Imea Jean Thomas, age 86 of Epworth, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2019, at Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born on September 28, 1932 in McCaysville to the late William Erskin Jones and Hattie Elizabeth Curbow Jones. Imea Jean retired from Levi Strauss and Company as a seamstress. She attended McCaysville Church of God. Imea Jean was proceeded in death by her parents; children, Sandra Thomas and Danny Thomas and sisters, Doris Curtis, Mary Lou Harper, Catherine Flowers, Geneva Queen, Jeanette Rentz and Virginia Lee Jones. Survivors are her children, Steve (Alice Ann) Jones of Spartanburg, SC and Wilma (Dewayne) Housley of Copperhill, TN; ten grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Mary Nixon of Ellijay, GA and brother, William E. Jones, Jr. of Lawrenceville, GA. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. from the Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge Chapel with Rev. Steve Lamb officiating. Memories were shared by Dewayne Housley and Steve Jones. Music was by Tracey Duez, Dewayne Housley, Beverly Whitmir and Roy Tipton. Interment followed in the Mobile Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were David Duez, Greg Jones, Scott Jones, Derrick Thomas, Bradley Thomas, Brandon Long, Max Housley, Austin Galloway and Billy Galloway. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.akinsfuneralhome.com. Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge was in charge of the arrangements. . Visitation Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge Tuesday, July 09, 2019 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 7871 Blue Ridge DriveBlue Ridge, Georgia 30513 Directions Funeral Service Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge Chapel Tuesday, July 09, 2019 4:00 PM 7871 Blue Ridge DriveBlue Ridge, GA 30513 Directions