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  • Former Bank of Gray employees pictured are: (back row, l-r): Cheryl Thomas, Bonnie Duke, Sandra Burgess Sumner, Frances Watts and Faye King; (front row): Lana Brewer, Ann Steed, Brenda Thomas and Hazel Roberts Braun. CONTRIBUTED
    Former Bank of Gray employees pictured are: (back row, l-r): Cheryl Thomas, Bonnie Duke, Sandra Burgess Sumner, Frances Watts and Faye King; (front row): Lana Brewer, Ann Steed, Brenda Thomas and Hazel Roberts Braun. CONTRIBUTED
  • Cheryl Thomas, Sandra Sumner and Sue Thomas were photographed as part of the Telegraph story about a robbery at the Bank of Gray. CONTRIBUTED
    Cheryl Thomas, Sandra Sumner and Sue Thomas were photographed as part of the Telegraph story about a robbery at the Bank of Gray. CONTRIBUTED
  • Pictured are (l-r): daughters Lorraine Taylor and Loray Childs, James T. Farmer III, daughter Leigh Robinson with Cheryl Thomas. CONTRIBUTED
    Pictured are (l-r): daughters Lorraine Taylor and Loray Childs, James T. Farmer III, daughter Leigh Robinson with Cheryl Thomas. CONTRIBUTED
  • Thomas pictured with more of her extended family. CONTRIBUTED
    Thomas pictured with more of her extended family. CONTRIBUTED
  • Cheryl Thomas
    Cheryl Thomas
  • Tommy Smith and Cheryl Thomas were Mr. and Mrs. FBLA in high school. CONTRIBUTED
    Tommy Smith and Cheryl Thomas were Mr. and Mrs. FBLA in high school. CONTRIBUTED
  • State Bank – which purchased Security Bank that previously purchased The Bank of Gray – recognized Thomas in a series of local ads. CONTRIBUTED
    State Bank – which purchased Security Bank that previously purchased The Bank of Gray – recognized Thomas in a series of local ads. CONTRIBUTED
    Cheryl Thomas has not been one who, as the old saying goes, “lets grass grow under her feet.” The retired banking executive began working part-time at age 15, went full time in the banking business just two days after graduating from high school in 1962, then married six months later. And, for 58 years, she never slowed down.Thomas will celebrate something of a milestone Jan. 1. She ...

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