Oral "Shorty" Thomas,94, of Olney, died at 10:20 a.m. Thursday March 7, 2002 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.
Funeral services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney with Pastor Chris Jeanette officiating. Burial will be in Crest Haven Cemetery in rural Claremont.
Mr. Thomas was born on January 5, 1908 in Jasper County, the son of William Perry and Dessie (Scherer) Thomas. He married Dorothy Ann Stanley on July 29, 1931. She preceded him in death on October 23, 1991.
He was a retired gauger with Pure Oil Co. for 32 years. He was a taxidermist and naturalist. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Olney. He and his wife were avid round and square dancers and taught many to do the same.
Mr. Thomas is survived by two sons, Jimmy R. Thomas and his wife, Marcella of Olney and Wayne E. "Gene" Thomas and his wife, Christina of Cairo; a brother, Ray Thomas and his wife, Dora of Tuscola; a sister, Bernadine Wagy of Texarkana, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Letha Thomas of Union City, Ala.; nine grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents wife, son, William "Bill", and brother, Max.
Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)
Funeral services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney with Pastor Chris Jeanette officiating. Burial will be in Crest Haven Cemetery in rural Claremont.
Mr. Thomas was born on January 5, 1908 in Jasper County, the son of William Perry and Dessie (Scherer) Thomas. He married Dorothy Ann Stanley on July 29, 1931. She preceded him in death on October 23, 1991.
He was a retired gauger with Pure Oil Co. for 32 years. He was a taxidermist and naturalist. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Olney. He and his wife were avid round and square dancers and taught many to do the same.
Mr. Thomas is survived by two sons, Jimmy R. Thomas and his wife, Marcella of Olney and Wayne E. "Gene" Thomas and his wife, Christina of Cairo; a brother, Ray Thomas and his wife, Dora of Tuscola; a sister, Bernadine Wagy of Texarkana, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Letha Thomas of Union City, Ala.; nine grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents wife, son, William "Bill", and brother, Max.
Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)
Oral "Shorty" Thomas,94, of Olney, died at 10:20 a.m. Thursday March 7, 2002 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.
Funeral services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney with Pastor Chris Jeanette officiating. Burial will be in Crest Haven Cemetery in rural Claremont.
Mr. Thomas was born on January 5, 1908 in Jasper County, the son of William Perry and Dessie (Scherer) Thomas. He married Dorothy Ann Stanley on July 29, 1931. She preceded him in death on October 23, 1991.
He was a retired gauger with Pure Oil Co. for 32 years. He was a taxidermist and naturalist. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Olney. He and his wife were avid round and square dancers and taught many to do the same.
Mr. Thomas is survived by two sons, Jimmy R. Thomas and his wife, Marcella of Olney and Wayne E. "Gene" Thomas and his wife, Christina of Cairo; a brother, Ray Thomas and his wife, Dora of Tuscola; a sister, Bernadine Wagy of Texarkana, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Letha Thomas of Union City, Ala.; nine grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents wife, son, William "Bill", and brother, Max.
Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)
Funeral services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney with Pastor Chris Jeanette officiating. Burial will be in Crest Haven Cemetery in rural Claremont.
Mr. Thomas was born on January 5, 1908 in Jasper County, the son of William Perry and Dessie (Scherer) Thomas. He married Dorothy Ann Stanley on July 29, 1931. She preceded him in death on October 23, 1991.
He was a retired gauger with Pure Oil Co. for 32 years. He was a taxidermist and naturalist. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Olney. He and his wife were avid round and square dancers and taught many to do the same.
Mr. Thomas is survived by two sons, Jimmy R. Thomas and his wife, Marcella of Olney and Wayne E. "Gene" Thomas and his wife, Christina of Cairo; a brother, Ray Thomas and his wife, Dora of Tuscola; a sister, Bernadine Wagy of Texarkana, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Letha Thomas of Union City, Ala.; nine grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents wife, son, William "Bill", and brother, Max.
Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)
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