Thelma Ruth Lane

Published 2:27 pm Friday, February 28, 2020

By Holley Cochran

Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Lane were held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Saulters Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Lane, age 93, passed away from this life on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at her residence in Natchez. Rev. Robb Webb officiated. Interment followed at the Prentiss Cemetery.

Saulters Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were Allan Lane Jr., Edwin Lane, Chance Weeks, Lane Weeks, Matthew Weeks and Noah Weeks.

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Thelma Lane was born July 7, 1926 in Prentiss,to Stanley Loftin and Maggie Davis Loftin. Mrs. Lane was a Licensed Practical Nurse in the medical business, last employed by Jefferson Davis County Hospital. She was a member of Prentiss United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father; husbands, Herbert Lane and Tom E. Lane; one son, Ronald E. Lane and one brother, Knox Loftin.

Mrs. Lane is survived by her son, James Allan “Al” Lane (Marie) of Fayette; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Nell Jones of Texas and Maxine Miller of Florida.

Visitation was Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Saulters Funeral Home.

Online condolences and a guest registry are available at www.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com

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