Frankie Mae Ray Thomas, 87, of Jacksonville, passed away April 10, 2021. She was born August 18, 1933 in Arkadelphia to the late Frank Wash Ray and Zettie Mae Collie Ray.
Frankie was a 1951 graduate of Bismarck High school and she married her classmate Arlie Thomas from Bismarck, Arkansas March 15, 1952, celebrating sixty-nine years of marriage. She accompanied Arlie throughout the world as he went from one duty station to another serving in the US Airforce.
In August of 1952, she joined him in England, and then on to France, Arkansas, Louisiana, Spain, Morocco, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii and back to Arkansas when Arlie retired in 1971 and eventually settled down and called Jacksonville home.
While being a wonderful supportive wife, mother, and homemaker, she sold Tupperware then Jewelry in a home party environment and later became a successful and top AVON Sales Rep in Jacksonville for thirty-six years. She loved meeting and servicing new customers and making new friends along the way.
She loved to cook and made the best buttermilk biscuits from scratch served with homemade jelly, one of her favorites and loved by many. She decorated cakes through the years for special occasions, birthdays, weddings, Christmas to name a few. She loved gardening and tending to her flowers. She loved to sew and later in life she and Arlie quilted quilts together. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved the Lord and enjoyed listening to Gospel music.
She was the middle child of fourteen and was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Dean Joseph Ray, Frank Houston Ray, Lawrence Randolph Ray, Willard Raymond Ray; four sisters, Emma Adele (Ray) Briner, Ruby Alene (Ray) Keith, Georgia Fay (Ray) Bishop, Betty Jane (Ray) Rice; and one grandson, Philip A. Thomas.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-nine years, Arlie Thomas; children, Beverly Thomas, Kathy Hester, Patrick (Melissa) Thomas and Dorothy (Kerry) Tabor; eight grandchildren, Rebecca (Josh), Chrystal, William, Jonathan, Benjamin (Talor), Matthew, Kasey (Justin) and Kenzy (Brian); nine great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson; four sisters, Thelma Jean (Ray) Hughes, Mary Lucille (Ray) Hardin, Bonnie Louise (Ray) Boyd and Margie Lee (Ray) Heki; one brother, Gifford Wash Ray; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park.
Frankie was a 1951 graduate of Bismarck High school and she married her classmate Arlie Thomas from Bismarck, Arkansas March 15, 1952, celebrating sixty-nine years of marriage. She accompanied Arlie throughout the world as he went from one duty station to another serving in the US Airforce.
In August of 1952, she joined him in England, and then on to France, Arkansas, Louisiana, Spain, Morocco, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii and back to Arkansas when Arlie retired in 1971 and eventually settled down and called Jacksonville home.
While being a wonderful supportive wife, mother, and homemaker, she sold Tupperware then Jewelry in a home party environment and later became a successful and top AVON Sales Rep in Jacksonville for thirty-six years. She loved meeting and servicing new customers and making new friends along the way.
She loved to cook and made the best buttermilk biscuits from scratch served with homemade jelly, one of her favorites and loved by many. She decorated cakes through the years for special occasions, birthdays, weddings, Christmas to name a few. She loved gardening and tending to her flowers. She loved to sew and later in life she and Arlie quilted quilts together. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved the Lord and enjoyed listening to Gospel music.
She was the middle child of fourteen and was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Dean Joseph Ray, Frank Houston Ray, Lawrence Randolph Ray, Willard Raymond Ray; four sisters, Emma Adele (Ray) Briner, Ruby Alene (Ray) Keith, Georgia Fay (Ray) Bishop, Betty Jane (Ray) Rice; and one grandson, Philip A. Thomas.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-nine years, Arlie Thomas; children, Beverly Thomas, Kathy Hester, Patrick (Melissa) Thomas and Dorothy (Kerry) Tabor; eight grandchildren, Rebecca (Josh), Chrystal, William, Jonathan, Benjamin (Talor), Matthew, Kasey (Justin) and Kenzy (Brian); nine great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson; four sisters, Thelma Jean (Ray) Hughes, Mary Lucille (Ray) Hardin, Bonnie Louise (Ray) Boyd and Margie Lee (Ray) Heki; one brother, Gifford Wash Ray; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park.
Frankie Mae Ray Thomas, 87, of Jacksonville, passed away April 10, 2021. She was born August 18, 1933 in Arkadelphia to the late Frank Wash Ray and Zettie Mae Collie Ray.
Frankie was a 1951 graduate of Bismarck High school and she married her classmate Arlie Thomas from Bismarck, Arkansas March 15, 1952, celebrating sixty-nine years of marriage. She accompanied Arlie throughout the world as he went from one duty station to another serving in the US Airforce.
In August of 1952, she joined him in England, and then on to France, Arkansas, Louisiana, Spain, Morocco, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii and back to Arkansas when Arlie retired in 1971 and eventually settled down and called Jacksonville home.
While being a wonderful supportive wife, mother, and homemaker, she sold Tupperware then Jewelry in a home party environment and later became a successful and top AVON Sales Rep in Jacksonville for thirty-six years. She loved meeting and servicing new customers and making new friends along the way.
She loved to cook and made the best buttermilk biscuits from scratch served with homemade jelly, one of her favorites and loved by many. She decorated cakes through the years for special occasions, birthdays, weddings, Christmas to name a few. She loved gardening and tending to her flowers. She loved to sew and later in life she and Arlie quilted quilts together. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved the Lord and enjoyed listening to Gospel music.
She was the middle child of fourteen and was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Dean Joseph Ray, Frank Houston Ray, Lawrence Randolph Ray, Willard Raymond Ray; four sisters, Emma Adele (Ray) Briner, Ruby Alene (Ray) Keith, Georgia Fay (Ray) Bishop, Betty Jane (Ray) Rice; and one grandson, Philip A. Thomas.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-nine years, Arlie Thomas; children, Beverly Thomas, Kathy Hester, Patrick (Melissa) Thomas and Dorothy (Kerry) Tabor; eight grandchildren, Rebecca (Josh), Chrystal, William, Jonathan, Benjamin (Talor), Matthew, Kasey (Justin) and Kenzy (Brian); nine great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson; four sisters, Thelma Jean (Ray) Hughes, Mary Lucille (Ray) Hardin, Bonnie Louise (Ray) Boyd and Margie Lee (Ray) Heki; one brother, Gifford Wash Ray; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park.
Frankie was a 1951 graduate of Bismarck High school and she married her classmate Arlie Thomas from Bismarck, Arkansas March 15, 1952, celebrating sixty-nine years of marriage. She accompanied Arlie throughout the world as he went from one duty station to another serving in the US Airforce.
In August of 1952, she joined him in England, and then on to France, Arkansas, Louisiana, Spain, Morocco, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii and back to Arkansas when Arlie retired in 1971 and eventually settled down and called Jacksonville home.
While being a wonderful supportive wife, mother, and homemaker, she sold Tupperware then Jewelry in a home party environment and later became a successful and top AVON Sales Rep in Jacksonville for thirty-six years. She loved meeting and servicing new customers and making new friends along the way.
She loved to cook and made the best buttermilk biscuits from scratch served with homemade jelly, one of her favorites and loved by many. She decorated cakes through the years for special occasions, birthdays, weddings, Christmas to name a few. She loved gardening and tending to her flowers. She loved to sew and later in life she and Arlie quilted quilts together. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved the Lord and enjoyed listening to Gospel music.
She was the middle child of fourteen and was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Dean Joseph Ray, Frank Houston Ray, Lawrence Randolph Ray, Willard Raymond Ray; four sisters, Emma Adele (Ray) Briner, Ruby Alene (Ray) Keith, Georgia Fay (Ray) Bishop, Betty Jane (Ray) Rice; and one grandson, Philip A. Thomas.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-nine years, Arlie Thomas; children, Beverly Thomas, Kathy Hester, Patrick (Melissa) Thomas and Dorothy (Kerry) Tabor; eight grandchildren, Rebecca (Josh), Chrystal, William, Jonathan, Benjamin (Talor), Matthew, Kasey (Justin) and Kenzy (Brian); nine great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson; four sisters, Thelma Jean (Ray) Hughes, Mary Lucille (Ray) Hardin, Bonnie Louise (Ray) Boyd and Margie Lee (Ray) Heki; one brother, Gifford Wash Ray; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park.
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