Lessie Thomas
Posted: May 9, 2009
REFORM, Ala. — Lessie Thomas, 72, died May 8, 2009, at her residence. Services are Monday at 2 p.m. at Skelton Funeral Home with the Revs. Jeff Long, Keith Crowley and Jeremy Newell officiating. Burial will follow at Greenhill Memorial Gardens. Visitation is today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Thomas was born Sept. 12, 1936, in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., to the late Melvin and Elizabeth Bigham Smith. She attended Carrollton Church of God. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Lee Thomas; brothers, T.J., J.C. and Dawson Smith. She is survived by her daughters, Mary E. Newell and Charlotte Keith; sons, Ronald, James and Wayne Thomas; sisters, Patricia Adams, Vaugdean Switch, Bobby Bates, Joann Parker, Betty Cook and Ivy Bizzell; brothers, Melvin, Avin, Raymond, Rayford, Wesley and Bobby Smith; 23 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and eight great-great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Jeremy and Adam Newell, Micheal and Drew Thomas, Dustin Beams and Justin Woolbright.