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- Helen T. Thomas, age 90, Ivy Hall Nursing Home, formerly of Sunrise Drive, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, April 10, 2006. She was a native of Carter County and was the daughter of the late John H. and Ina Nidiffer Treadway. She was a homemaker and of Free Will Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gurney Thomas; a daughter, Phyllis Thomas Taylor; son, Tony Taylor; grandson, Chris Taylor; four brothers, Harold Treadway, Guy Treadway, R.L. Treadway and Allen Treadway; three sisters, Lillian Perry, Alta Treadway and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Deloach. Survivors include four sons and three daughters-in-law, Steward and Kathleen Thomas, Gary and Kay Thomas, Edward and Edna Thomas, James "Jim" Thomas, all of Elizabethton; six grandchildren, Kenneth Thomas, Karen Thomas Timbs, Wendy Thomas Good, Michael Thomas, Rebecca Tester, Chris Roberson; ten great grandchildren; three sisters, Virginia Shipley, Louise Arnold, both of Johnson City, Faye M. Norris, Elizabethton; several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2006, in the Chapel of Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home Elizabethton with Rev. D.C. Byrd and Rev. Burl Garland officiating. Music will be under the direction of Karen Timbs. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. prior to the service hour or friends may also call at the residence of a son, Gary Thomas, 116 Rich Hollow Road, Elizabethton, anytime. The graveside service and interment will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 13, 2006, at Treadway Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Judy and Victor Deloach, Charles "Dude" LaPorte, Jack Perkins, Hazel Bergman, Kenneth Carden, Staff and Employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home. Those who wish to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home chapel on Thursday at 10 a.m. to go in procession. The family wishes to extend a special thank you to the Administration and Staff, all current and former employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home that took care of Mrs. Thomas the past thirteen and one-half years.
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Abt 1916 - 2006 (~ 90 years)
