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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Mildred Carol Thomas
Mildred Carol
Thomas
December 7, 1946 – August 21, 2021
Mildred Carol Thomas' Obituary
Mildred Carol Thomas, 74, of Laurel, Mississippi, passed away Saturday August 21, 2021, at Merit Health (Wesley) in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She was born Saturday, December 7, 1946 in Quitman, Mississippi.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM at Salem Heights Baptist Church in Laurel, Mississippi. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 1:00 PM at Salem Heights Baptist Church with burial to follow in Vossburg Cemetery. Bro. Brent Benson will officiate. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Laurel is in charge of arrangements. (601) 649-3342.
Mildred was the forth of five children born to T.E. and Myree Stafford of Vossburg, MS.
Mildred graduated from Heidelberg High School in 1964 attending Jones Junior College the following year. She then pursued a career as a bookkeeper until retiring from the Jones County School System in 2007.
On a blind date in 1963, Mildred met the man she would spend the remainder of her life with. Mildred and Jimmy married in 1966. For the next 55 1/2 years she was a devoted spouse, mother, and friend.
For 14 years Mildred fought one illness and battle after another. Throughout all of that she never lost sight of her faith and devotion to her Lord and Savior, her husband, her family, or her friends. She left all who knew her with a world of memories and smiles.
One of Mildred's favorite quotes she said to many people was, "If a task is once begun, never leave it til it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all".
Mildred, you did it well.................
She was preceded in death by her parents, T.E. and Myree Stafford, Mother and father in-law, L.J and Dorothy Thomas, brothers-in-law, Bill Peterman, Howard Allen Thomas, Jerry Bill Wesley, sister-in-law, Linda Joyce Thomas.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, James W. (Jimmy) Thomas, daughter, Deana Holifield (Richard), son, Michael Thomas (Christy), grandchildren, Codi (Ryan) Collins, Garrett (Maddie) Holifield, Collin and Connor Holifield, brother, Wayne Stafford (Betty), sisters, Ann Peterman, Linda Wesley, Karen McCarty (Will) and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Dickey Welborn, Mike Taylor, Gerald Griffin, Gene Head, Lewis Vaughn, and Scott Lewis.
Honorary pallbearers will be 1961 Jones Junior College Football Team and Wives.
Online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapellaurel.com
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM at Salem Heights Baptist Church in Laurel, Mississippi. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 1:00 PM at Salem Heights Baptist Church with burial to follow in Vossburg Cemetery. Bro. Brent Benson will officiate. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Laurel is in charge of arrangements. (601) 649-3342.
Mildred was the forth of five children born to T.E. and Myree Stafford of Vossburg, MS.
Mildred graduated from Heidelberg High School in 1964 attending Jones Junior College the following year. She then pursued a career as a bookkeeper until retiring from the Jones County School System in 2007.
On a blind date in 1963, Mildred met the man she would spend the remainder of her life with. Mildred and Jimmy married in 1966. For the next 55 1/2 years she was a devoted spouse, mother, and friend.
For 14 years Mildred fought one illness and battle after another. Throughout all of that she never lost sight of her faith and devotion to her Lord and Savior, her husband, her family, or her friends. She left all who knew her with a world of memories and smiles.
One of Mildred's favorite quotes she said to many people was, "If a task is once begun, never leave it til it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all".
Mildred, you did it well.................
She was preceded in death by her parents, T.E. and Myree Stafford, Mother and father in-law, L.J and Dorothy Thomas, brothers-in-law, Bill Peterman, Howard Allen Thomas, Jerry Bill Wesley, sister-in-law, Linda Joyce Thomas.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, James W. (Jimmy) Thomas, daughter, Deana Holifield (Richard), son, Michael Thomas (Christy), grandchildren, Codi (Ryan) Collins, Garrett (Maddie) Holifield, Collin and Connor Holifield, brother, Wayne Stafford (Betty), sisters, Ann Peterman, Linda Wesley, Karen McCarty (Will) and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Dickey Welborn, Mike Taylor, Gerald Griffin, Gene Head, Lewis Vaughn, and Scott Lewis.
Honorary pallbearers will be 1961 Jones Junior College Football Team and Wives.
Online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapellaurel.com
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