Jeanette (Collins) Thomas
6/23/09 This tribute was sent by Jeanette's daughter, Angela Thomas-Anderson
Mary - My mother recently passed away recently in August 2008. However, I am still interested in reaching out to any classmates who she went to school with, since I am putting together a memoir of her life.
Jeanette enjoyed the arts and was a backup singer for the initial group which later became The Staples Singers. She married a few years after graduating high school and became Jeanette Thomas (Collins) and divorced after 21 years. She attended Lansing Community College, and later worked at MSU. She was extremely active in community service, and was one of the primary coordinators in Lansing responsible for launching the city's first Ethnic Festival. She astutely raised four daughters - Lorraine, Angela, Novene and Fatima. She later moved to the metro Washington, DC area in 1988 where she continued her commitment to community service. Her recent accomplishments included cultivating grass-roots support and voter registration efforts which contributed to the election of the Honorable Major Adrian Fenty, in Washington, D.C., where she was an honored guest at the inaugural ball. In addition, prior to her passing she founded a women's ministry for homeless females. Her life was in gracious dedication to her children and in assisting in the needs of others. She had a good life and remains in faithful service to God.
Thank you,
Angela Thomas-Anderson
Email: angelatanderson@yahoo.com |
