Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thomas, William Estus (Jack) March 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sam Luckey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003136 July 19, 2005, 11:52 pm The Camilla Enterprise Mar 2, 1961 Obituary of William Estus (Jack) Thomas as written on page 10 of "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 2 Mar 1961. Camilla, Georgia. Funeral services for William Estus (Jack) Thomas, age 61, of Rt. 3, Pelham, were held Monday afternoon, February 27th, at 3:30 P. M. at the First Baptist Church of Pelham. Rev. T. M. Underwood, pastor, officiated, and he was assisted by Rev. George Cummings and Rev. Tommy Morgan. Interment was in Pelham Cemetery with Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham in charge. Active pallbearers were J. W. Glenn, S. O. Wilson, J. C. Tumlin, M. A. Kemp, Otis Anderson, Hubert Harvey. Honorary pallbearers wee Johnny Godwin, Henry Eidson, H. E. Morrison, Allen Eubanks, Cliff Dekle, I. J. Willis, E. L. Chason, Paul Rhoden. Mr. Thomas was born and reared in Mitchell County, the son of the late Rev. Sy Thomas. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. He was born October 17, 1899. He was a farmer and was married to the former Miss Bonnie Bell Broadaway who survives him along with two sons, John E. Thomas of Decatur, Ga., W. E. Thomas Jr. of Cairo; one daughter, Mrs. John Davis of Waycross; seven grandchildren and a nephew who lived with them, Russell Hamilton Huey; five brothers, John and Clarence Thomas of Atlanta, C. W. Thomas of Quincy, Fla., LeRoy Thomas of Albany, and Melvin Thoas of Miami; four sisters, Mrs. Charles Mathews of Camilla, Mrs. Morton Burnett of Albany, Mrs. A. T. Taylor of Atlanta, and Mrs. J. B. Belin of Houston, Texas. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell/obits/t/thomas358nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb