Toledo Bend Tribune Obituaries Thursday, October 13, 2005 Mary Joe Thomas Bethel UMC Cemetery, Bethel Community, DeSoto Parish, LA LOGANSPORT - Mary Joe Thomas of Logansport passed away Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Spring Lake Guest Care in Shreveport after a long battle with cancer. Services for Mrs. Thomas were held at Rose-Neath Chapel in Logansport Tuesday, October 11 at 2:00 p.m. Visitation was held Monday evening at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Interment followed at the Bethel Cemetery in the Bethel Community. Officiating the service was Bro. Glenn Howard of Bellwood Baptist Church. Mrs. Thomas was preceded in death by her father, Lawrence G. Baxter; sister, Martha Lou Killingsworth; and husband, Merle Ray Thomas. Mrs. Thomas is survived by her mother, Bobbie Rae Lee of Marthaville, LA; daughter Rebecca Moran and husband, Tony, of Natchitoches, LA; sisters Sherry Sue Glover of Logansport, LA; Carolyn Dunn and husband John of Blanchard, LA; Nancy Mitchell of Shreveport, LA and Linda Dillard and husband Dewayne of Robeline, LA; a brother Lawrence Baxter and wife Tamara of Marthaville, LA and one grandchild. Pallbearers were Dewaye Dillard, Jacob Dillard, Adam Dillard, John Dunn, Daniel Peters and Chad Averett.