Thelma Lee Spann

Obituary For Thelma Lee Spann

Funeral services will be Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 1:00 p.m., Westhaven Funeral Home Chapel, 3580 Robinson Street, Jackson, MS 39209 with burial in Autumn Woods Cemetery, 4000 W. Northside Drive, Jackson, MS 39209.

On Monday morning, October 14, 2019, Thelma Lee Jones Spann departed this life at Magnolia Senior Care at 6:38 am. She was born February 3, 1953 to the late Leotha Jones and Mrs. Helen Thompson. He was the first child of three children. Thelma attended Rankin County Schools. She was om the healthcare field until her health failed her. She confessed her life to Christ early in Rankin County. Later, Thelma united with St. Mark M.B. Church, Clinton, Mississippi, under the leadership of Reverend Wroten McQuirter.

Thelma was united in holy matrimony on October 14, 1971 to the late Lawrence Spann and to this union four children were born. Thelma leaves to cherish a devoted son, Roderick Spann; daughter, Valemia Swan both of Jackson, MS; three grandchildren, Quintina Miller, Sherod Spann and Quincy Cavett, all of Jackson, MS; three great-grandchildren, Aniya Jones, Rashod Shoto and A'lexica Shoto, all of Jackson, MS; two brothers, Percy (Gladys) Fortune of Chicago, IL and Anderson Anthony of Jackson, MS; three brothers -in-law, Johnny (Daisy) Spann, Alonzo Spann of Jackson, MS; and Ronnie Spann (Marie) of Utica, MS; five sisters -in-law, Elizabeth Arnold, Vivian (Ronald) Burse, Margaret (Eddie) Jones, Terry Lynn Spann and Cynthia (Steve) Tyner, all of Jackson, MS; two aunts, Elizabeth Allen and Alice Porter of Jackson, MS; one uncle, Charles Porter of Jackson, MS; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Thelma was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Lawrence Levon Spann; father, Leotha Jones; mother, Helen Thompson; grandmother, Rosa May Johnson; grandfather, Isaac Thompson; father -in-law, Herman Spann; mother-in-law, Lillie Spann; daughter, Felecia Spann; one son, Quincy Spann; one grandchild, Falisha Miller; three brothers-in-law, Melvin Johnson, Herman Spann, Jr. and George Spann; five sisters -in-law, Barbara Hardy, Agnes Knox, Maude Sims, Linda Dortch and Stella Thompson; three brothers -in-law, George Sims, John Knox and Robert Arnold.