Thelma Junkin Sullivan, age 91, of Northport, formerly of Gordo, AL, passed away December 19, 2020 at DCH Regional Medical Center. A private service will be held at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Shamus Drake officiating. Burial will follow in Gordo City Cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. A Celebration of Life service will be announced at a later date.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Roy Sullivan; her parents, two sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include her daughters, Linda Drake and Melody Cantrell (Claude); brother, Clatus Junkin; sister, Mary Helen Daniel; sisters-in-law, Judy Junkin and Jeanette Junkin; four grandchildren, Shamus Drake (Danalinn), Shannon Drake Box (Jonathon "Ned"), Chelsea Cantrell and Jonathan Cody Cantrell; five great-grandchildren, Katie Belle, Atticus, Aslan, Alistair and Barry and a number of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Sullivan was born August 5, 1929 in Gordo, Alabama to the late Amon Elzy Junkin and Lula D. Elmore Junkin. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and a retired lunchroom manager for Lowndes County Board of Education.
Special thanks to the staff and residents of Martinview Assisted Living, doctors, nurses and staff of DCH and Northport Medical Center.
The family suggests memorials to New Beginnings & Open Arms, P.O. Box 277, Sulligent, AL 35586 or International Mission Board, P. O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230 or Healing Horses, 60147 S. Hatley Road, Amory, MS 38821.