Thelma Wood Hollowell's Obituary
Thelma Wood Hollowell, 90, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on December 29, 2014. She was born in Austin, TX on August 5, 1924 to Joe and Lela Carson Sassman. She is predeceased by her parents, her sisters, Mildred Burgdorf and Dorothy Ray, her brothers, Ross Sassman and Lowell Sassman, and her first husband, Paul Wood. Her second husband, Ivan Hollowell died in 2010. She is survived by one daughter, Suzanne Wood in Fountain Inn, SC and several nieces and nephews. Thelma and her family moved to South Carolina from Memphis, TN in 2010 to be near her family. She was a resident of the Cascades at Verdae in Greenville, SC. Thelma was a long time employee of International Harvester. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 2 from 11: 00 – 11:30 am and a funeral service will follow all at Memorial Park Funeral Home.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, “Behind the Stone Wall.”
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