March 28, 2024

Thelma Cadle Banks Belcher, 93, of Pomeroy, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on December 15, 2017. She was born on February 9, 1924, at Cabin Creek, West Virginia, daughter of the late Albert V. Cadle and Lettie Detamore Cadle. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother; and she will be missed by everyone. She was a homemaker and attended The River of Life Church.

Thelma is survived by her husband of twenty years, Conard Belcher; by her children, Linda Marie Rapp, of Racine, Ohio; Alice (Jack) Elliott of Colonial Beach, Virginia; Sharon (Butch) Dean of Pomeroy, Ohio; Bonnie (Butch) Lightfoot of Pomeroy, Ohio; Larry Wayne (Jane) Banks of Syracuse, Ohio; and Albert (Sandy) Banks of Pomeroy, Ohio. She is also survived by her stepchildren, Tommie (Mary) Belcher of Mocksville, North Carolina, and Jane (Tom) Vanness of Middleburg, Florida. She is also survived by two foster children, Michael Mowery and Kevin Criner. Also surviving is a very special friend and caregiver, Addie Hubbard, of Pomeroy, Ohio; 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 8 great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Thelma was preceded in death by her first husband, Homer H. Banks, on December 17, 1981; and by her brother, Richard Cadle.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Sam Buckley officiating at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Meigs Memory Gardens. Visiting hours will be on Monday, December 18, 2017 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

An online registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com.