Mother Charletta Virginia
Clifton Thomas is the
oldest daughter of the late Superintendent Junius L. Clifton and the
late Mother Virginia Clifton. She
has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. When
she was born, her great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents were
members of the Church of God in Christ.
Her mother, Mrs. Virginia Cypress
Clifton, sung and traveled with the Saints Academy Choir in the late
1930’s. Her great-grandfather,
Overseer Charles Cypress, served for a short while as State Overseer
of Virginia.
Bishop and Mother
Thomas married in 1957 and to this union God blessed
them to have and rear six sons: Brother Ted Thomas,
Jr., Elder Christopher
B. (Katrina) Thomas, Elder Marc A. (N.
Kimberly), Brother Charles (Kim
Machelle) Thomas, Brother Jonathan Thomas, and Brother
Reuben Thomas.
She has reared them and nurtured them in Holy living and God has blessed
them tremendously. Along with two preachers, two of them are ministers
of music,
one is a professional musician with the Food Network, on is
an Insurance
Agent and Investment Counselor for PrimeAmerica,
and one
is a talented and gifted songster.
Since 1995, Mother Thomas has been retired but enjoys
helping to rear and nurture Charles and Kim’s two sons and one daughter: Charles,
Jr, Emanuel, and Kiara Thomas, as well as Marc and Naomi Kimberly’s
three sons:
Marc, Jr., Evan, and Aaron Thomas and Chris and Katrina’s
daughter,
Jamerron, and newborn son, Ted Junius Clifton Thomas.
Before retirement, Mother Thomas worked
for 29 years
as a Business Education teacher for Chesapeake City Schools.
She also served the City of Norfolk as a Social Worker
with the Department
of Human Services.
For over four decades, she has labored as the Executive
Secretary of the State Women’s Department. She is also the President of
the State Pastors, Elders, Ministers, and Deacons Wives and holds the
same position at both New Community and St. Stephen’s. For six
years, Mother Thomas was the writer
of the Junior High Sunday School
Quarterly for students and teachers. She
also taught classes and is
a member of the Board of Directors for
the C. H. Mason Bible School
(VA#1).
The Elect Lady of New Community and St. Stephen’s Churches of
God in Christ, Mother Thomas is a well-sought after speaker and workshop
leader. The noon-day prayer leader at New Community COGIC, Mother Thomas’ testimony
is
that she can depend upon God and He can depend on her! He has healed
and delivered her from death’s door five times and she gives
Him all of the glory, honor, and praise! Her continued focus in this
life is to please Him
and her ultimate desire is to meet God in the
Rapture!
