Funeral services for Mason E. Thomas, 82, of Borden, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13, at Borden Community Church, 1225 East Water St., Borden, with burial with full military honors in Walnut Hill Cemetery. He died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at Autumn Woods Transitional Care Campus, New Albany.
He was born Dec. 11, 1927, to the late William Bodine Thomas and Mary Maxine Floyd Thomas. He graduated from Borden High School and served his country in the Marine Corps attached to the Seabees during the reconstruction of Japan after World War II. After his tour of duty, he was a truck driver for C.T. Hertzch Trucking Company in Sellersburg, from 1955 until his retirement in 1993.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Betty Alberta Bowers Thomas; sons, Richard K. Thomas, of Borden and Timothy K. Thomas and his wife, Karen, of Indianapolis; daughter, Carla F. Akers and her husband, Kevin, of Borden; grandchildren, Kyle, widower of Shelley, Kara, Alissa and her husband, Treves, Michael, and Ryan and his wife, Jessica; great-grandchildren, Noelle, Wesley, Alexis, Addison and Lilly.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Boyd, Arland and Danny; and sisters, Betty Lou Scott and Mary Sue Balmer.
Visitation will be at the Hughes-Taylor Funeral Home, 225 West Main St., Borden, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Akers Educational Fund, c/o Scott County Bank, Attn: Kat Julian, P.O. Box 158, Scottsburg, 47170.
He was born Dec. 11, 1927, to the late William Bodine Thomas and Mary Maxine Floyd Thomas. He graduated from Borden High School and served his country in the Marine Corps attached to the Seabees during the reconstruction of Japan after World War II. After his tour of duty, he was a truck driver for C.T. Hertzch Trucking Company in Sellersburg, from 1955 until his retirement in 1993.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Betty Alberta Bowers Thomas; sons, Richard K. Thomas, of Borden and Timothy K. Thomas and his wife, Karen, of Indianapolis; daughter, Carla F. Akers and her husband, Kevin, of Borden; grandchildren, Kyle, widower of Shelley, Kara, Alissa and her husband, Treves, Michael, and Ryan and his wife, Jessica; great-grandchildren, Noelle, Wesley, Alexis, Addison and Lilly.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Boyd, Arland and Danny; and sisters, Betty Lou Scott and Mary Sue Balmer.
Visitation will be at the Hughes-Taylor Funeral Home, 225 West Main St., Borden, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Akers Educational Fund, c/o Scott County Bank, Attn: Kat Julian, P.O. Box 158, Scottsburg, 47170.
Funeral services for Mason E. Thomas, 82, of Borden, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13, at Borden Community Church, 1225 East Water St., Borden, with burial with full military honors in Walnut Hill Cemetery. He died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at Autumn Woods Transitional Care Campus, New Albany.
He was born Dec. 11, 1927, to the late William Bodine Thomas and Mary Maxine Floyd Thomas. He graduated from Borden High School and served his country in the Marine Corps attached to the Seabees during the reconstruction of Japan after World War II. After his tour of duty, he was a truck driver for C.T. Hertzch Trucking Company in Sellersburg, from 1955 until his retirement in 1993.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Betty Alberta Bowers Thomas; sons, Richard K. Thomas, of Borden and Timothy K. Thomas and his wife, Karen, of Indianapolis; daughter, Carla F. Akers and her husband, Kevin, of Borden; grandchildren, Kyle, widower of Shelley, Kara, Alissa and her husband, Treves, Michael, and Ryan and his wife, Jessica; great-grandchildren, Noelle, Wesley, Alexis, Addison and Lilly.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Boyd, Arland and Danny; and sisters, Betty Lou Scott and Mary Sue Balmer.
Visitation will be at the Hughes-Taylor Funeral Home, 225 West Main St., Borden, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Akers Educational Fund, c/o Scott County Bank, Attn: Kat Julian, P.O. Box 158, Scottsburg, 47170.
He was born Dec. 11, 1927, to the late William Bodine Thomas and Mary Maxine Floyd Thomas. He graduated from Borden High School and served his country in the Marine Corps attached to the Seabees during the reconstruction of Japan after World War II. After his tour of duty, he was a truck driver for C.T. Hertzch Trucking Company in Sellersburg, from 1955 until his retirement in 1993.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Betty Alberta Bowers Thomas; sons, Richard K. Thomas, of Borden and Timothy K. Thomas and his wife, Karen, of Indianapolis; daughter, Carla F. Akers and her husband, Kevin, of Borden; grandchildren, Kyle, widower of Shelley, Kara, Alissa and her husband, Treves, Michael, and Ryan and his wife, Jessica; great-grandchildren, Noelle, Wesley, Alexis, Addison and Lilly.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Boyd, Arland and Danny; and sisters, Betty Lou Scott and Mary Sue Balmer.
Visitation will be at the Hughes-Taylor Funeral Home, 225 West Main St., Borden, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Akers Educational Fund, c/o Scott County Bank, Attn: Kat Julian, P.O. Box 158, Scottsburg, 47170.
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