Freestone County, Texas Obituaries Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - July 7, 1992 Deceased Name: James E. Thomas FORT WORTH - James E. Thomas, a construction worker, died Sunday at a Fort Worth hospital. He was 81. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Jubilee Temple C.M.E. Church, where he was a member. Burial will be in Skyvue Memorial Garden. Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. There will be a wake from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Thomas was born in Freestone County and had lived in Fort Worth since 1945. Survivors: Wife, Katie Mae Thomas of Fort Worth; three sons, Billy Frank Thomas, Terry Thomas and Ronnie Thomas, all of Fort Worth; four stepdaughters, Arlinda Brooks of Plano, Gloria Petty of The Colony, Mary Ann Schappelle of Los Angeles and Bobbie Jean White of Arlington; 12 grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.