Linda Faye

Thames

Linda Faye Thames was born in Newton, Mississippi on May 7, 1968, to the late Henry Lee Thames and Mary Louise Thames of Newton, Mississippi. She attended Bartholomew Missionary Baptist Church in Newton, Mississippi. She departed her life on December 19, 2023, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

She leaves to cherish her memory: three beautiful daughters, Debreshia Thames, Diamond Thames, and Jerica Thames, all of Newton, Mississippi; aunts, Dot, Bonnie Jones (Willian), Joyce Johnson (Robert), Viola Dade (James), all of Hickory, Mississippi, Shirley Wilson (Tommy J), and Mary Judy Thames (Joe) of Louin, Mississippi; uncles, Virt Thames (Stephanie) and Jimmie Lee Bender of Newton, Mississippi; and a host of other relatives and friends along with her cat Blackjack.

She was preceded in death by three aunts, Mary F. Boose, Rose Thames, and Sallie Mae Grass; and four uncles, Vaughn Thames, Jimmy Lee Thames, Roy Lee Bender, and Tommie Lee Bender.