Jewell Doris Thomas

Mrs. Jewell Doris Thomas, age 92, of Oakwood passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in the Chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with interment following at Union Baptist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Myles Brown will officiate.  The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Monday, June 19, 2017 at Memorial Park South Funeral Home.

Mrs. Thomas was born June 11, 1925 to the late Levi Turner & Daisy Adeline Deaton in Flowery Branch.  She was a member of First Baptist Church of Oakwood, Wisdom Circle, Daughters of the Nile and TuShLa (Ladies Shrine Group).   Living most of her life in Doraville, she was retired from Eastman Kodak in Chamblee, where she had been a Film Processor.   Mrs. Thomas was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother; devoted friend, homemaker, and gardener; and a hard-worker. Mrs. Thomas was also preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, John B. Thomas; and siblings, Ralph (Emily) Deaton, Dorothy (Cecil) Bowles, Leonard Deaton, R.C. Reed, Geraldine (Dean) Bell, and Winfred (Mary) Deaton.

Survivors include:  daughter & son-in-law, Shelia & Charles Patten of Eatonton; daughter, Betty Hardin of Lawrenceville; son & daughter-in-law, John B. & Mary Thomas, Jr. of Vero Beach, FL; grandchildren, Chris (Alison) Patten of Cumming, Ben (Freya) Thomas of Greensboro, NC, Katherine (Chuck) Kania of Columbus, GA, Kelly (Nelson) Pires of Hartford, CT and Joseph (Rebecca) Hardin of Decatur; 9 great-grandchildren; sister, Irene Reed of Oakwood; sister-in-law, Christine Deaton of Suwanee; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Donations may be made in the memory of Doris Thomas to Daughters of the Nile Hospital Fund (CRA Account), C/O Mary Thompson, PO Box 281, Tyrone, GA  30290 or First Baptist Church of Oakwood, 3780 Old Oakwood Road, Oakwood, GA  30566.

Memorial Park South Funeral Home, 4121 Falcon Parkway, Flowery Branch, Georgia  30542 is in charge of arrangements.  Send on-line condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.