Mary E Thomas-O’Pharrow

April 26, 1940 - December 11, 2018

Mary Elizabeth Thomas O’Pharrow, 78 was born April 26, 1940 in Mountain City, Tennessee to the late Raymond Thomas and Katherine White Thomas. She departed this life on Tuesday December 11, 2018. She resided in Mountain City until the age of 13, when she moved to Elizabethton, TN for the next five years. Shortly thereafter she relocated to Johnson City for one (1) year. Mary attended and graduated from Douglas High School, at which time she enrolled in the beauty school in Johnson City. After beauty school, she relocated to New York City “The Big Apple” for the next twenty or thirty years of her life. After raising a family as a single parent in NYC she decided to relocate to Rocky Mountain, Virginia where she lived for several years, before returning back home to Johnson City, Tennessee. She was preceded in death: by her son James Thomas and four brothers: Harry, Robert (Bobby), David, and Raymond Thomas. She leaves to cherish her memories: Son, Michael (Tracy) Thomas, West Palm Beach, Florida; Jeffrey (Julia) Thomas, Johnson City, Tennessee; Michelle (Rich) Freeman, Edgewood, Maryland; three sisters Brenda Wright, Brooklyn, New York; Elaine (Mildred) Brady, Johnson City, Tennessee; Janie Thomas, Johnson City, Tennessee. Grand children: Brandon, Braelyn, Odyssie, Destinie, Michael Jr., Milak, Nia, Xandria, Ayana (Yaya), Great Grandchildren: Kameron, Damaria, Antoia, Jada, Jaelynn, Zaya, Kirah, and Kamdon, and host of nieces and nephews. Until her health declined, Mary was a devoted member of Bethel Christian Church where she served faithfully on the Usher Board, Christian Women’s Fellowship and Loaves and Fishes. She was employed with Home Instead as a dedicated CNA who cared for people. While employed with Home Instead she met some wonderful people and formed a long-lasting friendship with them all. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm Monday December 17, 2018 at Bethel Christian Church in Jonesborough TN. The family will receive friends from 12:00p, until 1:00pm at the church prior to the service. Interment will follow at Washington County Memory Gardens.