GABLE "GABE, THE BARBEQUE MAN" LEE THOMAS
Funeral services for Mr. Gable "Gabe" Lee Thomas, 70, of Lufkin, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the New Zion Baptist Church. Pastor Cedric Kenebrew, Rev. H. E. Fowler, Sr. and Rev. Aaron Branson, Jr. will officiate, and burial will follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas was born April 21, 1927 in Farmersville, Louisiana and resided in Lufkin most of his life. He died Monday, July 21, 1997 in a Lufkin hospital.
He was a retired employee of Ralph New Motor Company and former employee of Brookshire Brothers Warehouse and City Motors. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church where he served faithfully as an usher.
Survivors:
Wife: Marvie Nell Thomas
Daughters & sons-in-law, Norma Thomas, Mary & Curtis Jones, Sherron & Archie Benton, Amanda & Howard Jackson
Sons & daughters-in-law, George A. & Cheryl Thomas, James E. & Lillie Thomas
Godchildren: Patrice Denning, Sharon (Chubby) & Elroy Freeman, Kevin & Torie Davis, Herman, Jr. & Erica Bryant
Brother: James G. Thomas
Sisters: Willie Ann Jacque & Beatrice (Dot) George, Mary Frances Strong
Aunt: Mattie Braggs
17 grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren
Honorary Pallbearers: Male Ushers & Brotherhood of New Zion
Active Pallbearers: Archie L. Benton, Jr., L. Benton, Steven D. Davis, DeMarques Jones, Glenn Lamb, Jr., George A. Thomas, Jr., James Thomas, II, Ralph Thomas and Xavier Woods.
Tims Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, July 25, 1997
Funeral services for Mr. Gable "Gabe" Lee Thomas, 70, of Lufkin, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the New Zion Baptist Church. Pastor Cedric Kenebrew, Rev. H. E. Fowler, Sr. and Rev. Aaron Branson, Jr. will officiate, and burial will follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas was born April 21, 1927 in Farmersville, Louisiana and resided in Lufkin most of his life. He died Monday, July 21, 1997 in a Lufkin hospital.
He was a retired employee of Ralph New Motor Company and former employee of Brookshire Brothers Warehouse and City Motors. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church where he served faithfully as an usher.
Survivors:
Wife: Marvie Nell Thomas
Daughters & sons-in-law, Norma Thomas, Mary & Curtis Jones, Sherron & Archie Benton, Amanda & Howard Jackson
Sons & daughters-in-law, George A. & Cheryl Thomas, James E. & Lillie Thomas
Godchildren: Patrice Denning, Sharon (Chubby) & Elroy Freeman, Kevin & Torie Davis, Herman, Jr. & Erica Bryant
Brother: James G. Thomas
Sisters: Willie Ann Jacque & Beatrice (Dot) George, Mary Frances Strong
Aunt: Mattie Braggs
17 grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren
Honorary Pallbearers: Male Ushers & Brotherhood of New Zion
Active Pallbearers: Archie L. Benton, Jr., L. Benton, Steven D. Davis, DeMarques Jones, Glenn Lamb, Jr., George A. Thomas, Jr., James Thomas, II, Ralph Thomas and Xavier Woods.
Tims Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, July 25, 1997
GABLE "GABE, THE BARBEQUE MAN" LEE THOMAS
Funeral services for Mr. Gable "Gabe" Lee Thomas, 70, of Lufkin, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the New Zion Baptist Church. Pastor Cedric Kenebrew, Rev. H. E. Fowler, Sr. and Rev. Aaron Branson, Jr. will officiate, and burial will follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas was born April 21, 1927 in Farmersville, Louisiana and resided in Lufkin most of his life. He died Monday, July 21, 1997 in a Lufkin hospital.
He was a retired employee of Ralph New Motor Company and former employee of Brookshire Brothers Warehouse and City Motors. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church where he served faithfully as an usher.
Survivors:
Wife: Marvie Nell Thomas
Daughters & sons-in-law, Norma Thomas, Mary & Curtis Jones, Sherron & Archie Benton, Amanda & Howard Jackson
Sons & daughters-in-law, George A. & Cheryl Thomas, James E. & Lillie Thomas
Godchildren: Patrice Denning, Sharon (Chubby) & Elroy Freeman, Kevin & Torie Davis, Herman, Jr. & Erica Bryant
Brother: James G. Thomas
Sisters: Willie Ann Jacque & Beatrice (Dot) George, Mary Frances Strong
Aunt: Mattie Braggs
17 grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren
Honorary Pallbearers: Male Ushers & Brotherhood of New Zion
Active Pallbearers: Archie L. Benton, Jr., L. Benton, Steven D. Davis, DeMarques Jones, Glenn Lamb, Jr., George A. Thomas, Jr., James Thomas, II, Ralph Thomas and Xavier Woods.
Tims Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, July 25, 1997
Funeral services for Mr. Gable "Gabe" Lee Thomas, 70, of Lufkin, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the New Zion Baptist Church. Pastor Cedric Kenebrew, Rev. H. E. Fowler, Sr. and Rev. Aaron Branson, Jr. will officiate, and burial will follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas was born April 21, 1927 in Farmersville, Louisiana and resided in Lufkin most of his life. He died Monday, July 21, 1997 in a Lufkin hospital.
He was a retired employee of Ralph New Motor Company and former employee of Brookshire Brothers Warehouse and City Motors. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church where he served faithfully as an usher.
Survivors:
Wife: Marvie Nell Thomas
Daughters & sons-in-law, Norma Thomas, Mary & Curtis Jones, Sherron & Archie Benton, Amanda & Howard Jackson
Sons & daughters-in-law, George A. & Cheryl Thomas, James E. & Lillie Thomas
Godchildren: Patrice Denning, Sharon (Chubby) & Elroy Freeman, Kevin & Torie Davis, Herman, Jr. & Erica Bryant
Brother: James G. Thomas
Sisters: Willie Ann Jacque & Beatrice (Dot) George, Mary Frances Strong
Aunt: Mattie Braggs
17 grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren
Honorary Pallbearers: Male Ushers & Brotherhood of New Zion
Active Pallbearers: Archie L. Benton, Jr., L. Benton, Steven D. Davis, DeMarques Jones, Glenn Lamb, Jr., George A. Thomas, Jr., James Thomas, II, Ralph Thomas and Xavier Woods.
Tims Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, July 25, 1997
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