Freddie Paul Thomas, of Decatur, Alabama, passed away on March 8, 2024, following a short battle with an aggressive cancer.Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 12, from 4 to 5:30pm at Roselawn Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 5:30pm with Terry Campbell officiating. She will be laid to rest at Roselawn Cemetery next to her parents.
Freddie is survived by her brother, Fred O. Field, III; her three children Kim Ingram, David Bachman (Wendi), and Jill Bachman (Justin); her eight grandchildren Kristopher Ingram (Meg), Tyler Martin (Ray), Andrew Martin, Kyle Ingram, Baker Bachman, Brent Bachman (Avery), Lucas Martin, and Blake Bachman; and her four great-grandchildren Alan Ingram, Charlie Galowitch-Martin, Sam Ingram, and William Ingram. She proudly called four additional grandchildren, Jared Mason (Amanda), Jacob Mason (Cassie), Jeremiah Mason and Alli Lindsey, and another great-grandson, Rhett Mason, her own, as these married into her family.
She is preceded in death by her father, Fred O. Field, Jr, her mother, Janie Frances Field, and her husband, Jackie Lee Thomas.
Born in Decatur, Alabama in 1945, she graduated from Priceville High School, then lived in Missouri and Arkansas, before returning to this area where she sold real estate for 44 years. Freddie was well known for her cheesecake and fudge, as she loved cooking and baking. She loved reading recipe books. She enjoyed bird watching, especially the Sandhill Cranes which migrate to this area annually. She continually tended to unique plants and orchids. But, her greatest joy were her grandsons.
