Emma Walmsley

1941 - March 24, 2022

MRS. EMMA FRANCES THOMPSON WALMSLEY, age 80, of Dublin, GA, died Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Dublinair Nursing Home in Dublin, GA.

Obituary for Emma Walmsley

MRS. EMMA FRANCES THOMPSON WALMSLEY, age 80, of Dublin, GA, died Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Dublinair Nursing Home in Dublin, GA.

 Graveside services will be held at 12:30PM Tuesday, March 29, at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL.

 Mrs. Walmsley was born in Toombsboro, GA, of the Baptist Faith, and a graduate of Wilkinson County High School. She worked as a nurse’s aide at Central State Hospital for a few years and was a childcare worker, and a homemaker. Through the years she lived numerous places being a wife of a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force including Milledgeville and Warner Robins. In 1996 they moved to Leesburg, FL where they resided until her husband’s death in 2014 before moving to Chester, GA to be with her daughter and grandchildren. She enjoyed bowling, crafts, ceramics, traveling with her husband, and spending time with her favorite canine companion Robin. She was a dedicated wife and a loving mother and grandmother. Emma was the daughter of the late Susie Parham Thompson and George Thompson, Sr. and was preceded in death by 4 Siblings, George Thompson, Jr., Betty Ann Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Johnny Thompson.

 She is survived by her Daughter – Michelle Walmsley (Tom Weathersbee) of Chester; 2 Grandchildren – Kelly Weathersbee and Michael Weathersbee, both of Chester; Sister – Irene Johnson (Jack) of Gray; Several Nieces, Nephews, and Numerous Cousins and Friends.

 The family may be contacted at the Weathersbee residence, 587 Chester Alamo Rd., Chester, GA, and will receive friends in Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home from 2:00PM-4:00PM Sunday, March 27. In lieu of flowers, the family request contributions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org/.


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