Mrs. Gensie Lou Thomas, the daughter of the late Aubrey Presley and Mollie Morgan was born June 30, 1914 in LaFayette, Chambers County, AL. On Saturday, March 19, 2016, God called her home and her crown was waiting with him saying “Well done good and faithful servant.”
“Mrs. Gent” as she was affectionally known by most, at an early age accepted Christ as her Lord and savior and united with the Antioch
Baptist Church, LaFayette, AL. After her moving to Lanett, AL she united with the Evening Spring Baptist Church, where she was one of its founders. "Mrs. Gent" served faithfully on the Usher Board, Kitchen Committee and was a devoted member of the missionary society.
Gensie was joined in Holy Matrimony to Willie Frank Thomas and into
this union seven children were born.
“Mrs. Gent” was employed with Springwood School for several years.
She later retired from the Lanett Senior Center, Lanett, AL. She loved
grooming her flowers and stayed busy working in her small garden. Her
flowers and garden was her pride of joy. She was known throughout
the Valley for great cooking and especially her homemade Caramel and
Chocolate Cakes.
Gensie was very proud of her age and would tell everyone the date and
year she was born. She would often say “I am 99 trying to make it to
100.” She was truly blessed to have lived on this Godly earth for 101
years.
On May 4, 2014, the late Mayor Oscar Crawley presented Mrs. Thomas “A Proclamation to the City of Lanett, AL” at her Centennial Celebration. She was later presented a Key to the City of Lanett, AL by Mayor Kyle McCoy.
She was preceded in death by her: husband, Willie Frank Thomas; son, Willie C. Thomas; daughter, Annie Lou Meadows; grandson, Harry C. Austin; great granddaughter, Brooke M. Jackson; great great granddaughter, Leslie Elise Bailey; one sister, Lillie Bell Allen; two brothers, Harry Calloway and Robert Presley.
Gensie leaves to cherish her precious memories: three daughters, Betty Ann (Rev. Walter) Walker, Wichita, KS, Lillie Mae Thomas (her caregiver), Lanett, AL, Liz Foster, Louisville, KY; two sons, Eddie B. (Dorothy) Thomas, Jacksonville, FL, Robert (Celia)Thomas, Atlanta, GA; two granddaughters, she reared as her own, Nina(Marcus) Jackson, Clarksville,TN and Tammie (Rev. Darrell) Jordan, Lanett, AL; one sister,, Nellie Stephens, Atlanta, GA; 33 grandchildren, 64 great grandchildren, 43 great great grandchildren, and 4 great great great grandchildren.
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