Arthur Edward Thompson - Online Memorial Website
Memorial Website - Arthur Edward Thompson
This memorial website was made to remember Arnie, a Husband, a Father, a Grandfather, Brother and Uncle. Born on the 20th October Croydon in 1941 and passed away on the 21st September 2006. God bless and rest in peace. Please light a candle before you leave this site and keep his memory alive. Thank you xx
Arnie
Please light a candle before you leave whether it be for Arnie, Tony or anyone you have lost or are battling an illness. It means a lot to me and my family that people take the time to care xx
~ God's Garden ~ 
God looked around his garden
And found an empty place
He then looked down on earth
And saw your tired face
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest
God's garden must be beautiful
He only takes the best
He knew you were suffering
He knew you were in pain
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again
He saw the road was getting rough
The hills were hard to climb
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, "Peace be thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you
But you didn't go alone For part of us went with you The day God called you home
is an
now!!!!!
We had 43 happy years together. I am so glad we met and I had a share in your life, you will always be very much loved and missed by me. My love will always be with you. I know you couldn’t help it for having to leave me.
Love you always and forever,
Frances xx
Dad, I thought of you when I received this. It made me laugh anyway!! Love Mich xx
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory. for ever and ever. Amen
If snowdrops grow in Heaven,
Please pick a bunch for us, 
Place them in our Dad’s arms,
And tell him they're from us,
Tell him that we love him, and miss him,
And when he turns to smile,
Place a kiss upon his cheek,
And hug him for a while,
Because remembering him is easy,
We do it every day,
But there's an ache within our hearts,
That will never go away
Michelle & Simon's wedding
21st August 2004
From your Daughters, Dad
You’ve always given us so many reasons to say "thanks",
When we were small you were there to hold on to.
As we grew up you encouraged and supported us,
And always you showed your love
That’s why we want to say – thanks for being there and for being such a wonderful Dad
Thank you to Michele Simmonds for doing the above graphic for me. Its very much appreciated xx
www.brian-compton.memory-of.com
Arnie my Husband
There’s a little place within my heart that’s reserved for only you,
A place that is so full of beautiful memories and the love I feel towards you that will never fade away
For how could it?
As from the day we met, I’ve always loved you so
My Husband, my soul mate
You brought me joy and happiness
Thank you for being such a shining light in my life to walk beside
To have had you as my husband has been a gift beyond compare
And from now until forever I will always love you so.
Frances xx
R.I.P Until we meet again xx
Come on then, time to go home!!!!!
Anyone who knew Arnie will remember that he liked collecting clocks......he drove us mad when the clocks had to go forward or back!!!!
is for happy of which Arnie was
is for undying love for me
is for smile that he always gave
is for barmy for the way he made
us laugh
is for Arnie who everyone loved
is for his nice loving ways
is for drink which he liked a can of!
This spells HUSBAND of which a good one he was
Elayne & Terry's wedding
3rd September 2005
is for Tortoises. Two pets he adored, Fred
and Tammy
is for October. The month of his birthday
is for mug of tea, A favourite drink of his
is for yummy. What he thought of his food
is for Grand-dad. What he always will
be
is for "roll-up". Something he really
enjoyed
is for amazing. That is what he was
is for nutty. As he was nutty along with
his jokes
is for delightful. A word that describes
his cooking
is for "Deal or No Deal". A favourite TV
show of his
is for Ace Grand-dad
is for Dominos. One of his favourite
games
This spells "To My Grand-dad". R.I.P. Grand-dad we love you, forever and always.
This was written by Hayley Smith (Grand-daughter) and placed with Arnie at the Chapel of Rest
We all can’t believe this has happened. We all couldn’t say what we wanted to your face so we all thought that we would write it. Words can’t express what you meant to us. It is so hard without you. We all can’t bear that you have left us and gone away. We all didn’t want to let you go. Why did it have to end this way? Why? We all have to say that we love you so much, we all still do love you even though we are far apart, you will never be forgotten Granddad.
You will always be in our hearts and your memories will be too. They keep us all alive and strong and keeps us all believing that you are still here. Thanks for being there for all of us, you never let us down. We all won’t forget you ‘til the day we die. We all hope that you read this in Heaven but for now Granddad we all hope that you suffer no more pain and you R.I.P until we meet again one sweet day.
Love from all your grandchildren,
Hayley, Tommy, Ronnie, Reece, Charlene, Leah, Bradlee and little Reggie xx
A balloon from my 1st birthday for my Grandad, love Reggie (Age 1)
In memory of my husband. Love you forever xx
Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...
So, don't forget to make time and take opportunities to make memories everyday. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them. You never know when you will need each other. You will always remember to let them know that you will never forget them.
IF TEARS COULD BUILD A STAIRWAY
AND MEMORIES WERE A LANE
I WOULD WALK RIGHT UP TO HEAVEN
TO BRING YOU HOME AGAIN
NO FAREWELL WORDS WERE SPOKEN
NO TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
YOU WERE GONE BEFORE I KNEW IT
AND ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY
MY HEART STILL ACHES WITH SADNESS
AND SECRET TEARS STILL FLOW
WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW
Please also use this site to remember the life of Tony Dann who passed away on the 13th February 2005. Please also feel free to light a candle to help keep Tony's memory alive. Below is a poem that was read out at his memorial service last year.
FAREWELL MY FRIENDS
As long as it lasted
The journey of my life
I have no regrets, whatsoever save
The pain i'll leave behind
Those dear hearts who love and care.....
And the strings pulling at the heart and soul....
The strong arms that held me up
When my own strength let me down
At every turning of my life
I came across good friends
Friends who stood by me
Even when the time raced me by
Farewell, Farewell my friends
I smile and bid you goodbye
No, shed no tears for I need them not
All I need is your smile
If you feel sad do think of me
For that's what I'll like
When you live in the hearts of those you love
Remember then you never die
Please take a moment to visit this site:
and light a candle in memory of this beautiful little angel
Thank You's
Thank you to Hayley Bigwood (Leah's Mummy). She has helped me so much with my endless questions re. designing my Dad's website. Thanks Hayley! xx
Thank you to Michele Simmonds for the graphic of the Best Dad certificate.
Thank you to everyone else who has helped me out, you know who you all are, whether it be scanning my photo's (Cheers Tommy!) or just listening to me when things weren't going right! I truly appreciate it all.
Love Mich xx
Thank you to Judie Smart (Angel Families) for doing the music for this site.
As read out at Arnie's funeral
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD. 
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."
The LORD replied:
"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."
To our Grandad, we miss you more than you can ever imagine! With love from all your grandchildren xxxxxxxx
To our Dad, thank you for everything you done for us.
Sleep tight, Lots of love Elayne, Sharon, Yvonne & Michelle
xxxxxxxxxxx
Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone, wear no forced air or solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at little jokes we enjoyed together. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was, let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity. Why should I bbe out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner......
Remembering Arnie
You can shed tears that he is gone
or you can smile because he has lived
You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back,
or you can do what he'd want:
Smile, Open Your Eyes
Love and Go On.
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
to Some I MAY BE NOTHING MORE THAN A DISTANT MEMORY.
MY LIFE ON EARTH IS OVER NOW,BUT DO you REMEMBER ME?
I KNOW I WASN'T HERE for long enough ,
BUT GOD'S WORK FOR ME WAS THROUGH.
PLEASE DON'T TRY TO STOP THE THOUGHTS OF ME BECAUSE
I NEVER WILL OF YOU.
SOME MAY HEAR OR SPEAK MY NAME AND
VANISH THE THOUGHT OF ME,
WHY IS IT NOW THAT I AM GONE NO ONE STOPS TO SEE.
I'M CLOSER TO YOU NOW THAN I EVER WAS BEFORE,
I LOVE YOU ALL JUST THE SAME AND WILL FOREVERMORE.
SO, PLEASE DON'T LET MY MEMORIES SLOWLY FADE AWAY...
FOR I'M STILL INSIDE YOUR HEART YOU SEE,
WHERE I WILL ALWAYS STAY.
DON'T THINK OF ME AS GONE FOREVER
BECAUSE SOMEDAY WE'LL MEET AGAIN.
KEEP ME CLOSE INSIDE YOUR HEART UNTIL
GOD TELLS YOU WHEN.
YOU MAY BE THERE FOR MANY YEARS NO ONE EVER KNOWS,
SO LET MY MEMORY STAY ALIVE AS THE LOVE INSIDE YOU
GROWS.
SOME OF YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD CALLED FOR ME
SOONER THAN YOU'D PLANNED.
BUT PLEASE DON'T BE MAD AT HIM, FOR I'M
iN THE MASTER'S HANDS.
PLEASE REMEMBER ME WITH LOVE AND WITH
EACH TEAR THAT YOU CRY,
REMEMBER I'M BESIDE YOU STILL, ALTHOUGH I SAID GOOD-BYE
BLUEBERRY HILL
I found my thrill on blueberry hill
On blueberry hill when I found you
The moon stood still on blueberry hill
And lingered until my dreams came true
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Tho' we're apart, you're part of me still
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Tho' we're apart, you're part of me still
For you were my thrill on blueberry hill
Blueberry hill was arnie's favourite song xx
I believe in angels
That they're always hovering near
Whispering encouragement
When clouds suddenly appear
Protecting us from danger
And showing us the way
Performing little miracles
Within our lives each day
Yes, I believe in angels
And I'm sure you do too
And I'm convinced that angels
Are always watching over you
God Bless You!
We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
Each morning when we wake
We know that you are gone
And no one knows our heart ache
As we try to carry on.
Our hearts still ache with sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know.
Our thoughts are always with you
Your place no one can fill
In life we loved you dearly
In death we love you still.
There will always be a heart ache
And often a silent tear
But always a precious memory
of that one day you were here.
If tears could make a stair way
And heart ache could make a lane
We'd walk the path to heaven
And bring you back again.
We hold you close within our hearts
And there you will remain
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again.
| Sharon | Daughter | June 5, 2008 |
| Janeane Bricker | Thinking Of You | December 8, 2007 |
Thinking of you and your family threw the holiday season and always.
| elayne | terry and hayley and reece | October 22, 2007 |
Hi dad, hope you had a great birthday up there, im sure you and
tony were at the bar celebrating, it just seems so strange without
you being here, you missed my 40th, that was a good party, i know you
would have wanted a piece of the cake. The kids really miss you, hayley
leaves school next year, reece has just started to play rugby for a team
i just wish you was still here, a lot of people we dont know send really
nice messages for you, its lovely knowing people care who dont even
know you, maybe they have lost people they really love in their lives
i just think the messages are nice. Mum really misses you badly, i know
you didnt want to go, no-one wanted you to go. Anyway i will go now,
time for bed, have work tomorrow, will be thinking of you as i do
every day xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Elayne | Terry | August 23, 2007 |
I cant believe it is a year today since you went into hospital, sadly never
to come out. I was hoping you would be here for my 40th party, just
hope you join the party up in heaven, and bring me good health.
Me, mum and Sharon all went away two weeks ago, with the kids,
we had lovely weather, but the rest of the english summer has been rubbish
it just keeps raining and we got flooded the day before we went to portugal.
I know you are still around, i keep dreaming that i know you are dead, but you
are still fighting to live.
Terry and the kids are okay, Hayley leaves school next year to go to college
to study childcare, you would not believe how tall reece is getting, wish you
was here to see all your grandkids.
The stone has been put on your little garden now and i am going to go there
at the weekend to have a look, and we have all got nice things to go with
your little garden. Anyway better go now, sleep tight dad, miss you lots
i know i will see you again one day xxxxxxx
| Mich | RACE FOR LIFE 2007 - FUNDRAISING PAGE | June 8, 2007 |
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