SOUTH CHAPEL

Sara Louise Thomas

Mrs. Sara Louise Thomas, age 76, of Rome, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Thomas was born in Rome, Ga. on January 13, 1942, daughter of the late James “Jim” Harless and the late Polly Acker Harless. An accomplished floral designer, Mrs. Thomas was employed for many years with Berry Florist here in Rome. She had also been employed in the Laboratory at Redmond Regional Medical Center and was a Social Worker for the State of Georgia at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital and at the Mental Health Center. Most recently and prior to her retiring, she was employed with the Rome City School System as a long-term substitute teacher. Mrs. Thomas was a life-long member of West Rome Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Alton Hubert Thomas Sr., to whom she was married on June 3, 1959; two sons, Alton Hubert “Al” Thomas Jr., and his wife, Elizabeth, Rome, and Brian Thomas, and his wife, Deborah, Kingston; three grandchildren, Haley Thomas Hall, and her husband, Jared, Auston Thomas, and Lauren Thomas, all of Rome.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 3 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel. Brother Rick Jacobs and the Rev. Bill Tatum will officiate. Private interment will follow later in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Sunday from 1 p.m. until the service hour. At other times, they may be contacted at their respective homes.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tony Warren Cancer Center, 255 W. Fifth Street, Rome, GA 30165.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements.