Stone Co., AR - Obituaries - LINDEL 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. LINDEL THOMAS Funeral services for Lindel D. Thomas, 31 year old former Hopedale resident, now of Hutchison, Kansas, were held at 2 pm at the Johnson and Sons Memorial Chapel, Hutchison. Thomas was killed Friday afternoon when the truck he was driving crashed into the Oakes Branch of a North Pacific train at Adrian, N.D. An employee of the McCue Transfer Co., of Hutchinson, he had picked up the load of oats he was carring earlier in the day at marian, N.D. The truck was demolished and six cars of the train derailed. The driver was instantly killed. State troopers said the truck's brakes apparently failed as it approached the crossing downhil. He was born June 9, 1927 at hanover, Ark. Survivors include his wife, Cecile; two sons: Ernest, 1, and Kenneth 7, Jutchison; his father,, Ernest O. Thomas, Hopedale, and three brothers, Cliffor Thomas, Hopedale, and Harold D. Thomas of St. Paul, Minn. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Lonnie Smith. Music was by Ralph Nevius, soloist, and Mrs. Charles Ebeling, organist. Burial was in the memorial Park cemetery, Hutchinson, Kansas. Graveside services were held by the A.F. and A.M. Reno Lodge No. 140.