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Thom, Katherine Lee Williams      25 Feb 2010    Feb 2010    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  2/25/2010

THOM, KATHERINE LEE WILLIAMS
Katherine Lee Williams Thom, 88, died peacefully Tuesday morning, Feb. 23,
2010, at Ollie Steele Burden Manor. She was born in Amite on Flag Day, June
14, 1921. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and
aunt. She enjoyed reading her Bible, the newspaper, sewing, ceramics and
gardening. She was an alumna of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, and a
member of the First Baptist Deaf Church. She was a co-founder and owner of
Thom's Poultry Farm, which supplied fresh eggs to many customers for a
number of years. She enjoyed her travels with her family to Boston,
Washington, D.C., and Walt Disney World. She also traveled with the
Airstreamers to Lake Placid, N.Y.; Niagara Falls, Canada; and Amherst,
Mass., and met many friends along the way. She also traveled to Baptist
gatherings at Ridgecrest, N.C., and Glorieta, N.M. She is survived by her
daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Dale Spillman, Baton Rouge; grandson,
Louis M. Spillman and his children, Joey, Kourtney and Logan Spillman, all
of Baton Rouge; granddaughter, Tamara S. Hawkins, her husband, Jerry, and
their children, Joe, Samantha and Abigail Hawkins, all of Livonia;
granddaughter, Katherine S. Oliver, her husband, Air Force Capt. Aaron
Oliver, and their daughter, Alexis Katherine, all of Hampton Roads, Va.;
son, Wesley W. Thom III and his wife, Carol, of Baker; granddaughter, Traci
T. Blanchard and her spouse, Dean, of Baton Rouge; grandson, Scott Thom,
his wife, Lydia, and their son, Logan Thom, of Central; and her brother and
sister-in-law, Robert and Jo Williams, of Memphis. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Wesley W. Thom Jr.; parents, Katherine Weigel
Williams, who was of Amite, and Lee Terry Williams, who was of Many; and
brothers, Lee Terry Williams, who was of Amite, and Huey Long Williams, who
was of New Orleans. Thanks to all the caregivers and nurses at Ollie Steele
Burden Manor and Hospice of Baton Rouge. Visitation at Greenoaks Funeral
Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, was from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Visitation at the funeral home on Thursday from 9 a.m., until service at 
10 a.m. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. 

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