Obituaries:  Robert W. Thomas, Sabine Parish       T-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 21, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Robert W. Thomas

  Robert W. Thomas, 59, died at 6:55 Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001, in a
Lake Charles hospital.

  Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Nov. 17, at Our Lady Queen
of Heaven Catholic Church, with interment following at Consolata
Cemetery. The Rev. Monsignor Ronnie Groth officiated.

  Mr. Thomas was born in Albuquerque, N. M., and was raised in
Tioga. He was a graduate of Tioga High School, and received his
Bachelor of Arts Degree from Louisiana State University for 1964.
He received his Jurist Doctorate Degree from Louisiana State
University School of Law in 1967. He was a practicing attorney in
Lake Charles for the past 34 years.

  Mr. Thomas was a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association,
and was elected to the House of Delegates (1971-1991), and the
Board of Governors (1991-1993). He was a member of the Southwest
Louisiana Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr.
Thomas was a member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association,
where he served as a member of the Advisory Committee, Board of
Governors, and the Executive Committee.

  Mr. Thomas was a member of the American Trial Lawyers
Association, the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit,
the Louisiana Bar Foundation, and the Joint Legislative Study
Committee for Alternative Dispute Resolution.

  Mr. Thomas was also a member, and past president of the
Southwest Louisiana LSU Alumni Association, the LSU Alumni
Association, the LSU Foundation, and the LSU Law School Alumni
Association.

  He was a former member of the Lake Charles Kiwanis Club, the
Young Men's Business Club, past member of the Lake Charles,
Calcasieu, and Louisiana Democratic Central Committees, Board of
Commissioners, Sabine River Authority, where he served as
secretary, vice chairman, member of the Executive Committee, and
Finance Committee chairman.

  Mr. Thomas was also a member of the Louisiana Wildlife
Federation, Ducks Unlimited, Gulf Coast Conservation Association,
B.A.S.S., and Operation Bass.

  Survivors include his widow, Elizabeth Sheridan Thomas of Lake
Charles; three sons, William Thomas of Baton Rouge, Trey Hardy,
and Bobby Thomas, both of Lake Charles; one daughter, Stephanie
Keigley of Sulphur; mother, Bernice Thomas of Lake Charles;
sister, Diane Moore of Albuquerque, N. M.; and two grandchildren,
Kale Keigley, and Tyler Thomas.

  Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.