Willis G. "Bill" Thomas Sr., 67, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville following a brief illness.
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., he had lived in Interlachen for 22 years, coming from Marathon, N.Y. He was a retired TV technician. He was a member of Johnson Community Church, an Army veteran of World War II, a life member of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 56 in Palatka and a life member of Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen, a member of the Lions Club and Lachen-Squares, both in Interlachen, a member of the Gator Twirlers in Gainesville and he formerly worked at Storters Printing Co. in Gainesville.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys Woodworth Thomas of Interlachen; two sons, David Willis Thomas of High Springs and Willis Graham Thomas Jr. of Hollister; two daughters, Genevieve Hilliard of Starke and Patricia Deel of Interlachen; three brothers, H. Edson Thomas, William Garvin, both of Orwell, N.Y., and Roger Garvin of Pulaski, N.Y.; five sisters, Eldora Reynolds and Kathryn Potter, both of Orwell, N.Y., Bernetta Williams and Delores Reese of Lakeland, and Elaine Castor of Adams, N.Y.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Community Church with the Rev. Nathaniel Jones officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Rural cemetery in Oswego, N.Y. Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen will conduct full military rites.
Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 27 Sep 1991.)
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., he had lived in Interlachen for 22 years, coming from Marathon, N.Y. He was a retired TV technician. He was a member of Johnson Community Church, an Army veteran of World War II, a life member of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 56 in Palatka and a life member of Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen, a member of the Lions Club and Lachen-Squares, both in Interlachen, a member of the Gator Twirlers in Gainesville and he formerly worked at Storters Printing Co. in Gainesville.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys Woodworth Thomas of Interlachen; two sons, David Willis Thomas of High Springs and Willis Graham Thomas Jr. of Hollister; two daughters, Genevieve Hilliard of Starke and Patricia Deel of Interlachen; three brothers, H. Edson Thomas, William Garvin, both of Orwell, N.Y., and Roger Garvin of Pulaski, N.Y.; five sisters, Eldora Reynolds and Kathryn Potter, both of Orwell, N.Y., Bernetta Williams and Delores Reese of Lakeland, and Elaine Castor of Adams, N.Y.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Community Church with the Rev. Nathaniel Jones officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Rural cemetery in Oswego, N.Y. Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen will conduct full military rites.
Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 27 Sep 1991.)
Willis G. "Bill" Thomas Sr., 67, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville following a brief illness.
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., he had lived in Interlachen for 22 years, coming from Marathon, N.Y. He was a retired TV technician. He was a member of Johnson Community Church, an Army veteran of World War II, a life member of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 56 in Palatka and a life member of Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen, a member of the Lions Club and Lachen-Squares, both in Interlachen, a member of the Gator Twirlers in Gainesville and he formerly worked at Storters Printing Co. in Gainesville.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys Woodworth Thomas of Interlachen; two sons, David Willis Thomas of High Springs and Willis Graham Thomas Jr. of Hollister; two daughters, Genevieve Hilliard of Starke and Patricia Deel of Interlachen; three brothers, H. Edson Thomas, William Garvin, both of Orwell, N.Y., and Roger Garvin of Pulaski, N.Y.; five sisters, Eldora Reynolds and Kathryn Potter, both of Orwell, N.Y., Bernetta Williams and Delores Reese of Lakeland, and Elaine Castor of Adams, N.Y.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Community Church with the Rev. Nathaniel Jones officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Rural cemetery in Oswego, N.Y. Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen will conduct full military rites.
Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 27 Sep 1991.)
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., he had lived in Interlachen for 22 years, coming from Marathon, N.Y. He was a retired TV technician. He was a member of Johnson Community Church, an Army veteran of World War II, a life member of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 56 in Palatka and a life member of Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen, a member of the Lions Club and Lachen-Squares, both in Interlachen, a member of the Gator Twirlers in Gainesville and he formerly worked at Storters Printing Co. in Gainesville.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys Woodworth Thomas of Interlachen; two sons, David Willis Thomas of High Springs and Willis Graham Thomas Jr. of Hollister; two daughters, Genevieve Hilliard of Starke and Patricia Deel of Interlachen; three brothers, H. Edson Thomas, William Garvin, both of Orwell, N.Y., and Roger Garvin of Pulaski, N.Y.; five sisters, Eldora Reynolds and Kathryn Potter, both of Orwell, N.Y., Bernetta Williams and Delores Reese of Lakeland, and Elaine Castor of Adams, N.Y.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Community Church with the Rev. Nathaniel Jones officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Rural cemetery in Oswego, N.Y. Woodworth-Webb American Legion Post 293 in Interlachen will conduct full military rites.
Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 27 Sep 1991.)
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