Mrs. Minnie Jo Thomas passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at her residence at the age of 90.
A Celebration of Life Service will be Saturday, April 18th, 2026 at 11 a.m. at Vinemont Christian Church. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the church from 9-11 a.m.
Jo was born in Birmingham, AL, on February 11, 1936. She was the daughter of Homer Wiley Blankenship and Grace Estelle Rutherford Blankenship. Jo was a hard worker all her life. She attended North Vinemont School and graduated from there in the 9th grade. She went on to graduate from Cullman High in 1953.
She worked as a hospital assistant at Cullman Hospital and St Joseph Hospital in Pensacola, FL. She helped her dad on the farm and gardened. She Volunteered at the Commission on Aging, was a CARTS driver and a Cullman County School bus driver for over 20 years. She met and married A. David Thomas, on December 2, 1960. They moved to Jo’s home in Vinemont, AL, in 1963.
She and David started Vinemont Christian Church January 6, 1970 and ministered there for over 30 years and continued to be an active member until her passing.
Jo enjoyed talking on the phone, gardening, yard sales, finding deals for other people, and writing letters. She took lots of people to the doctor, provided flowers for people’s graves in the cemetery and talking to people about Jesus.
Jo is preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Grace Blankenship, her husband of 59 years, David Thomas and her step-son Ronald Thomas. Jo is survived by her son, Nathan Thomas (Linda), step-children: Arthur David Thomas, Jr. and Sherree Sellers; her grandchildren: Katrina Collier Woodard (Jason), whom they raised from the age of thirteen months, Nathaniel Thomas (Lindsay), Joshua Thomas (Rachel), Marc Thomas and Justin Nunnelley; great grandchildren Joseph Thomas, Austin and Gregory Heislen.
Those Officiating will be: Nathan Thomas and Nat Thomas. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Vinemont Christian Church.
