Lenora Thigpen, 86, of Lacy Lakeview passed away Wednesday Aug. 12 at a local hospital. Services will be 10 am Saturday, Aug. 15, at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Thomas Roberson officiating. Burial will be at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Friday, Aug. 14 at the Funeral Home. Mrs. Thigpen was born September 11, 1922 in Alta Vista, Virginia to Charlie and Berta (Wilkins) Carswell. She was a homemaker and the "Best" mother, grandmother, great and great great grandmother, who meant everything to her family. She was preceded in death by her parents Charlie and Berta Carswell, a brother Luther Carswell and her husband James Samuel Thigpen. Survivors include her daughter, Brenda Roberson and husband Rick of Bellmead, sons, Bobby G. Thigpen of Waco and James E. Thigpen and wife Ruth of Tyler, sisters, Hazel Mitchell and Alice Moore both of Virginia, brother, Claude Carswell of North Carolina, 10 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.