CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - J. Allen Thomas, 8 Feb 2005
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J. Allen Thomas, 78, Hampton Drive, Bristol, formerly of Elizabethton, died
Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief
illness.

Mr. Thomas was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Jerry M. and
Laura Allen Thomas. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
his first wife, Lori Hofmann Thomas, July 18, 2001, and two sisters, Louise
Marsh and Judy Hartell.

Mr. Thomas was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Elizabethton, and a
charter member of the Knights of Columbus of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church,
Council No. 10743. He had served as past Grand Knight, and was also a 4th
degree Knight. He was a member of the Elizabethton Kiwanis Club.

Mr. Thomas retired as comptroller from Beaunit Fibers, Elizabethton.

Survivors include his wife, Ann Tipton Thomas, of the home; two daughters and
sons-in-law, Karen and Jack Barton, Charlotte, N.C., and Lori Lee and Mark
Williams, Holly Springs, N.C.; a son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Kary
Thomas, Johnson City; a stepdaughter, Kitty Martin Pitini, Bristol; a stepson
and his wife, Steve and Lisa Martin, Bristol; a brother and sister-in-law,
Robert "Bud" and Nancy Jane Thomas, Elizabethton; grandchildren, Michelle
Curtis and her husband Ricky, Bristol, Liz Thomas, Johnson City, Chris Barton
and his wife Angela, Charlotte, N.C., Robert Barton, Charlotte, N.C., Lauren
Williams and Michael Williams, both of Holly Springs, N.C.; and two
stepgranddaughters, Ashley Brooks and her husband Joel, Knoxville, and Ann K.
Pitini, Atlanta, Ga. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

The Mass of the Resurrection will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, February 11,
at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 510 West C. Street, Elizabethton, with Rev.
Dennis J. Kress and Rev. Dr. Paul Hamilton Fuller IV officiating. The Honor
Guard at the church will be the Knights of Columbus of St. Elizabeth Catholic
Church, Council No. 10743. The committal and entombment service will follow at
the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton. Active
pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. The family will receive
friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, February 10, in the Fireside Room of
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of
flowers may make donations to the American Cancer Society, 209 S. Riverside
Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643; St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 510 West C
Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643; or Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 700 Cumberland
Street, Bristol, VA 24201.Condolences may be sent to the Thomas family through
our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 

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