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Magdalene V. Maddox Milstead Thomas

Funeral services for Magdalene V. Maddox Milstead Thomas, age 96 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday morning November 28, 2015 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Gibson and Bro. Steve Reeves officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband William Lawson “Stead” Milstead. Mrs. Thomas passed away Tuesday November 24, 2015 at her residence.
A native of Limestone County, AL, she was the daughter of the late Horace Green and Cynthia Cordelia Fowler Maddox. She was a former employee of the Blue Ridge Shirt Plant and a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include three daughters Becky Milstead Jeans and husband William of Kelso, Marcella Milstead Gibson and husband Don of Fayetteville, Sybil Milstead Spray of Fayetteville, 15 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great-grandchildren, a large extended family and a host of friends. Along with her husband and parents she was preceded in death by two sons, Lawson Dwight Milstead and Bill Stanley Milstead, son-in-law Jerry Spray, grandson Michael Jeans, great-grandchildren Nathan and Emma Gibson, three sisters Ruth Maddox Smith, Alda Maddox Pitts and Naomi Reeves, five brothers Odie Maddox, William Maddox, Wesley Maddox, Claude Maddox and Horace Green Maddox, Jr.
Visitation with the family will be Friday evening November 27, 2015 from 5-8 PM at Higgins Funeral Home.

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#1 Comment By Van & Lee Quick On November 26, 2015 @ 5:40 pm

Our thoughts are with your family during this difficult time…praying for peace & comfort for you all.