Gwendolyn Baker Thomas, 58, of Fitzgerald passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald. Her funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2005, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. L. A. Pate officiating. Ms. Thomas was laid to rest at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenox.
Carl McBrayer, Neal McBrayer, Timmy Goodman, Dewayne Barber, Steve Stanfill and John McBrayer served as pallbearers.
Born December 26, 1944, in Colquitt County, Ms. Thomas was the daughter of the late Benjamin Edward Baker, Sr. and Dorothy Montgomery Baker. She was a homemaker.
Ms. Thomas is survived by one son, Alan Thomas of Fitzgerald; three brothers, Benjamin Baker, Jr. of Texas, Curtis Baker of Cusseta and Roger Baker of Cottonwood, Alabama; five sisters, Eula Mae McGee of Moultrie, Frances McBrayer of Lenox, Joann McBrayer of Jacksonville, Florida; Faye Barber of Pavo and Lou Nightingale of Orange Park, Florida; two granddaughter, Vennesa Thomas and Kimber Thomas; and one great-granddaughter, Airanee Thomas.