Muscogee-Clarke County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thomas, Jr., Grigsby E. April 27, 1903
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Atlanta Constitution, 29 April 1903
THOMAS BURIED IN COLUMBUS.
Colonel Thomas Was Born in Columbus and Lived There Many Years.

Columbus, Ga., April 28-
The body of Colonel Grigsby E. Thomas, Jr., whose death occurred at Athens, 
Ga., yesterday, arrived in Columbus, his old home, this afternoon, and the 
funeral occurred from the First Presbyterian church, of which he was a 
prominent member so many years.  Rev. K. L. McIver conducted the service.  The 
remains were laid to rest at Linwood cemetery.
Colonel Thomas was born in Columbus in 1842, a son of the late Judge G. E. 
Thomas, who was judge of the Chattahoochee circuit.  He shouldered a musket for 
the confederacy when only 18 years of age, and for four years fought 
gallantly.  He was captain of the City Light Guards after the war.  For many 
years he practiced law in this city, removing to Athens, Ga., only a year or so 
ago.  He held the office of county solicitor, United States commissioner and 
various other offices here, and was prominent in church and Sunday school 
circles, being a deacon in the Presbyterian church and at one time vice 
president of the Georgia Sunday School Association.  He was at one time grand 
dictator of the Georgia Knights of Honor.  His death was a great shock to his 
Columbus friends and produced profound sadness here.

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