Mother and grandmother. Worked at the Piggott Library, ran Thelma's Cafe in Pollard, and farmed with her husband, Jess, to whom she was married for 41 years. Her family remembers her as an excellent cook who could make about anything, including homemade candies. She also loved square dancing, singing, going to rummage sales, writing poetry, and drawing. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Piggott. Thelma died from a massive heart-attack. Blessed be her memory.
Mother of Louis Wetzel Haynes, Linda Jean Elkins, Patsy Lee "Pat" Stokes Adams, Clara Mae Braman Haise, Eithel Irene Webb, Mary Faye Johnson, Lon "Sonny" Johnson, Janice Rodery, and Jerry Johnson. As of 2022, five of her nine children are living.
*****
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal;
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
*****
Here I lay my burden down.
Change the cross into the crown.
Mother of Louis Wetzel Haynes, Linda Jean Elkins, Patsy Lee "Pat" Stokes Adams, Clara Mae Braman Haise, Eithel Irene Webb, Mary Faye Johnson, Lon "Sonny" Johnson, Janice Rodery, and Jerry Johnson. As of 2022, five of her nine children are living.
*****
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal;
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
*****
Here I lay my burden down.
Change the cross into the crown.
Mother and grandmother. Worked at the Piggott Library, ran Thelma's Cafe in Pollard, and farmed with her husband, Jess, to whom she was married for 41 years. Her family remembers her as an excellent cook who could make about anything, including homemade candies. She also loved square dancing, singing, going to rummage sales, writing poetry, and drawing. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Piggott. Thelma died from a massive heart-attack. Blessed be her memory.
Mother of Louis Wetzel Haynes, Linda Jean Elkins, Patsy Lee "Pat" Stokes Adams, Clara Mae Braman Haise, Eithel Irene Webb, Mary Faye Johnson, Lon "Sonny" Johnson, Janice Rodery, and Jerry Johnson. As of 2022, five of her nine children are living.
*****
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal;
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
*****
Here I lay my burden down.
Change the cross into the crown.
Mother of Louis Wetzel Haynes, Linda Jean Elkins, Patsy Lee "Pat" Stokes Adams, Clara Mae Braman Haise, Eithel Irene Webb, Mary Faye Johnson, Lon "Sonny" Johnson, Janice Rodery, and Jerry Johnson. As of 2022, five of her nine children are living.
*****
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal;
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
*****
Here I lay my burden down.
Change the cross into the crown.
