Carolyn Presswood has lost her mother

Carolyn Presswood's mother passed away yesterday. Mrs. Lorine Thomas was 91. There is no visitation at the funeral home but there will be visitation on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until noon in the McFerrin Chapel at Brainerd United Methodist Church with the funeral service following at noon in the chapel. Nancy Poole Klein



Lorine Thomas

Lorine McJunkin Thomas passed away Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009.

She was born in Chattanooga on October 17, 1917, and was a lifelong resident of the city.


She was the daughter of Lois and Samuel McJunkin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest H. Thomas, and her six older brothers, Claude, Ray, Charles, Sherman, Howard and Roy McJunkin.


She was an X-ray technician for the late Drs. Killiffer and Price and later became the office manager for The Orthopedic Group, as the growing practice was later named.

Mrs. Thomas was a longtime member of the East Lake United Methodist Church, but in recent years called Brainerd United Methodist Church her church home.

She is survived by two daughters, Patricia (Rufus) Thomas Williamson, of Chattanooga, and Carolyn (Larry) Massoud Presswood, of Cleveland, Tenn.; one son, Lawrence (Suong) Thomas, of Arlington, Va.; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2009, from 11 a.m. until noon in the McFerrin Chapel of Brainerd United Methodist Church followed by funeral service at noon in the chapel with the Rev. Harper Sasser and the Rev. Genevieve DeHoog officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery following the service.

The family wishes to give thanks to NHC of Chattanooga and Hospice of Chattanooga for their special care of their loved one.

Memorials may be made to Brainerd United Methodist Church or Hospice of Chattanooga.

Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home East Chapel, 404 South Moore Road.
Please share your thoughts and memories at http://www.mem.com/.