Hundreds Gather to Remember ‘Lakewood's Mom' Who ‘died Doing What She Loved'

If you didn't see Vickie Thompson first, you definitely heard her -- with her big, unmistakable laugh, and the jangling of the David Yurman bangles around her wrist.Once you saw her though, you wouldn't forget her. The hair came first -- the North Carolina transplant quickly adopted Texas-size hair when she moved to town several decades ago. Then the clothes: Thompson's trademark look was all black, with a brightly colored scarf.   Continue reading...