Eula Mae Townsend Thomas' Obituary
Eula Mae Townsend Thomas, better known as “Sister”, has joined her Lord and Savior and beloved family on January 23, 2017, less than one mile from where she was born. She was born August 26, 1938 to Henry Allen Townsend Sr. and Lillie Mae Cox of Gilchrist County, Florida. Eula Mae worked for Southern Bell from 1956 to 1991. After just a few years of retirement, she returned to work at North Florida Regional Medical Center, where she was a switchboard operator from 1995 to 2012. She was a loving face to patients, their families, and all those who worked with her.
Eula Mae is preceded in death by her brothers, Henry Townsend (Rosey), Samuel Townsend (Pat) and Howard Townsend (Sharon). She is survived by her husband, Clarence Thomas, who she married on September 30, 1962 and had 54 years of loving memories; children, Connie Thomas and Corey Thomas and grandchildren, Sierra, Zachary, Hunter, Corey, Katlyn, Carleigh and Kari.
Eula Mae enjoyed the small things in life; spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren on the river property, gardening and tending to flowers and sewing. Her love was felt by everyone who ever knew her.
A Celebration of Eula Mae’s life will be held Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 12:00 p.m., at Riverside Baptist Church, 10760 NW 5th Avenue, Branford with Pastor J. Tom Stalnaker officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, January 27, 2017, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at WILLIAMS-THOMAS FUNERAL HOME WESTAREA, 823 NW 143rd Street.
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