O'Fallon, Louisiana
1914 - 2014
Thelma Morrow
Thelma T. Poe Morrow, nee Willbanks, 100, of O'Fallon, Ill., born March 25, 1914, in Colfax, La., passed away Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 at Rosewood Care Center, Swansea, Ill.
Thelma retired as a secretary. She was a member of the Tioga First Baptist Church and
Order of the Eastern Star #60, Tioga, La. She enjoyed needlework, gardening, and cooking, and loved being with family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry R. Morrow; first husband, Hugh Poe; parents, Lonnie and Alva, nee Powell, Willbanks; and a sister, Cecil Anders.
Surviving are her children, Rita Battoe of Swansea, Ill., and Lonnie (Patricia) Poe of Ft. Worth, Texas; her grandchildren, who affectionately referred to her as "Ge Ge", Thomas (Colleen) Halton,
Terence (Jody) Halton, Todd (Jennifer) Halton, Randle (Mary) Poe, Reginald Poe, Kimberlee Parrish, Kelly (Paul) Waller III, Kirsten (Paul) Williams, and Connie (Michael) Distasio; 21 great-grandchildren; 8 great-great-grandchildren; sons-in-law, John Halton and Wayne Battoe; special friends, Conrad and Maxine Babineaux; and special friends at Cambridge House, O'Fallon, Ill.
Thank you to all of the nurses and aids at Rosewood Care Center, Swansea, Ill.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois, www.hospice.org. Condolences may be extended to the family online at www.schildknechtfh.com.
Visitation: Friends may call from noon until time of service Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at Hixon Brothers Funeral Home, Pineville, La., with Rev. Tim Hisaw officiating.
Funeral: Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at Hixon Brothers Funeral Home, Pineville, La. Interment will follow at Tioga Baptist Cemetery.
At her family's wishes, Thelma will be cremated.
SCHILDKNECHT FUNERAL HOME, O'Fallon, Ill.
Aunt Thelma, Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you !! What a blessing you have been to all of us. ...a few tears of sadness and a river of tears for your joy!
Jane Poe
November 07, 2014 | Wellborn, TX
GeGe,
Keep an eye on all your family from up there in heaven.
Tom Wuller
November 07, 2014
We express sympathy with our appreciation for the honor of having been 'across the street' neighbors and friends to Mr. Ray and Mrs. Thelma for the duration of their marriage and home in Tullos. To know them was to love them! God's Peace. Sonny & Melba King
Melba I. King
November 06, 2014 | Tullos, LA
To the Family of Mrs. Thelma
I have know her a long time and work with her at Merritt's Store.
Sorrow to here of your lost. I pray that the Lord will give you peace during this time. Unable to be there with you bur my prayers and thoughts will be with you during this time.
May the Lord keep his arms around you all during this time.
God Bless,
Willie Rice
November 06, 2014 | Longview, TX
What great joy I experience in knowing Aunt Thelma was in my life. She set the example for me to always remain steadfast in honoring the higher values of living...her prayers and fried chicken kept me in tune with this. Now her memory will live with me always till we meet again.
clauzelle poe
November 05, 2014 | Austin, TX