Mary Clare Thomas

Mary Clare Thomas obituary

Mary Clare Thomas

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Feb

28

Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.

First Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

290 Tillman Street, Memphis, TN 38112

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Feb

28

Funeral service

12:00 p.m.

First Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

290 Tillman Street, Memphis, TN 38112

Send FlowersBook nearby hotels

Feb

28

Burial

1:30 p.m.

Forest Hill East

2440 Whitten Avenue, Memphis, TN 38134

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Services provided by

N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home

Mary Thomas Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home on Feb. 13, 2026.
Mary Clare Thomas, 77, passed on Friday, February 6, 2026. She leaves to cherish her memory daughters, Cassandra Mott, Andrea Norton; sons, Timothy Thomas, Melvin Mason; sisters, Elizabeth Harvey Grimes, Jerlene Grimes, Scheneva Thomas; brothers, Edward Grimes, Emerson Grimes, Milton Grimes, Jr., Lonnie Lee Grimes, Keafur Grimes, Ronald Anthony Grimes, David Wayne Grimes, Kevin Grimes; eight grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.

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Upcoming Events

Feb

28

Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.

First Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

290 Tillman Street, Memphis, TN 38112

Send FlowersBook nearby hotels

Feb

28

Funeral service

12:00 p.m.

First Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

290 Tillman Street, Memphis, TN 38112

Send FlowersBook nearby hotels

Feb

28

Burial

1:30 p.m.

Forest Hill East

2440 Whitten Avenue, Memphis, TN 38134

Send FlowersBook nearby hotels

Services provided by

N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home