French, Thelma Rosetta

Thelma Rosetta French, of Narrows, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek.

She was born in Bland County and was the daughter of the late William Joe and Hattie Gertrude Blankenship French. She was a retired employee of Celanese Acetate in Narrows with 49 years of service.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, January 18, 2008, in the Chapel of Riffe’s Funeral Service in Narrows. Burial will follow in the Dotson-Clark Cemetery in the Wolf Creek Community in Bland County. The family will receive friends at Riffe’s Funeral Service Thursday, January 17, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolence messages can be sent to the family at www.riffes.com.