Opal Dickson Thomas' Obituary
AMARILLO / HEDLEY
SERVICES - 10:00 am Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in Hedley United Methodist Church in Hedley with Rev. Ervin Emmert, Pastor, & Bill Carson, officiating.
INTERMENT - Rowe Cemetery in Hedley.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Mrs. Thomas was born April 18, 1917 in Hedley, Texas to John Green and Mollie Dukes Dickson. She attended Hedley school and was employed at Polk Street Methodist Church and later by Amarillo Independent School District from which she retired in 1982. She married Joe Thomas on January 22, 1938 in Memphis, Texas. They were married for forty years.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - four sisters, Jewel Quisenberry, Fay Dickson, Mae Wilson Thornberry, and Golden Johnson; one nephew, Richard Dickson; and he beloved husband Joe Thomas.
SURVIVORS - one brother, J.M. Dickson of Turkey, Texas; 3 nieces, Peggy Struble of Toccoa, GA, Dixie Gartrell of Houston, Texas, and Linda Phelan of Austin, Texas; 3 nephews, Jack Quisenberry of Tyler, Texas, John Dickson of Hedley, Texas, and Tony Mikesell of St. Louis, Missouri; and special friends, Helen McMillen and Linda Boyett of Amarillo and Marie Cruse of Turkey, Texas; she also has many great nieces, nephews, numerous relatives, and friends.
MEMORIALS - The family requests memorials be to Rowe Cemetery Association.
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