In Loving Memory

Fannie A. Thomas

7/27/1930 — 12/1/2022

Clayton-Thompson

A Life Remembered

Obituary

Fannie A Thomas

July 27, 1930 - December 2, 2022

Fannie A. Thomas passed away on December 2, 2022 at the age of 92. Fannie was born on July 27, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Apostolos and Vasiliki Thomas. Fannie was a devoted daughter and sister. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Judge Thomas A. Thomas.

Fannie was a lifelong member of St. George's Greek Orthodox Church in Port Arthur and Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Houston. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and The University of Houston. She was an elementary school teacher for 39 years at Lovett Elementary School in Houston, Sims Elementary School and Travis Elementary School in Port Arthur. She was also a member of several charitable organizations. Fannie loved her family and church deeply, and had an especially wonderful way with small children. The little ones knew that Thea Fannie always had something fun for them. She always had a generous supply of books, crayons, and coloring books when children came to visit.

Fannie is survived by her first cousins Katherine Kaffoglou, Sophie Loukas, Spiro Thomas, and Angela (Steve) Caloudas.

The family would like to give special thanks to her cousin Dora Kay Breaux for her kindness and concern for Fannie.

Special thanks to Camella Williams, and her daughter Shauwn Williams, for being wonderful neighbors, friends, and ultimately, her caregivers.

Visitation will be on Thursday, December 8, 2022 from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Service will follow at 10:00 AM in the Thompson Memorial Chapel at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home. 5200 West Parkway Groves, TX 77619. Officiating will be Father Michael Lambakis from Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Neil Butaud, Constantine Caloudas, Steve Caloudas III, Randy Graffagnino, John Loukas, Peter Loukas, Stephan Selinidis

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral or AGOC Ladies Philoptochos Society. 3511 Yoakum Blvd. Houston, Texas 77006.

Service Details

Gatherings in remembrance

Visitation

Thursday, December 8, 2022 · 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Clayton Thompson Funeral Directors, 5200 West Parkway Street, Groves, 77619

Funeral Service

Thursday, December 8, 2022 · 10:00 AM

Clayton Thompson Funeral Directors, 5200 West Parkway Street, Groves, 77619

Burial

Thursday, December 8, 2022 · 11:00 AM

Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3900 Twin City Highway, Groves, 77619

Messages of Love

From family and friends

Camella Williams December 6, 2022

I will truly miss Fannie. We became Friends/Family. Through many storms, she and I rode it out together. Countless times, we had to stay together with our flash lights because there was no electricity. We laughed and shared so many positive things. I will never forget you, Fannie. I pray God's peace. RIP.

Kosta & Dee Selinidis December 5, 2022

Dee and I met Fannie, her brother Thomas, her mother Vasiliki, and their extended Thomas family for the first time, in 1963, in Port Arthur, Texas. By 1982, my family moved to 3741 Memorial Blvd., with our four children almost next door to Fannie's house on the corner of Memorial Blvd. and 36th Street, when Stephan, (our fourth child) was two years old who fell in love with our sweet neighbor. She was so generous to him with her love and affection, but most of all with her generosity of Greek pastries and sweets only she knew how to bake, and the children's books she had to entertain her young visitors. Fannie, with the help of her brother, Judge Thomas A. Thomas, baptized Stephan in 1983, and the rest is history. Easter and New Years' celebrations were unforgettable gatherings of feasting and singing the Greek Calanda with me playing the mandolin, and Fannie and her mother Vasiliki singing along. Fannie became my older sister, and Thomas my older brother I never had, and filled the vacuum created from my separation from my own family in Greece. More importantly, for the positive influence they provided for my children. Stephan, now an attorney with three children of his own, will acknowledge the Judge's guidance and mentorship, and his sweet Nona's (Godmother's) Fannie's love and affection. MAY THE LORD GRAND THEM ETERNAL PEACE. AND MAY THEIR MEMORY BE ETERNAL.

Christine Gavrelos December 4, 2022

She taught me the importance of education, family, and being a strong woman. Her lessons and wise words will stay with me forever. My deepest sympathies go out to her family she loved you all. May her memory be eternal.

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