April 12, 1924 ~ October 28, 2015
Thelma Smith Staples, 91, Glasgow, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Magnolia Village in Bowling Green. A native of Barren County, she was a daughter of the late Jessie and Delia Taylor Smith. She was a homemaker, a retired employee of Ky. Pants Co. with 33 years of service, and has been a member of the Coral Hill Baptist Church since 1933.
Survivors include two sons: Kenneth Staples and wife Betty, and Tommy Staples and wife Rita of Glasgow; four grandchildren: Tommy Staples, Jr. and wife Tina, Kim Forbis and husband Tommy, Lee Ann Tarry and husband Roscoe all of Glasgow, and Mikki Owens and husband Aaron of Albuquerque, NM; eight great-grandchildren: Quentin Staples and wife Faith, Taylor Copas and husband Jacob, Tyler Staples, Lindsey Forbis, Mason Owens, Kalei Staples, Jacob Owens, and Michael Owens; two great-great-grandchildren: Cecilee Copas and Jax Copas; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Rev. William Richard Staples; daughter-in-law: Pamela Fox Staples; two sisters: Madelle Cravens and Regina “Shorty” Gray; six brothers: Herman Smith, Ernest Smith, Lonnie Smith, Carl “Mutt” Smith, L.K. Smith, and Donald Smith.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Happy Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.