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Visitation:
From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, August 30, at
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln
Service:
11 a.m. Monday, August 31, at Lincoln Christian
Church
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Obituary
Emogene Thomas, 91, of Lincoln, passed away
Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at her home surrounded by
her loving family.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, August 30,
2015, at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home in
Lincoln. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday,
August 31, 2015, at Lincoln Christian Church with
Pastor Ron Otto officiating. Burial will take place
at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at Little Zion
Cemetery, Rural White County with Pastor Tracy
Thomas officiating.
Emogene was born September 24, 1923, in rural White
County, the daughter of Ray D. and Mamie (Garrett)
South. She married Robert Thomas Sr. on June 6,
1948, in Fairfield. He preceded her in death on June
19, 2013.
She was a member of Lincoln Christian Church, the
Little Lambs Sunday School Class, and Abraham Shrine
#100. She worked for the Eaton Corporation in
Lincoln for 17 years. |
Surviving are her children: Gary (Alita) Thomas of
Olney, Caroline Nota of Bathe, Mamie (Dennis) Shull
of Lincoln, and Robert Jr. "Bob" (Penny) Thomas of
Lincoln, 16 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren;
and her siblings Phyllis Sanders of Norris City,
Garrett (Dorothy Jean) South of Enfield, and Carroll
(Dixie) South also of Enfield.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her
husband Robert Thomas Sr., her daughter Connie
Albert, her grandson Tracy Thomas, her sisters Helen
South and Dorothy York and her brother Doyle South.
Memorial donations may be made to Harvest of Talents
at Lincoln Christian Church and will be accepted at
the funeral home.
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