Mrs. Betty Ann Crosby Thomas, 88, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday evening, December 6, 2023, at Magnolia of Walterboro. She was the wife of the late William C. “Bill” Thomas to whom she was married 62 years.
Born December 3, 1935, in Walterboro, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Hearl Crosby, Sr., Vernelle Varnadoe Craven, and Lawrence Craven, her stepfather who raised her from a young age. She loved the Lord and loved attending church. For many years, she was a member of Jones Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher and the church Secretary-Treasurer for almost 35 years. She then moved her membership to Walterboro Church of God. Mrs. Betty was known as someone who would speak her mind and was always known to be a little “feisty”. Most of all, she devoted her life to her family and her church.
Surviving are: her children, Teresa McDonald and her husband Wesley of Walterboro and Wayne Thomas and his wife Pam of Walterboro; grandchildren, April Thomas Cooke and her husband Wesley, Wanda Phillips Yarbrough and her husband Kevin, Nicholas Wayne Thomas, Ken Maness, Chuck Maness and his wife Tracey, Josh Maness and his wife Alicia, Stephanie Maness, and Courtney McDonald Wilkins and her husband Jason; 15 great grandchildren with one on the way; sister, Laveria Nettles; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Benjamin “Buster” Crosby; and sister, Millie Avant.
Funeral services were held 11 o’clock, Saturday morning, December 9, 2023, at The Brice Herndon Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. Interment followed in Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery
Arrangements By: The Brice W. Herndon And Sons Funeral Homes And Crematory, Walterboro Chapel, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, South Carolina, 29488. Visit the guestbook online at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.
