Minnie Lee Thomas

December 14, 1954 - September 28, 2021

Minnie Lee Thomas was born December 14, 1954, the third child of nine children born to Dorothy Doss and the late Lee Thomas in Clarksdale (Coahoma County), Mississippi. She departed this life on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Minnie moved from Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, as a small child and became fond of cooking, a skill that she grew very fond of and also became her passion. Minnie Lee Thomas was a dedicated employee of Graceland Nursing Home, where she served as a head cook for sixteen years before her health started to decline. She leaves to continue the celebration of her life: two sons, Kevin Deshun Keys (Pam Keys) and Harold Marquette Keys III; her mother, Dorothy Doss; nine grandchildren, Kevin Thomas Jr., Fronmeka Thomas, Anayah Horton, Keviona Thomas, Kadeeja Thomas, Alyssa Keys, Kelsi Keys, & Penelope Keys, all of Memphis, Tennessee, and Sade Tindall of Florida; two beautiful great-granddaughters, seven siblings, Rosemary Campbell, Glenda Elmore, Johnnie Thomas (Marilyn Thomas), Terry Thomas, Mary Robinson, Janice Rhodes (Reginald Rhodes); and Dorothy Jean Cunningham (Robert Cunningham Sr.), and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Her only daughter, Fronmeka Tashae Keys, and her sister, Shirley Ann Calvin, preceded her in death.