Obituary of KERMIT THOMAS, SR., LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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Date: October 6, 1999

Headline: Area Deaths
Sub-Headline: Kermit Thomas, Sr.

Kermit W. Thomas, Sr., 79, of Manifest, died Tuesday, September 28, 1999, in 
Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria.

He was a native of Cory and was a retired motorman with Western Oceantics, a 
retired applianceman with Shelton's Building Supply and S&Q Stores in 
Columbia.

He was a veteran of World War II and a member of new Life Pentecostal Church 
of Manifest.

Services were held at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 1, at New Life Pentecostal Church 
with the Revs. David Poole and Joey Paul officiating.

Burial followed in Old Bethel Cemetery, west of Clarks, under direction of 
Riser Funeral Home of Columbia.

Survivors include his wife, Ethel Pippins Sharp Thomas, of Rhinehart; two 
sons, K. W. Thomas, Jr., and Michael Glenn Thomas, both of Jena; three 
stepsons, Danny Sharp of Grayson, Louie Don Sharp of Rhinehart and Stacy 
Sharp of Natchitoches; four daughters, Linda Lovelady of Columbia, Evelyn 
Thomas of Clarks, Doris Masters of Jena, and Kathy James of Pineville; three 
stepdaughters, Patricia Walton of Jasper, Texas, Paulette Sharp and Kathy 
Rutledge, both of Rhinehart; one brother, Delma Thomas of Grayson; five 
sisters, Marie Maxwell of Baker, Annie Lee Bratton of Minden, and Kathleen 
Cain, Ruby Lasyone, and Rosie Richmond, all of Columbia; 26 grandchildren and 
numerous great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Bill Smith, Tom Smith, Raymond Thomas, Tony Walton, Wilbur 
Sharp, Rodney Smith, Harvey Boyette, and Kenny Masters.