Annie Thomas
Posted: September 22, 2017
COLUMBUS — Annie Ruth Sherrod Thomas, 64, died Sept. 11, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at 15th Street Church of God in Christ with Henry Turnipseed officiating. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery. Visitation is from 3-8 p.m. today at Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus. Mrs. Thomas was born Oct. 2, 1952, to the late Cesear Sherrod Sr. and Mary Alice Sherrod. She was a graduate of S.D. Lee high School. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Ceasar Sherrod and Willie C. Sherrod; and daughter, LaTonia Marie Thomas. She is survived by her husband, Sammie William Thomas; daughters, Jessica Thomas of Columbus, Nichole L. Hodges of Portage, Indiana; sons, Kelvin Sherrod of Houston and Willie Sherrod Jr. of Columbus; siblings, Curtis Sherrod Sr., William Sherrod, Ceasar Sherrod III and Felita Sherrod, all of Columbus; and 13 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be McArthur Evans, Chris Walton, Billy White, Marty Turner, Leon Hill, LaBaron Fenton and Antonio Miller.