Delores "Dee" Thomas

December 12, 1935 - April 18, 2022

Delores “Dee” Thomas, age 86, of Pleasant View, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 18th, 2022, in Fort Myers, Florida with her loving family by her side. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00PM Saturday, April 30th, at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Pleasant View with Pastor Chris Royalty officiating. Burial will follow in EverRest of Cheatham. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00-8:00PM on both Thursday, April 28th, and Friday, April 29th, and again on Saturday, April 30th beginning at 11:00AM until the hour of service at 1:00PM. Delores was born on December 12th, 1935 to the late Patrick and Selma McCullough in Holt, Minnesota. Once graduated she relocated to Spokane, Washington, where she met the love of her life and soulmate, James H. Thomas I, a serviceman in the Armed Forces. Post military career James and Delores relocated to Tennessee where they raised their three adoring children, Charlie, Cyndi, and Jimmy. Delores was a dedicated wife and mother as well as acting bookkeeper for the family business. Later in life she rekindled an unanswered calling from her earlier years and became a nurse, practicing at St. Thomas Hospital located in Nashville, Tennessee. Recreationally, Delores enjoyed traveling, dancing, cooking, reading working in her garden and flower beds, playing Bingo, actively participating in her ladies Bible study group, but above all she loved being “mama” and her children were her life. Everyone that met Delores affectionately referred to her as “Mama Dee” because she treated everyone with kindness, love, and gracious hospitality. Delores is survived by her loving children: daughter – Charlie Linnear of Pleasant View, Tennessee; daughter – Cyndi Cliburn and her husband Stewart of Fort Myers, Florida and son – James H. Thomas II and his wife Carole of Punta Gorda, Florida. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and 6 brothers and sister. Delores is preceded in death by her husband – James H. Thomas I; brother – Gordan McCullough; sister – Patricia McCullough Peterson; and great-grandchild – Ethan Shaw. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME in Pleasant View is in charge of these arrangements. 6316 Highway 41A, Pleasant View, Tennessee 37146 (615) 746-4433 www.austinandbell.com