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SYLVIA ELAINE DUNHAM THOMAS GETS HER WINGS
May 12, 1937 - January 19, 2026 Celebration of Life Services for Mrs. Sylvia Elaine Dunham Thomas will be held on Sunday, February 1, 2026, 4:00PM at the Murray Brothers Funeral Home Cascade Chapel 1199 Utoy Springs Road SW Atlanta, GA 30331. The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ivy Beyond the Wall Ceremony will proceed the service at 3:00PM. Mrs. Thomas will be available for viewing on Saturday, January 31, 2026, from 1:00 until 6:00PM at the funeral home. Interment Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls, NJ on Thursday, February 5, 2026 To send a flower arrangement in memory of Sylvia Elaine Dunham Thomas, please click here to visit our sympathy store. Sylvia's Guestbook Lori Burke wrote on January 26, 2026 Thank you, Mrs. Sylvia, for your foresight and contributions to the NCBMP. Although we had never met, I am grateful for you. Sending my sincere condolences to your family. Peace and Blessings! RIP Mrs. Sylvia. Donna Glover wrote on January 25, 2026 Thank you for sharing Mrs. Sylvia with us. I am eternally grateful to Mrs Sylvia for her contributions and foresight to see a need for NCBMP. My memory of her are during NCBMP conferences, always professional and focused. Rest in peace Mrs Sylvia. Cynthia Fuller wrote on January 24, 2026 My deepest condolences to the family and heartfelt prayers. I am truly grateful to be a part of the legacy Mrs. Thomas left with National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals. She will always be remembered. May God bless her family. Velton Showell III wrote on January 24, 2026 A Mother to me in the industry. She was a pillar of excellence and grace. I met her at an NCBMP conference when I was a youngster trying to find my way. I was very good friends with her departed son Brian who was a fraternity brother. She adopted me as one of her own and guided me through many years with a smile and positive words of encouragement. The example she displayed for all was the epitome of professionalism with love and kindness. She will be sorely missed. Heaven has just received another angel. Rest well Momma Thomas. Jennifer L Harper MD wrote on January 24, 2026 Family lives forever with so many memories! From Tuskeegee to Hawaii to New Mexico; Neptune , NJ to Atlanta Ga. Sylvia (and Govan ) lived life to the fullest. She knew how important the following was; Education, friendships, social organizations, Drifters, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and family. We miss you Sylvia; now with Brian and Govan. I always wanted to emulate you when I grew up in our family. Love and cherish you in our family Jennifer Pamela, Joseph, Kristen & Kara Hoffman wrote on January 24, 2026 We loved Sylvia (and Govan)! They were a part of our family. We are comforted by the fact that Sylvia has been released from all discomfort and is now an angel in heaven with her beloved husband, Govan, and son, Brian. May Sylvia rest in peace!

Industry Briefs

SYLVIA ELAINE DUNHAM THOMAS GETS HER WINGS

May 12, 1937 - January 19, 2026

Celebration of Life Services for Mrs. Sylvia Elaine Dunham Thomas will be held on Sunday, February 1, 2026, 4:00PM at the Murray Brothers Funeral Home Cascade Chapel 1199 Utoy Springs Road SW Atlanta, GA 30331. The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ivy Beyond the Wall Ceremony will proceed the service at 3:00PM. Mrs. Thomas will be available for viewing on Saturday, January 31, 2026, from 1:00 until 6:00PM at the funeral home.

Interment

Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls, NJ on Thursday, February 5, 2026

To send a flower arrangement in memory of Sylvia Elaine Dunham Thomas, please click here to visit our sympathy store.

Sylvia's Guestbook

Lori Burke wrote on January 26, 2026

Thank you, Mrs. Sylvia, for your foresight and contributions to the NCBMP. Although we had never met, I am grateful for you. Sending my sincere condolences to your family. Peace and Blessings! RIP Mrs. Sylvia.

Donna Glover wrote on January 25, 2026

Thank you for sharing Mrs. Sylvia with us. I am eternally grateful to Mrs Sylvia for her contributions and foresight to see a need for NCBMP. My memory of her are during NCBMP conferences, always professional and focused. Rest in peace Mrs Sylvia.

Cynthia Fuller wrote on January 24, 2026

My deepest condolences to the family and heartfelt prayers. I am truly grateful to be a part of the legacy Mrs. Thomas left with National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals. She will always be remembered. May God bless her family.

Velton Showell III wrote on January 24, 2026

A Mother to me in the industry. She was a pillar of excellence and grace. I met her at an NCBMP conference when I was a youngster trying to find my way. I was very good friends with her departed son Brian who was a fraternity brother. She adopted me as one of her own and guided me through many years with a smile and positive words of encouragement. The example she displayed for all was the epitome of professionalism with love and kindness. She will be sorely missed. Heaven has just received another angel. Rest well Momma Thomas.

Jennifer L Harper MD wrote on January 24, 2026

Family lives forever with so many memories! From Tuskeegee to Hawaii to New Mexico; Neptune , NJ to Atlanta Ga. Sylvia (and Govan ) lived life to the fullest. She knew how important the following was; Education, friendships, social organizations, Drifters, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and family. We miss you Sylvia; now with Brian and Govan. I always wanted to emulate you when I grew up in our family. Love and cherish you in our family Jennifer

Pamela, Joseph, Kristen & Kara Hoffman wrote on January 24, 2026

We loved Sylvia (and Govan)! They were a part of our family. We are comforted by the fact that Sylvia has been released from all discomfort and is now an angel in heaven with her beloved husband, Govan, and son, Brian. May Sylvia rest in peace!