Freestone County, Texas Obituaries Bowers Funeral Home website Mary Ethel Thomas (Died November 4, 2007) Mary Ethel Thomas Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ethel Thomas were held Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at Ricks-Bowers Funeral Home. Interment followed the service at New Hope Cemetery. Bro. E. B. Gillen officiated. Mrs. Thomas passed away November 4, 2007 at East Texas Medical Center in Fairfield. She attended the First Assembly of God Church all her life and worked for the Sweeney ISD, retiring after twenty years in 1982. She moved to Jewett in 1987 and loved flowers & gardening, enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren & great grandchildren. She is survived by her son, Ray Thomas & wife Sandra of Jewett and grandchildren, Wade Thomas of Jewett, Becky Duck & husband Jay of Oakwood, Dana Sullivan & husband Terrell of Centerville, Jamie Evans of Lake Limestone, Renae Foley & husband Dale of Jewett & Derek Thomas & wife Alisha of California and fourteen great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by a son, Dean Thomas, three sisters & three brothers.