MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITAURIES - Mae Laura Thomas, 17 Apr 2001
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MAE LAURA THOMAS
SPRUCE PINE – Mae Laura Thomas, 89, of Gouges Creek Road, died Tuesday, April 
17, 2001 in Brian Center of Spruce Pine. She was the daughter of the late 
Stokes and Elizabeth Woody McClellan and wife of the late Clarence W. Thomas. 
A member of Gouges Creek Baptist Church, she was a lunchroom employee at 
Harris High School.  Survivors include two daughters, Jean McGuire of Spruce 
Pine, and Alice Orsini of Cooper City, FL; one sister, Mary Hansel of Newland; 
two b rothers, Obie McClellan of Morganton, and Clarence McClellan of Spruce 
Pine; three grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and two great great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gouges Creek Baptist Church. 
Revs. Tommy Thomas and Don Thomas officiated. Burial followed in the church 
cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour at 
the church. Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville was in charge of
arrangements.