Marline Thomas

Funeral services for Marline Lowe Thomas, 97, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Kelleytown Baptist Church. The Revs. Rod Elliott, Lin Kirkman and Steve Cromer will officiate with burial in Westview Memorial Park Cemetery directed by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 20, 2007 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Thomas died Sunday, February 18, 2007. Born in Chester, PA, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Lawrence and Kate Ida Hutchison Lowe and moved to the Thomasville and High Point, NC area in 1910 which was her home for her early years. She was the oldest of eight children. She graduated from Thomasville High School in 1926 and from Central Weslyan College in the mid 30’s with a teaching certificate. She worked for the FBI in Washington, DC during World War II and in 1946, married Roy Lee Thomas of Troy, NC and High Point, NC. Together, they settled in Greensboro, NC and were lovingly married for nearly 55 years prior to his death in 2001. Mrs. Thomas was a dedicated servant of her personal Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and expressed that love in her churches throughout her life to serve Him through teaching, music ministries and missions. For many years a personal priority for her was to read through the Bible each year. She enjoyed travel as well as music and used these talents during the late 30’s by singing in a ladies trio on a Sunday morning gospel broadcast in High Point, NC and later the trio traveled with the Jackie Burris evangelistic team. She was also quite talented in baking of breads and confections as well as being as excellent seamstress. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence and Lynda Thomas of Myrtle Beach, SC; daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Mark Burns of Hartsville, SC; grandchildren (spouse), Lisa Thomas of Myrtle Beach, SC, Mark (April) Burns of Elgin, SC, Matthew (Emily) Burns of Columbia, SC, Myles (Olivia) Burns of Columbia, SC; six great-grandchildren, Trey, Jada, Brooke, Parker, Madison and Thomas Burns; brothers (spouse), Bob (Dot) Lowe of Madison, MS, David (Lilly) Lowe of High Point, NC; sisters (spouse), Eden (Bob) Bolton of Ocean Isle Beach, NC, Doris (Truman) Kiger of High Point, NC; a very special cousin, Thomas Reide Jones of Asheville, NC; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brothers, John Lowe and Lawrence Lowe, and her sister, Ida Hall. She will be missed by all those who loved and knew her.

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Marline Thomas

July 23, 1909 - February 17, 2007