THOMPSON, Amy (Miz Amy) Agnes

Arizona Silver Belt, Globe, Arizona, Tuesday, April 01, 2014 Amy Agnes Thompson, known by her friends as “Miz Amy,” passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Miz Amy was an artist. Whether it was creating a painting, molding a ceramic pot, china painting a vase, designing a piece of jewelery or stitching a quilt; the beauty wasn’t in the details but in the way all the colors came together. Those colors would always be bright, much like her, and sometimes you might have to wait until her creation was complete to understand and appreciate her vision. In every medium she chose, there was color and fun and joy. It was almost like she thought, why would anyone ever make something that didn't look like a rainbow or wasn't dripping in gold? Her head was filled with so many ideas she would barely finish something before she was diving into another piece. Miz Amy was a pioneer. She was born April 29, 1920 in Phoenix, Ariz. in a tent in a cotton field. When she was 13 years old, She married Carl D. Thompson (after a two week courtship) and remained with him and loved him for 69 years until his death in 2003. During World War II, while Dan was fighting in the war, Amy started her own business, “Amy Thompson Hose Mending Service” in J.J. Newberry’s in downtown Phoenix. She became an accomplished pilot and did volunteer work with the USO entertaining troops. After she became pregnant with her third child, she gave up her pilot's license and started racing “Jolopys” in Powder Puff Derbies. She became a house remodeling expert when the family outgrew their two-bedroom house. She bought a house without bothering to tell her husband until the project was complete and she invited him across the street to see their new home. She was a “Rosarian,” winning many, many awards with roses grown on her 100+ rose bushes. She helped found the South Mountain Festival of the Arts before moving to Globe in 1980. Miz Amy did all this while raising four children and numerous dogs. Her first born was Carl who was killed in a car accident when he was just 16. Her surviving children are Joanna Weeks, Danton Thompson and Tom Thompson; four grandchildren, Sandra Day, Richard Weeks, Scott Thompson and Crystal Thompson; and great-grandchildren Dillon Weeks and Barrett Thompson. If you knew Miz Amy, you knew her kids. To say she bragged about them would be an understatement. Much like a momma bear with her cubs, you had better not say anything bad about Amy’s kids or you would feel her wrath. She loved animals, especially her two pugs, Beulah and Petey. They lived the good life, clearly never missing a meal. Miz Amy was a lover of life and people. She embodied the phrase, “she would give you the shirt off of her back.” You had to be careful about complimenting her about anything she was wearing. If you liked it, she would take it off and give it to you. Amy Thompson was a quilter and the quilt of her life on this earth has been completed. Its colors were bright and beautiful. We will miss her dearly, but Heaven will have some bright new colors.