Rosa Jeanette

Tucker Stephens

Rosa Jeanette Tucker Stephens, 91, of Thomasville, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2024 at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at The Connection Assembly of God on Sunday – August 4, 2024 at 2:00 pm with Pastor Jason Puckett officiating, and remarks by Reverend Michael Nichols. Interment will follow at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday – August 3rd from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home. Rosa was born on April 14, 1933 in Thomas County, GA to the late Reuben Tucker and Rosa Lee Kirkland Tucker. She married George H. Stephens, Jr., on December 19, 1952 who survives in Thomasville. She worked for Southwestern State Hospital as an Administrative Assistant for over 28 years and spent 2 years in Research, Development and Command for the US Government. She also worked as the Secretary for Director of Nurses at Archbold, Gulf Life Insurance Company, and the Thompson Foundry. She was a member of The Connection Assembly of God. In addition to her husband, she is survived by; her two sons, George Gregory Stephens (Zana) of Calvary, GA, and James Michael Stephens (Lisa Michele) of Thomasville, grandchildren, Elizabeth Mustain (Jason), Emily Castleberry (Bronson), Sierra Stephens Beck (Joshua), Joshua Stephens, and Keaton Stephens, and great-grandchildren, Stephen Hicks, Shawn Hicks, Zayne Castleberry, and Payten Mustain. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by; a daughter, Joyce Karen Stephens, and son, Stanley D. Stephens, and brothers, Reuben Earl Tucker and George Lafayette Tucker.