Billy Joe Thompson

Billy Joe Thompson Jr., 73, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, after a brief hospitalization at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at Cape County Cowboy Church in Oak Ridge.

To honor the first Jackson "home football game", the funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at the church, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Interment will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.