Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
943 Highway 425 North
Monticello, AR 71655
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Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
943 Highway 425 North
Monticello
,
AR 71657
8/14/2020 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
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Graveside Service 16th Section Cemetery
16th Section Road
Monticello
,
AR 71655
8/15/2020 3:00 p.m.
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We will cherish the memory of Thelma Briggs, who was the born on May 7, 1934 in Monticello (Selma) Arkansas. She was the fifth child of 13 children born to Rev. William Theodore Briggs (1906-1986) and Mrs. Emma Langdon Briggs (1904-1990). Thelma spent her early years growing up in the Selma community. She attended Selma Rosenwald Elementary School and Monticello High School. She also attended Arkansas AM&N College and majored in Accounting for three years before, heading to Chicago, IL where she worked at RR Donnelley & Sons Printing Company for 30+ years before retiring and returning to Selma. At an early age, she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at Sixteen Section Missionary Baptist Church. Later, in Chicago, she was a member of New Friendship Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for several years. Thelma spent her entire life devoted to her immediate family. Her favorite pastime was spent cooking and entertaining family. She made her transition peacefully on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at approximately 9:40 a.m. in hospice care at Waters of White Hall in Pine Bluff (White Hall), Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Willie M. Ferrell (1928-2014), and four brothers, Adrian Briggs (1943-1996), Earl Briggs (1932-2007), Curtis Briggs (1941-2008) and Virgil Briggs (1945-2015). Those left to cherish her memory include sisters, Narvel B. May of Dallas, TX, and Gladys Briggs of Chicago, IL; brothers, Edward Briggs of Acton, MA, Jessie Lee Briggs of Mt. Morris, MI, William T. Briggs of Dermott, AR, Bennie Briggs of Pine Bluff, AR; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. We will forever remember Thelma.
