Stone Co., AR - Obituaries - BARNEY THOMAS *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Rita Williams Holtz May 12 1998 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** These obituaries have been collected over the years by myself and by my mother, Norma Louise Wilcox Williams prior to her death in 1992. Most of the obituaries do not show a paper name or date published. Most of them came from The Stone County Leader in Mountain View, Stone County, Arkansas. If from another paper, this will be noted at the end of the obiturary. If there are no dates mentioned (as sometimes happens in older notices), I will attempt to include dates at the end. One final note, 99% of these people are all relatives. If someone makes a connection or would like the information I have, please contact me. BARNEY THOMAS A Hopedale man was killed early Sunday morning when his car collided with a train in Minier. Dead on arrival at 12:15 am Sunday at Hopedale Hospital was Barney Ray Thomas, 37. Mr. Thomas was driving alone at the time of the mishap. His funeral will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Davis Mortuary, Hopedale, the Rev. Ivan Kauffman officiating. Burial willl be in Mennonite Cemetery. Masonic rites will be held at 8;30 tonight. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Hopedale American Legion Post. Mr. Thomas was born Nov. 19, 1930 at Mountain View, Ark., a son of Ernest and Geneiveve Williams Thomas. He never married. Surviving are his father and stepmother; two brothers, Clifford, Rockford, and Harold, Phoenix, Arizona. A brother and his mother preceded him in death. Mr. Thomas had been employed for seven years as a supervisor for Economy Builders of Princeville. He was an Air Force veteran and was a member of the American Legion and Hopedale Masonic Lodge. (Printed in The Pekin Times, Pekin, Illinois. Barney died on March 31, 1968).