Mary Janell Thurston

Janell was a member of Founding Faith Worship Center for eleven years, and a part of the United Pentecostal Church in several locations throughout the world and the United States for more than 41 years. She loved to serve the Lord, especially in Women’s Ministries and hospitality endeavors. She especially loved being part of the Military Ministries in Europe, and participating in the U.S. Air Force Wives Club, supporting her husband’s career in the military. Janell also loved to travel and was able to visit many beautiful places in England, Ireland, Germany (West and East), France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Turkey. She was especially proud of her Spanish & Cajun heritage and thrilled that she got to visit the village of Tordesillas in Spain where her ancestry traces back to the 1600s. Janell enjoyed collecting tea sets from each of these countries as mementos of her time spent there.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Amos and Mabel Johnson Ortego.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband of 39 years, Reverend Paul Thurston; Sister, Shirley Fisher; daughter, Sondra Adams and her husband, Blake; son, Christopher and his wife Meshon; daughter Jacqueline Dyer and her husband John; grandchildren, Zachary Adams, Bryan Thurston, Randall Thurston, Russell Thurston, Anna Thurston, Renee Thurston, Maggie Thurston, Wynn Dyer, and Roselyn Dyer; and a host of other family members and friends.

Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 11:15, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at Founding Faith Worship Center, 6225 Atlanta Hwy, Suite 114, Alpharetta, GA, with a visitation starting at 10:30. Reverend Korey Jones will officiate. Entombment will be in Green Lawn Cemetery immediately following the service. Pallbearers will be Chris Thurston, Bryan Thurston, Blake Adams, Zachary Adams, John Dyer and Richard Reeves.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Founding Faith Worship Center Capital Campaign at the address noted above in memory of M. Janell Thurston.

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