Betty “Boots” Emily Thomas Atkinson, age 83, of Moncure, died Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at the SECU, UNC Hospice House.
Boots was born in Chatham County on November 18, 1938, to the late Joseph Arthur Thomas and Mattie Poe Thomas. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Earl Thomas, sister-in-law Etta Thomas, and brother-in-law, Marcus Clark.
Surviving relatives include her husband, Donald “Don” Atkinson; two sons, Donald M. Atkinson II and wife Judy of Yucaipa, California, Thomas Atkinson and wife Cheri of Pleasant Garden, N.C.; two daughters, Martha Hein and husband Art of Matthews, N.C., Kendra Riggsbee and husband Mark of Moncure; one brother, Joseph Arthur Thomas, Jr. of Pittsboro; two sisters, Valinda Thomas and husband James of Moncure, Cornelia Clark of Apex; ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held, Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Gum Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Howard Dewitt and Rev. Ray Gooch presiding. The family will receive friends following the memorial service in the church fellowship hall.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made in Boots’ memory to Gum Springs Baptist Church, 227 Gum Springs Church Road, Moncure, N.C. 27559 or SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan, UNC Hospice House, 100 Roundtree Way, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312.
Condolences may be made at www.donaldsonfunerals.com.
Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the Atkinson family.