Obituaries:  William Edward Thomas, Sr., Sabine Parish       T-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 2, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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William Edward Thomas, Sr.

  Mr. William Edward Thomas, Sr., 70, of Pleasant Hill, died
Thursday, December 26, 1985, at Pleasant Hill General Hospital,
after a lengthy illness. He was born June 11, 1915, in Amity,
Ark., and had been a resident of Louisiana since 1936.

  He was with the Shreveport Fire Department for fourteen years,
and a captain of Bossier Base Fire Department for four years. He
served with the U. S. Coast Guard for 3 1/2 years during World
War II, and was a real estate and financial business man.

  He was founder and major stockholder in the Sabine Credit
Corporation in Zwolle, La. for thirteen years. He was a cattleman
near Marthaville, La. in recent years, retiring in 1977. He had
been a resident of Pleasant Hill for the past eight years. He was
a member of the Oliff Fair Post No. 300 in Pleasant Hill, and was
a member of St. Terence Catholic Church in Pleasant Hill.

  He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Louaudrey Bercher
Thomas; one son, William E. Thomas, Jr.; a daughter-in-law, Jane
Jeffress Thomas; two grandchildren, Melyssa Jean Gault, and
Benjamin Heath Gault, all of Pleasant Hill; one brother, Boyce A.
Burns of Houston, Texas; one sister, Bernice M. Rella of
California; and numerous nieces and nephews.

  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made
to the Flower Fund of their church, or have masses said at St.
Terence Catholic Church in Pleasant Hill, or St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Zwolle.

  The services were held at the United Methodist Church in
Pleasant Hill, at 2 p.m., on Friday, December 27. Father Earl
Provenza, and Father Bernard Zagst officiated. Burial was at
Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

  Pallbearers were Johnnie May, Freddie May, Gene Poimboeuf, Mr.
Judge Middleton, E. B. Malmay, and Mike Veuleman.

  Honorary pallbearers were Bill Freeman, Dale Skinner, Dr. Gene
Poimboeuf, and Cliff Poimboeuf.