Fredda Thompson

Fredda Elma Carlisle Thompson, 104, went home to be with her Savior on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Her funeral service will be Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Melton Kitchens Funeral Home in Breckenridge, Texas. Her interment will follow under the direction of Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home.
She had lived independently in her home until 103 and then moved in with her daughter, Nancy. Fredda had a strong spirit of resiliency, optimism, and humor. She was witty and strong. She loved learning, crossword puzzles, Sudoku, sewing, “Days of our Lives,” politics, Trump, and her family. She was eagerly waiting for Trump’s inauguration and waited to pass until he was in office.
Fredda was born August 8, 1920, in Lake Dallas in her Grandmother Gotcher’s house. Born to Lola and Howard Carlisle, she was raised in Breckenridge, Texas. After graduating from Breckenridge High School in 1938, she attended Tarleton College for two years. She loved her time at Tarleton and the friends she made. Her fondest memory is dancing in the Student Union between classes and being elected as sponsor of military Company E.
August 3, 1940, she married Floyd Thompson in Graham in the preacher’s house. Floyd was from Breckenridge also but was playing football at TCU, so he would drive over and visit Fredda at college. They began their married life in Nocona, Texas, as Floyd began his career with Gulf Oil. Married life started in a garage apartment. Floyd’s job took them to Odessa and then Big Spring after Floyd enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1942. Fredda worked at First National Bank while Floyd trained paratroopers at Webb Air Force Base. Their first daughter, Nancy, was born in 1944 in Big Spring. After a 1945 discharge, their family moved to Breckenridge, where their second daughter, Trudy, was born in 1947; Floyd’s career with Gulf took them to Wichita Falls, where they raised their family. Fredda made lifelong friends in Wichita Falls and loved her time raising her family on Barrett Place Street. A job transfer took them to Midland on June 1, 1963, where Fredda made Midland her home for 62 years.
Fredda was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church in Breckenridge, Wichita Falls, and Midland. She loved her Sunday Schools and played the piano for her departments. She loved her family fiercely and being surrounded by them. She was able to love, rock, and hold generations of babies in our family. When it came to her family, she was a worrier. If a family member was going through a hard time, she jumped in with them and worried greatly over them. Some of her happiest times are traveling with her sister and her husband, her brother-in-law and his wife in their RVs to Colorado, Branson, and Lake Texhoma. Many wonderful memories were made with this group.
Fredda was an optimist who planted a new tree in her yard at age 91 because she wanted to watch it grow. She had a sharp mind that handled her finances, leases, banking, shopping and keeping up with all news. She drove up until the age of 99; with her license being good until 101. Fredda only stopped shopping and driving because of covid. Her strong spirit enabled her to age gracefully on her terms.
Even though her body began to fail the last year and she lost her hearing and eyesight, she did not lose her sharp mind and humor. Her strength is an example to her family and will forever live in all of us. She was our Mama, Grandmama, Gmama, Emama and our rock.
Fredda was preceded in death by her husband Floyd, her parents, Lola and Howard Carlisle, her sister Jimmie and brother-in-law Gerald Loudder, brother-in-law Earl Thompson and his wife Dorothy, son-in-law Charles Danley, and great-grandson Harper Robinson.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughters Nancy Danley and Trudy Robinson and husband Mike; seven grandchildren: Tammy Jordan and husband Chad, Susan McClendon and husband Greg, David Danley and wife Karisa, Mary Stacy and husband Chris, Todd Robinson and wife Michele, John Robinson and wife Heather, and Hunter Robinson and wife Andrea; sixteen great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Chad Jordan, Taylor Jordan, Hunter Robinson, David Danley, Greg McClendon, Mason McClendon, and Carter Robinson.
Condolences may be made at meltonkitchens.com. Memorials in Fredda’s honor can be made to donations of your choice and can be left at the Melton Kitchens Funeral Home.