Avis de décès de Minnie-Belle Thomas

Mrs. Minnie Belle Durrance Thomas, 94, a lifelong resident of Columbia County, died early Saturday morning, July 21, 2012 in The Health Center of Lake City following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Jesse David Durrance and Emily Nettie Keen Durrance. Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker who also worked alongside her husband with their livestock and forestry ventures. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Deep Creek Ward. She very much enjoyed working in both the church library and history center, serving in the church Relief Society and going to the temple in Atlanta and Orlando. Mrs. Thomas was a wonderful cook who will forever be remembered for being steadfast in her decisions and having a strong work ethic. Mrs. Thomas was preceded in death in 1990 by her husband of fifty-three years, Mr. R.B. Thomas. She is survived by her children, Reuben and Becky Thomas and Winton and Linda Gail Thomas; her grandchildren, Darlene Thomas Witt, Russell Thomas (Kathy), Bo Thomas (Candace), Arness Thomas (Sherrie Gail), Jason Thomas (Michelle), Justin Thomas (Michelle), Charese Thomas Norton (Jack), K.C. Thomas (LeAnn) and a step-granddaughter, Candace Hiers ( of Jacksonville, Florida. Fifteen great-grandchildren and close family members, Lorene Davis, Ann Chapple, Gwendolyn Norris and Linda Thomas also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, July 23, 2012 in the Chapel of the Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home with Bishop John Luthi presiding. Interment will follow in the Corinth Cemetery (located seven miles North of I-10 on Hwy 441). The family will receive friends from 4:30-6:30 Sunday afternoon in the Chapel of the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to either the Employee Christmas Fund at The Health Center of Lake City, 560 SW McFarlane Ave., Lake City, FL 32025 or to the LDS Bishops Storehouse Fast Offerings Fund, 276 SW Wise Dr., Lake City, FL 32024. Arrangements are under the direction of the DEES-PARRISH FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 458 S. Marion Ave., Lake City, FL 32025, 386-752-1234 please sign the online family guestbook at parrishfamilyfuneralhome.com