Carol Ann Thompson Zangerl

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Carol Ann Thompson Zangerl, 82, of Blytheville, passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. 

Carol was born in Galveston, Texas, to Jack Thompson and Emma Jean Surratt Thompson. Her mother died when Carol was only 19 days old. She then moved to live with her maternal grandparents, John and Lennie Surratt in Little Rock. Carol was in the 1958 historic, first integrated class to graduate from Little Rock Central High School. She had a passion for dancing and was the owner of two dance studios located in Jacksonville and Lonoke, where she taught dance. Carol worked as an ophthalmologist assistant and was a member of the Little Rock Garden Club. After moving to Searcy, she opened a needle craft store and later moved to Jonesboro where she opened another store.  When Carol moved to Blytheville, she became a member of Aldersgate Methodist Church where she served as the church secretary. Carol loved reading the Bible, inspirational Christian books and doing genealogy research. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack Thompson and Emma Jean Surratt Thompson. 

Carol is survived by her husband, Rudolph “Rudy” Zangerl, Jr. of the home; children, Leslie Lott and her husband Solan, Jr. of Jonesboro and Rudolph “Zan” Zangerl III of Blytheville; and grandson, Austin Lott of Nashville, Tenn.  

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 1 p.m. in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.