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Magnolia Florencia Thomas Dies at 69

Magnolia Florencia Thomas Magnolia Florencia Thomas, also known as "Maggie," of Grove Place died on Aug. 25. She was 69 years old.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Randolph and Emarita Thomas; sisters: Pauline, Alecia and Lynnette; brothers: Egbert and Melwood; grandsons: Joshua and Zachary; and nephew, Randolph O. Thomas.
She is survived by her daughter, Shavell Karel, MD; sons: Steve Dye, Shawn Phillip, Stacy and Ronald LaFond; grandchildren: Kimberly, Steve and Immanuel Dye; U. Shawn Phillip, Gabrielle and Jordan Vaughn, Anthony, Sierra, Jaucqir, Tre’Quan, Stacey and Keon LaFond, RaeKwon and Daeshawn LaFond; brother, Jerome A. Dickerson Sr.; sister-in-law, Ella Mae Dickerson; and nieces: Sharon Wright, Tarsha Alonso, Jean A. Nesbitt-Matthew, Carol A. James-Bamogo, Cathleen A. Browne, Lucille L. James, Renee A. and Renise M. Johnson, Anique Thomas and Jamila Dickerson.
She is also survived by nephews: Jerome “Grovian” Dickerson Jr., Kevin Dickerson, Charles ”Cappuchi” Byron, Michael Nesbitt, Rodney A. and Randall A. Johnson, and Jason Dickerson; daughters-in-law: Kim Dye and Daphne LaFond; niece-in-law, Sheila Byron; and nephew-in-law, George Matthew Sr.
Other survivors include cousins, other relatives and special friends: the Jackson, Archibald, Powell, Bascombe, Grant, and Bartley families, Calvin and Ilene Herbert and family, Ina Pedro-Matthias and family, Joyce Romney and family, Edgar M. Iles and family, Leona Watson and family, Roy Simmonds, Gwendolyn Hodge and family, Adelbert Bryan and family, Miriam Parris and family, Allison Hall and the extended Grove Place family, Higaldo and Lunsford Williams, Eugenie Bastian-Tutein and family, Peno Del Cruz, Ms. Muriel Carter, Sarah "Vi" and the Weatherall family, Francesca LaFond and family; as well as many adopted children to include: Sarah, Patricia, Neville and Darian LaFond. Maggie had many other friends, godchildren and family too numerous to mention.
A viewing will be held at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Friedensfeld (Midland) Moravian Church. Interment will be at Kingshill Cemetery.
Professional funeral services are entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home Inc.

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