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Thelma Parker Thomas, 79, of Gaffney, SC passed away peacefully Friday, December 20, 2024 at Cherokee Medical Center, Gaffney, SC. The daughter of the late Albert and Effie Mullinax Parker, she would later marry the late Jerry Samuel Thomas. Thelma loved the outdoors, working in her garden growing vegetables and flowers, spending time with her Family and, her pet chihuahua. Thelma was of the Baptist Faith.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two daughters; Deborah Mullinax and Arlene Langston, and three brothers; Ernest Blackwell (Snowball), James Robert Parker, and Joe Dean Parker.
Left to cherish her memory are three grandchildren, Megan Hullett (Dennis) of Gaffney, SC, Sara Langston (Kenneth) of Blacksburg, SC, and Adam Langston of Gaffney, SC. Also, four great grandchildren; Bentley Bolin, Harper Bolin, Kaesyn Garcia, and Jayden Garcia.
Visitation will be held Monday, December 23, 2024, from 6-8 PM at White Columns Funeral Service. No other services are scheduled at this time.
To help defray the cost of services, the family has requested donations to be made, in lieu of flowers, to White Columns Funeral Service. Those donations can be made by utilizing the payment center link on our home page, http://www.whitecolumnsfuneralservice.com/payments or by the resources tab drop down above this page.
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