Mary Elizabeth Thomas

Mary Elizabeth Biggs Thomas, age 75, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on June 5, 2010. Mary Elizabeth Thomas was born August 28, 1934, in Houston Texas and spent her childhood in Liberty, Texas. She was a graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She began her working career as an elementary education teacher in Houston, Texas and also taught in West Hartford, Connecticut and Sandy Springs, Georgia. She stopped teaching for fifteen years to raise her family. Mom was an active member of Dunwoody United Methodist Church. She was a member of Theta sorority. She is predeceased by her mother, Margaret McDermott Biggs, father, Riley Edgar Biggs and husband Ralph Warren Thomas. She is survived by her two children, son, Stephen Biggs Thomas and his wife Sheryl Lin Thomas of Gonzales, LA; daughter Margaret Ann Markie Thomas-Cohen of Marietta, GA; her six grandchildren, Lexie, Riley and Caroline Cohen and Scottie Marie, Gillian and Aidan Thomas; her sister Margaret Biggs Moss Allums and brother-in-law Dr. William Allums of Shreveport, LA; Carolyn Biggs of Liberty, Texas and Shreveport, LA and numerous loving nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at the Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 2 pm. The family will receive friends and family in the parlor following the service. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Memorial Fund at Dunwoody United Methodist Church, in memory of Mary Elizabeth Thomas, 1548 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338. Cremation Society of Georgia, 404 355-7627.