| 7959 2007 (/lido*/, ' -^7at/asi //. 2007 2:00 ffV K __ 9 k * _ ,, S fieu la A <2^7tem SSapU sl (SAcvtcJe fit3 4 SPonlav (S h eet m f i f e 's (profile 9ife*s p rofile continued. It is written that when tife begins, i t is tike an open book with many blank pages. (Each day as we five, our deeds are recorded page by page until we close our eyes in death and aw ait that great getting up morning. S)erofticG QTfiomas began to fiii tbe pages of ber book when sbe was born October 3, 1959 to tbe [ate N(t^. Gus (pen nett, Jr. As a cbiid, sbe grew up In Augusta, Georgia and joined gharon b a p tis t Church at an early age. Veronica was a 1977 graduate of Westside (High gehool. After graduation, sbe joined tbe U nited g ta te s A rm worked as a (personnel gpeciatist. served in 3"ort cKno\, (Kentucky and [ater (Headquarter 32nd y\ir cj)efense A rt^ e ry Command, D arm stadt, Germany. ^ ater sbe was medically retired from tbe (W alter (J^eed A rwy Medical Center, g b e truly loved serving tbe `United g ta te s ^rm y and ber Country. O f A u0usta> Georgia, (Hattie A rties f Philadelphia, ^Pennsylvania, Q^idred Sufce of Georgia; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. 5To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the (Heavens, a time to be born and a time to die... Ecclesiastes 5:1-2 Veronica leaves to cberisb ber memory: ber devoted husband, (Robert S^STkomas, step children: one daughter, Yolanda O* Q'bomas and one son, <$>obert <3^ cThomas, CFFI of ^nniston, Alabama; mother-in-law, 9Krs. Souise cfhomas of gtanford, Connecticut; five sisters: (f^ebecca 9^(]}errien & ^Jessie y^ndrews Aw1 SB ' o not stand at grave and weep; cV m not there, <1 do not steep. CI am a tKou$indHvinds that blow. t' E T jK m r *f *1 am,the diamond glint on snow. ^ am t|| sunlight on ripened grain, am the gentte autupt's rain. WTien ^ou awaken in the morning's hush. CI am the swift uplifting rush of quiet buds in circled flight, <1 am the soft stars that shine at night S o not stand at nt grave and cry; <1 am not there, <1 did not die. '^esthaven 3 ife is chan ged, not taken awa^... cfo m^ beloved wife J5 ' **,*. d y 0 r * r h ia Sc Printing C o w ? * ^ "' Shunte J46rams 'Dugar, (president d t CEO ~ (706)306-2794