Jessie B. Thomas, 104, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2011 at Friends Home at Guilford. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at Hanes Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel with Rev. Jack Bell officiating. Burial will follow at Guilford Memorial Park.
Jessie was born on July 16, 1907 in Newport, NC, the daughter of Nelson S. and Lona I. Garner Bell. She was a faithful member of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant for over 70 years. She worked as a Secretary with the Clara J. Peck Elementary School in Glenwood for over 40 years.
Jessie was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Day Thomas in 1987 and granddaughter, April T. Jones. Those left to cherish her memory is her son, Harry C. Thomas and his wife, Janice H. Thomas of Greensboro, NC; grandchildren, Christie T. Bisbee and husband Glenn of Greensboro, NC and great grandchildren, Sarah and Alex Bisbee; brother, Rev. Jack Bell and wife Carrie of Arizona; sisters, Dorothy “Dot” Garner of Burlington, NC and Meta Bell Peters of Raleigh, NC.
Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC 27405.
The family will receive friends of Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Hanes Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel.
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