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Thelma Burton Obituary
THELMA LEE BURTON, age 65, of Cuba; Sumter County, Alabama was born June 7, 1960 to the Blessed union of the late R. H. and Gracie Mae Lee (Gibbs) Seal. She peacefully transitioned to the Will of God October 10, 2025 at 3:53 p.m. at Arabella Health and Wellness, Butler, Alabama. Graveside Service of Remembrance and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. in the Gibbs Family Cemetery, County road 27, Cuba. Rev. Gerry C. Parker, pastor of New Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Geiger, Alabama, will deliver the eulogy, offering words of comfort and consolation. Visitation for family and friends is scheduled Friday evening (Oct. 17th) from 2-5:00 p.m. in the Weatherly Chapel.
To the entire Burton/Gibbs Family, we at Weatherly Funeral Home offer to each of you our most sincere and heartfelt sympathy and condolences. Our prayer continues to be that your abiding faith in God will lend to you a measure of comfort that will strengthen and sustain you during your time of bereavement.
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