Judy (Martin) Thomason
July 24, 1947 – July 18, 2023
Judy Iness (Martin) Thomason, age 75, of Fouke, Arkansas ascended to her Heavenly home on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. She was born July 24, 1947 in Winn Parish to the union of John Kermit and Aline Iness (Kelley) Martin. She worked at Winn Enterprise, Calvin High School as a para educator, owner and operator at Triple J Grocery and caretaker of her father J.K. Martin. Judy loved flowers and green plants. She also was a talented, self-taught florist. Judy absolutely loved to keep busy creating beautiful crafts and flower arrangements. Sometimes she would stay up crafting through the night, singing and praying as she worked. She began working at Nichols Department Store and in later years she kept up her own floral business. Judy and her husband, Randy owned and operated a store in Fouke until her retirement.
Judy loved attending church. She attended Village Community church. She had a big heart which was consumed by love for her Lord and Savior and her family. Included in her beloved family was her fur-babies, Callie, Gracie, Jaycee and Ms. Kitty. Judy will be greatly missed by all that loving called her wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10 was her favorite Bible verse.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 21 years, Randy Thomason; children, Shaun James, LaDonna Sorenson and Robert, Nancy Knowles, Randy Thomason, Justin Thomason and Katie Stewart; grandchildren, Jayda James, Jaydan James, Kayla Norris and David, Tommy Ogg and Joanne, Victoria Roush and Brian, Triston Cross and Sarah, Addison Brooks and Connor, Miley Thomason, Isaiah Sorenson, Cade Thomason, Laurel Thomason; step grandchildren, Lillian Baldwin, Ava Baldwin, Colton Baldwin; great grandchildren, AnnaBell Roush, Mia Liu, Elaina Roush, Henry Cross; sister and brother in law, Janet and Daniel Wyatt; 3 doggies and 1 cat, Jaycee, Callie, Gracie and Ms. Kitty; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her son, Jarod Lane James; parents, John Kermit and Aline (Kelley) Martin; sister and brother in law, Mary and James McBride; brothers, Johnny Martin, Jimmie Ray Martin “Jimbo”; nieces, Autumn Wyatt Henderson, Kim Kieffer; infant step grandchildren, Dixon and Matthew Knowles.
Funeral services were held at the Antioch Community Church in Brewtons Mill on Saturday, July 22, 2023 with Reverends Hayward Hossler, Lamar Carpenter, and Billy Mac McBride officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery under the direction of Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home.
Serving the family as pallbearers were Justin Thomason, Triston Cross, Randy Thomason, Jr., Kelley Martin, Kyle Martin, and Brenton Carpenter.
In addition, a memorial service is planned for Sunday, July 23, 2023 at Village Community Church at 2:00PM. It is located at 525 Redwater Road, Wake Village, Texas.