Mrs. Ima Kelly, age 84 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in Hillcrest Care and Rehabilitation in Prescott, Arkansas. Mrs. Kelly was born in Prescott, Arkansas on December 12, 1932 to Thomas J. and Ida Wilson Hooker. She a member of the First Baptist Church in Hope and had worked in food service as an owner of a restaurant.  Mrs. Kelly is preceded in death by her parents; Thomas J. and Ida Hooker, her husbands; Joel Thompson and Anthony Kelly, her two brothers and her sister; Eugenia Blevins.

Survivors include; three sons; Robert Lyn Thompson, wife Renata and Joel Thomas Thompson, wife, Lori all of Hope and William Howard Thompson, wife, Tonya of Fayetteville, AR, two daughters; Glenda Faye Little and Jane Van Horn, husband, Scott all of Hope, ten grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Graveside service will be 2:00pm Friday, April 21, 2017 in Nubbin Hill Cemetery at Missionary Grove Baptist Church near Prescott. Rev. Jerry G. Westmoreland will officiate the service. Arrangements are by BRAZZEL/Oakcrest The Funeral Home, 1001 S. Main Hope, AR, Eddie BRAZZEL, Director.