Melissa Gail Thompson Craft Obituary

A celebration of life will be held for Melissa Gail Thompson Craft at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at Riverwood Family, with visitation from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, September 14, at Riverwood, and Tuesday from 10:00 until the time of the service. Burial will be at Wellman Baptist Church Cemetery.

Melissa Gail Thompson Craft, 57, of Sontag, passed away on September 11, 2026.

She was born on February 26, 1969, in Brookhaven.

Melissa loved arts & crafts, taking pictures, going to garage sales and thrifting, and spending time with her family and friends.

Preceding her in death were her father, Johnny Roy Thompson; her grandparents, Paralee Smith Thompson and Johnny Alexander Thompson, Mary Geneva Jordon Hux, and Berkley Conaway BC Hux, Jr.; and her aunt, Debra Sue Hux.

Those left to cherish her memory are her mother, Gail Hux Thompson; her daughter, Makayla Craft (Josh); and her brother, Johnny Carroll Thompson (Melissa). She is also survived by her nephews, Johnny Bradon "Brady" Thompson, Chase Alexander Thompson (Brianna), and her significant other, Roger Dale Roberts, and special friend, Raquel Davis, along with a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, family, and friends.

The family wishes to thank Gentiva Hospice, Jessica Hale, Maggie Jane Thompson and aunts, friends and family.