Jeanette (Nix) Thomas (1910 - 2007)

Born 24 May 1910 in McNairy Co., TN

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Died 22 Mar 2007 at age 96 in Hardin Co., TN

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Jeanette (Nix) Thomas was born on 24 May 1910 in McNairy Co., TN, daughter of Albert Lafayette Nix (1885 - 1962) and Jennie Cordelia (Thacker) Nix (1891 - 1969).

Her siblings were:

1. Richard David Nix (1912 - 1971)
2. Minnie Evelyn (Nix) Montgomery (1916 - 2003)
3. Edith Irene (Nix) Wilson (1919 - 2003)
4. Mabel Alene (Nix) Kiihnl (1926 - 2012)

Jeanette (17) married David Millard Thomas (21)(1906 - 1988) on 24 Dec 1927. Their children were:

Jeanette died on 22 Mar 2007 in Hardin Co. aged 96.

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NETTIE THOMAS - was born in McNairy County, Tennessee on May 24, 1910 the daughter of the late Albert Fayette and Jennie Cordelia Thacker Nix.

On December 24, 1927 she was united in marriage to David Millard Thomas, who preceded her in death on June 20, 1988 a t the age of 81 years.

During her life, Mrs. Thomas worked at the Golden Rule clothing store and as a cook at Morris Chapel School. She was a member of the Morris Chapel Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Thomas loved cooking for her family and the school children. She enjoyed her work at the Golden Rule and loved flowers and gardening. Mrs. Thomas loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them. She departed this life on March 22, 2007 at Park Rest Nursing Home in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 96 years, 9 mon ths and 26 days.

Mrs. Thomas is survived by two daughters: Mildred Jacqueline Thomas Alexander Brasher of Morris Chapel, Tennessee and P eggy Janet Thomas of Savannah, Tennessee; five grandchildren : Sandra Kay Cooksey, Kathy Janette Donaldson, Barbara Susa n Waddell, Vickie Thomas, and Melissa Coffman; seven great-grandchildren: Tina Cooksey, Stephanie McCullough, Deanne Brown, Stacy Donaldson, Jessica Shelby, Jonathan Coo ksey and Zachary Shelby and one sister, Mabel Kiihnl of Savannah, Tennessee.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three sons: Albert Franklin Thomas, Richard Cordie Thomas and Gerald Ray Thomas; one great-grandchild, Melody Shelby; one brother, Richard Nix and three sisters: Josie Nixon, Minnie Montgomery and Edith Wilson.

Sources

Citation "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGZ-RYR : 3 February 2021), Nettie Nix in entry for Albert Nix, 1920.

Citation "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP43-XV1 : accessed 25 April 2021), Jeanetta Thomas in household of David M Thomas, District 08, Hardin, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 3B, line 94, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2250; FHL microfilm 2,341,984.

Citation "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HH-VQ4 : 11 January 2021), Nettie Thomas in household of David M Thomas, Civil District 7, Hardin, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-14, sheet 11B, line 69, family 213, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3901.

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