Connie Rue Thomas
10/20/1955 - 04/10/2023
Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, April 16th, at Southside Baptist Church.
Burial will follow at Post Oak Cemetery in Post Oak, TX.
The family will receive friends from 5-7pm on Saturday, April 15th, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
Connie was born in Bowie on October 20, 1955, to Jesse Wayne & Minnie Lou Geer. She was the youngest of three sisters who were all proud Bowie Jackrabbit mascots. She graduated from Bowie High School in 1974. Connie attended Draughon’s Business School and later married Nelson Thomas on May 28, 1976. They built their life together in Bowie raising three children and creating countless memories. They grew from being Mom and Dad to eventually being Mops and Pops. She spent decades as a photographer shooting weddings, seniors, sports, and nature.
Connie lived and loved big. She was a true original. She lived life to the fullest in every possible way with an unmatched zest and passion for her family and celebrating life. She had a heart the size of Texas and shared it with everyone she met. She was Auntie Connie beloved by so many. She had an infectious way of always spreading joy wherever she went. The love Connie shared in her lifetime will create ripples for years to come throughout our community and afar.
She loved traveling with Nelson anywhere from Post Oak to Alaska and looked forward to her annual trips to Red River, NM and Galveston. She loved being Mops to her grandkids. She loved gardening, decorating for the holidays, reading, and playing the piano. Connie loved her hometown, the community, and was the Bowie Jackrabbits’ biggest fan. She created an experience around every holiday and always found a way to gather her immediate and extended family to create new memories. Connie knew how to make someone feel special, supported, and she never met a stranger.
Connie had profound respect for her mom’s career in teaching and continued her legacy through the annual Minnie Lou Geer Scholarship Fund. She was proud to be a part of a family of educators and in her own way was a teacher of life, positively influencing countless people.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Samuel Shannon Campsey and Georgia Roth, Willie and Vida Geer, parents, Jesse Wayne Geer and Minnie Lou Geer, and sister, Deborah Harris.
Connie is survived by her husband, Nelson Thomas of Bowie; three children Jennifer Glover and husband, Lyal Glover of Northlake, Wes Thomas and wife, Linda Thomas of Denton, and Chase Thomas and wife, Amber Thomas of Bowie; five grandchildren; Kingston Thomas, Ian Thomas, Campsey Thomas, Jax Thomas, and Crue Thomas, one sister; Martha Vincent of Bowie, ten nieces and nephews; Wayne Leek and wife Patty Leek of Brock, Valarie Gill and husband Darren Gill of Bowie, Marcus Vincent and wife Jennifer Vincent of Huntsville, Alabama, Melissa Vincent of Gosford, Australia, Michelle Vincent of Bowie, TaShawna Nash and husband Darron Nash of Seattle, Aubrey Lehotta and husband Justin Lehotta, Ryley Thomas and wife Jessica Thomas, Madisen Ricoy and husband Omelino Ricoy, and Jolie Thomas; and a host of great-nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Minnie Lou Scholarship Fund can be made at Legend Bank.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, Texas.