Funeral service for Mrs. Katherine Tucker Thomas age 94, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Wayne McGee officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mrs. Thomas passed away Saturday morning at Maury Regional Hospital.
A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late William Mack and Minnie Etta Tripp Tucker. She was a homemaker, wonderful mother and cook and a member of the Chestnut Ridge Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband Mr. Clayton Thomas of Fayetteville, children Etta Mae Gill and husband John, Ronald C. Thomas and wife Pamela all of Fayetteville, Dale Thomas of Petersburg, Shirley Ann Sowell and husband Wallace of Holly Pond, AL, brother Leon Tucker of South Holland, IL, brother-in-law W.G. Thomas of Fayetteville, 11 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by grandson Ken Gill, great grandson Caleb Gill, brothers Jessie Mack Tucker, William Clyde Tucker, and Charles Edward Tucker.
Visitation with the family will be Sunday evening from 5 – 8 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home.