Alma Gilbert Thrower, 98

Funeral services for Alma Gilbert Thrower, 98, of Tullahoma will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Tullahoma Funeral Home with Pat Allison and John Payne officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery in McMinnville. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tullahoma Funeral Home Monday. She passed away Friday at Life Care Center of Tullahoma.

A McMinnville native, she was the daughter of Jessie Lee and Bertie Mayo Gilbert. She was a member of Central Church of Christ and later a long-time member of the Church of Christ at Cedar Lane in Tullahoma.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Eben Gilbert Sr., Alma Louise Mayo Sain and her husband of 40 years, Lehman Thrower, preceded her in death.

She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, George and Martha Thrower of Huntsville, Ala.; grandson, George Thrower Jr. of Colorado; and nephews and spouses, Eben and Linda Gilbert of McMinnville, David and Pam Sain of Hillsboro, Dr. David and Sonia Sain of Murfreesboro; and sister-in-law, Lois Gilbert Turner of McMinnville.