Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Friday, March 1, 2002

THELMA JO ARENDER

Thelma Jo Arender, 63, of Raleigh, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, at Salem Baptist Church, with burial in Sharon Cemetery in Raleigh. A homemaker, she was a member of Salem Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Lois Blakeney. She is survived by her husband, A.W. Arender; father, G.D. Blakeney of Sylvarena; four sons, Danny Arender, Donnie Arender, Chris Arender and Jason Arender, all of Raleigh; three daughters, Karen Johnson of Brandon and Lisa Boone and Marcia Taylor, both of Homewood; one sister, Doris Pilgrim of Sylvarena; and 11 grandchildren.

Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Forest is in charge of arrangements.