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Carmel
Parsons Thomaston |
We are all very saddened to learn of the passing of one of the members of the Romance community. Not only was Carmel a romance author (w/a Fay Robinson), but she was the owner of Painted Rock, a website for readers and writers.
The Romance Club and Electics are putting together a way for the Romance community to memorialize Carmel. We are going to donate money to the American Cancer Society in Carmel's name.
If you would like to contribute to the donation, please send a check or money order (NOT cash) made out to the American Cancer Society.
We ask that everyone who can contribute something - even if it's just $1.00 or $5.00. Together, we can make a substantial donation to the Cancer Society.
Please send donations to:
TRC - ACS
2219 N. Glenwood Ave
Suite C
Niles, OH 44446
ATTN: DONATION
OBITUARY:
December 4, 2002
Carmel Parsons Thomaston
Graveside services for Carmel Parsons Thomaston,
50, of Waverly will be Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at
11 a.m. at Garden Hills Cemetery. The Rev. Billy
Clark will officiate. Visitation will be
Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at
Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Mrs. Thomaston, who
died Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, at East Alabama Medical
Center in Opelika, was born Sept. 25, 1952. She
was a native of Birmingham and had been a resident
of the Opelika-Auburn area for the past 30 years.
Mrs. Thomaston was employed as a staff writer for
local newspapers for several years prior to
becoming a published author under the pen name of
Fay Robinson. She wrote for Harlequin Publishing
Company. Her most recent book, “Christmas on
Snowbird Mountain,” was released in November of
this year. Mrs. Thomaston authored five books for
Harlequin and received the Rita Award twice. She
is survived by her husband, Jackie H. Thomaston of
Waverly; a son, Casey Ryan Thomaston of Waverly;
her father, Ruel Parsons of Mobile; and a sister,
Sherry (Robert) Allen of Mobile. Flowers will be
accepted or memorial donations may be directed to
the American Cancer Society. Jeffcoat-Trant
Funeral Home is directing.
FAY'S BIO:
Fay Robinson writes for Harlequin Superromance Her first book, A MAN LIKE MAC, won the Rita award for Best First Book from Romance Writers of America in July. Her second won a Maggie award from Georgia Romance Writers as an unpublished manuscript and is a Rita nominee for Best Long Contemporary in the currect contest.
Fay believes in love at first sight, happily-ever-after endings, and that some hearts are destined to be together. How can she not? Her English mother and American father married by transatlantic telephone six months after their first and only date. Fay had her own rendezvous with destiny while doing a story on a firefighter for her local newspaper. That night she told her best friend, "Today I met the man I'm going to marry." Fay and her firefighter will celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary this year.
Fay lives in Alabama within one hundred miles of the place where her paternal ancestors settled in the early 1800s. . She spends her spare time canning vegetables from her husband's garden and researching her family history.
Fay is a freelance writer and former newspaper editor. She has written hundreds of articles for magazines and newspapers for publications such as Writers Digest and Progressive Farmer. She has written a column on genealogy, and been actively researching of her own family's history since 1982.
Visit Carmel's/Fay's website