially to the youth of the community and working in the field of building churches. He achieved Master Mason with the Walnut Grove Lodge. He retired after 30 years of employment with Lily Tulip in Springfield, as a machinist. He treasured memories of working with regional church building with Missouri Baptist Mission, and traveling on the Missouri Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
He is predeceased by his wife, his parents, his brother William, and his son Allen Wade.  
He is survived by his sons Rickey Thompson (Jeanne), Tim Thompson (Sandy); daughter-in-law, Linda Thompson; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; sisters Grace Yokley, Hannah Vest, Linnie McGowen; sister-in-law, Meda Thompson; nieces, nephews and friends both from the Eudora community, the Baptist Church and from Maranatha Village where he resided the past three years.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial gifts be directed to the Eudora Baptist Church.
Visitation was from 10 a.m. until service time, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at Eudora Baptist Church, Eudora. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m., at the church, with burial following at Eudora Cemetery. Services were led by Rev. Kevin Marcum.
Arrangements under the direction of Wilson-Griffin Funeral Home, Walnut Grove.