Patti Thomas

Patti A. Thomas, 81, of Union City passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, following a brief battle with cancer.
White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Patti was born in Escondido, Calif., on March 24, 1941, daughter of the late Horace “Jere” Eldredge and Alyce Eldredge Neumann. She married Robert “Bob” Thomas on June 18, 1961. He preceded her in death on Aug. 22, 2017.
Patti graduated from Escondido (California) High School and attended Palomar College (California) and North Carolina State University. Patti received a bachelor’s and master’s in education from the University of Tennessee at Martin. She was a retired teacher from West Tennessee Correctional Facility in Tiptonville.
Patti was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Union City. She was a member of the Delian Review Club and Union City Women’s Club. Patti was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and the annual Obion County CornFest Festival.
She is survived by her two children and their spouses, Alyson (Neal) Maners of Jackson and Rob (Bonnie) Thomas of Memphis; as well as three grandchildren, Thomas Harvey of Dallas, Texas, Alyce Harvey of Jackson and Leland Thomas of Memphis. She is also survived by her sister, Cassi Wagner, of Westminster, Colo.
Patti was preceded in death by her parents; her stepfather, Edward Neumann; her husband; her sister, Jerrilyn Coulter; and her nephew, Kit Coulter.
There will be a private graveside ceremony at Dearborn Memorial Park in Poway, Calif. A celebration of life is being planned for family and friends in Union City. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Obion County Hometown Walk of Hope or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published in The Messenger 10.6.22