- Date Of Birth: October 4, 1933
- Date Of Death: May 29, 2022
- State: North Carolina
Doris Zolene Cates Thomas, age 88, went to be with her Lord peacefully on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in her home in Jupiter, FL.
She was born on October 4, 1933, in Statesville, NC to the late John Ivey Cates and Ida Lou Hoover Cates. She was the youngest of ten children. After graduating from Celeste Henkel School in 1951, she worked as a bookkeeper at Davis Hospital and Southern Screw Company. On October 14, 1956, she married her loving husband of 61 years, Roy C Thomas and they moved to Maryland where she worked as an administrative assistant. In 1965 she became a stay home mother and housewife.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Roy C Thomas, son, Steven Wesley Thomas, parents, brothers and sisters. She will be remembered as an exceptional wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother. She is survived by her children Alice Elaine Thomas Thompson and Kevin Wayne Thomas, sister Reba Nell Cates Josey, grandchildren Steven Charles Wise Thomas (Shannon McGough), Melissa Anne Williams (Henry F Williams Jr.), and Brianna Elizabeth Thompson and great-grandchildren Chastidy Lynn Williams, Jasmine Kay Williams, Zolena Marie Williams, and Cassidy Rose Thomas.
So go and run free with the angels
Dance around the golden clouds
For the Lord has chosen you to be with him
And we should feel nothing but proud
Although he has taken you from us
And our pain a lifetime will last
Your memory will never escape us
But make us glad for the time we did have
Your face will always be hidden
Deep inside our hearts
Each precious moment you gave us
Shall never, ever depart
So go and run free with the angels
As they sing so tenderly
To take good care of you for me
