Mary “Helen” (Thomas) Vallandingham, age 89 of Leonardtown, MD died on December 2, 2007 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center. Born in Chaptico, MD on July 25, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Frank Thomas Sr. and Snowden Elizabeth Rebecca (Thompson) Thomas. She was preceded in death by her husband William Lawrence Vallandingham, Jr. whom she married in the Loretta Chapel in Chaptico on October 10, 1933. Mrs. Vallandingham was a lifelong St. Mary’s County resident and was a member of Our Lady of the Wayside Church. She was the mother of: Joseph Warren “Joe” Vallandingham of Bushwood, MD, Mary Virginia Gragan of Chaptico, MD, Peggy Bowles of Leonardtown, MD, Robert Lawrence Vallandingham of Ft. Meyers, FL, James Bertman “Bert” Vallandingham of Hughesville, MD, Thomas Aloysius “Tommy” Vallandingham of Bushwood, MD, Clarence Marion Vallandingham of Loveville, MD, Daniel Walter “Danny” Vallandingham of Mechanicsville, MD, Marjorie “Margie” Jean Hicks, of Mechanicsville, MD, Helen Fay Wallace of Hollywood, MD, and the late John William Vallandingham, Deborah Mae Vallandingham and Elizabeth Ann Vallandingham. She was the sister of Susan Elizabeth “Susie” Wathen of Waldorf, MD and Mary Marjorie Dennison of Norfolk, VA and the late Amy Thomas, Catherine Luvenia “Toots” Lacey, Joseph McQuillian “Mac” Thomas, Paul Aloysius Thomas, James Bruce Thomas, Joseph Frank Thomas, Jr., Matthew Kenelm Thomas and Violet Theresa Altman. She is survived by 22 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren. She enjoyed flower arranging, gardening, reading, cooking and traveling. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 10:00 AM in Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, Chaptico, MD with Fr. Timothy Baer officiating. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bushwood, MD. Pallbearers will be her sons, Joe, Robert, Bert, Tommy, Marion, and Danny Vallandingham. Honorary pallbearers will be Mary Virginia Gragan, Marguerite Peggy Bowles, Marjorie Jean Hicks, Helen Fay Wallace and Susan Elizabeth Wathen. Contributions may be made to the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 299, Leonardtown, MD 20650.