Mrs. Thomas

Thelma Vesta Thomas, age 86, of New Lebanon, Ohio, passed away Monday, December 14, 2009, at the Middletown Atrium Hospital in Middletown, Ohio.

She was born March 9, 1923, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late David Harrison and Edith Rachel Roberts Thomas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Beatrice Thomas and Grace Welch, and one brother, Leroy Thomas.

Her husband, Samuel Turner Thomas, preceded her in death on June 6, 1989.

Mrs. Thomas is survived by one son, Leslie Thomas of New Lebanon, Ohio; three daughters, Patricia Allen of Moraine, Ohio, Dorothy Pernell and husband James of Springfield, Ohio, and Mary Shultz and husband David of Boonville, Indiana; and one grandson, Nathan Shultz.

Other survivors include two brothers, Albert Thomas of Cowan Lake, Ohio, and Raymond Thomas of Farmers, Kentucky, and two sisters, Margie Gafford of Sadieville, Kentucky, and Bernice Staggs of Goddard, Kentucky.

Mrs. Thomas retired from Gearhart Cafeteria in New Lebanon, Ohio, and was currently volunteering at a food pantry in West Carrollton, Ohio. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, crocheting, and feeding the homeless.

Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Saturday, December 19, 2009, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with Pastor David Wilhoit, Lewis Street Praise and Worship Center, Middletown, Ohio, officiating. Burial will follow in Brown Cemetery.

Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2009, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals.

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