Thelma Irene Damon Langley, born November 4, 1910 in North Abington, (Boston) MA, died peacefully at home in Wolfville, NS on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. She was the fifth child of twelve born to the late Earl Stanley Damon and Eleanor Bemis Corbett Damon. Thelma graduated from North Abington High School (1928) and Gordon College of Theology and Missions (B.A; 1934). While studying she worked at Clarendon Street Baptist Church and volunteered at the Italian Mission in Boston. Following a year of graduate study in Christian Education, she worked as a rural missionary in the Upper Kennebec Valley, ME. In 1936 Thelma married her Gordon classmate, Rev. Abner J. Langley in North Abington Congregational Church. The young bride moved to Canada where her husband had his first pastorate at Immanuel Baptist Church, Truro, NS (1936-1940); later to Central Baptist Church in Saint John, NB, (1940-1950). While raising her four children, Thelma taught Sunday School; wrote and directed Christmas and Easter plays. Following their call to West End Baptist Church, Halifax, NS (1950-1956) the Langley’s began travelling for the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, Canadian Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. Thelma kept journals of their trips to Europe; North, South and Latin America; Africa and the USSR (1972). Thelma addressed women's groups and church congregations in four Soviet cities. At First Baptist Church, Moncton, NB (1956-1968), Thelma established the Friendship House Sunday School for children who are developmentally delayed - the first in Canada. She also organized the Golden Mile Fellowship for senior church members. The couple moved to Wolfville, NS in 1968 where Dr. Langley became Principal of Acadia Divinity College. There, Thelma and her husband offered marvellous hospitality, counsel and love to generations of students and faculty. During all this time Thelma kept writing: poetry, prose, articles, Sunday School lessons and international correspondence. She published five books, the last in her 95th year titled "Big Fish for Small Fry". Following her husband's death in 1987, Thelma continued to travel: not only to Damon family reunions in Massachusetts or to growing family in Canada , but also to Oberammergau, Germany, at age 90, to attend the Passion Play. At the time of her death she was a member of the Enid Fitzpatrick Women's Missionary Society and the oldest living member of Wolfville Baptist Church. She was the oldest living graduate of Gordon College, Boston, as well as Life Secretary for the class of 1934. She held offices in various local, provincial and national Baptist women's organizations and was a Board Member of the YWCA. Thelma Damon Langley is predeceased by her beloved husband of 50 years, Abner J. Langley, and by nine siblings. She is survived by her son, Wayne (Susie) Langley, Toronto, ON; and daughters, Donna (Norman) Jeffrey, Wolfville, NS; Miriam Langley, Halifax, NS; Dianne Ramsay (Bud Berntson), Dartmouth, NS. She is "Nannie" to eleven grandchildren: Barry (Denise), Bonnie (Shaun), Leslie (Greg), Deirdre (Dan), Bradley (Carine); Peter (Lulu), Geoffrey (Manijeh), Amber (Daren); Koren; Tony (Sharmen), Suzie (Phil). She is "GG" (Great Grandmother) to Brianna and Rebecca; Madeline, Jacob and Ben, Thelma, Caitlyn and Olivia; Paige, Max and Scarlett; Georgia, April and Garnet; Ethan and Hannah. She is also survived by her sister, Doris Graham (Florida); her brother Donald (Lucy) Damon (Maine); and by numerous nieces and nephews of four generations. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the White Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Kentville. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Wolfville Baptist Church. A reception will follow in the church vestry. The private interment will be at Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfville, NS. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Abner J. Langley and Harold L. Mitton Chair of Church Leadership at Acadia Divinity College, or to the CNIB. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Kentville. On-line inquiries may be directed to www.whitefamilyfuneralhome.com.