Emily C. Thomas

Emily C. Thomas, age 91 a resident of The Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Greencastle, PA died at 5:32 P.M. Sunday December 19, 2010 in the nursing home.

Born February 5, 1919 in Woodstock, VA, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Annie V. (Moore) Bly.

Emily was a homemaker and helped in her late husband''s business, Thomas Auto Parts And Accessories.

She was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Greencastle and in her earlier years was a Sunday School teacher. Emily also was a former member of the Greencastle Senior Women''s Club, Greencastle-Antrim Women''s Fellowship and the Greencastle-Antrim Loyal Daughters. She loved bird watching, painting, gardening, flowers and participating in the Greencastle-Antrim Old Home Week Flower Show.

Her husband, Robert A. Thomas died January 10, 1986.

Surviving family are a two sons, Larry and wife Rebecca Kaye Thomas of Circleville, WV and R. Gordon and wife Linda Thomas of Greencastle, PA; one daughter, Nancy and husband Ron Snyder of Mercersburg, PA; seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a sister Gladys Martin of Gettysburg, PA. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by four sisters Janie Knox, Florence Chronister, Geneva Heller and Mazie Bly.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 2:30 P.M. from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 130 N. Washington St., Greencastle with Rev. Martin H. Horn officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle. The family will receive friends one hour before the service on Wednesday at the church. Memorial contributions may be given in her memory to the Alzheimer''s Association, 3544 North Progress Ave. Suite 205, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.zimmermanfh.com