Maude Watson Thomas, 82, of Atmore, died Sunday, May 31, 2020, at a West Florida hospice facility in Pensacola.
Mrs. Thomas was a native of Escambia County, Ala., and lived in Mt. Vernon, New York when she married. Eventually relocating back to Atmore, she worked as a presser in the dry cleaning industry in New York and Alabama. She worked for Johnny's Cleaners in Flomaton and was a missionary at Mt. Hebron Apostolic Church in Yonkers, NY and New Regeneration Holiness Church in Atmore.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 4, at Stallworth Cemetery with Mother Deborah Young officiating. Burial will follow with Turner Funeral Chapel directing.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by three sons, Herman Womack of Century, Edd Watson of Savannah, Ga. and De'quan Thomas of Charlotte, N.C.; two daughters, Deborah Young of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and Micesha Thomas of White Plains, N.Y.; three sisters, Anise Watson-Smith of Detroit, Mich., Jacqueline Watson of East Norwalk, Conn. and Linda Faye Richardson of Gardenia, Calif.; 22 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Thomas was preceded in death by one son, Joe Michael Thomas; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Watson; and two brothers, Claude Watson and Floyd Watson.