Limestone CO. TX - OBIT:  C. L. Thomas, 1975

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               C.L. Thomas Funeral Rites Last Thursday (1975)
                                      
   Funeral services for Clarence Lee Thomas, 82, were held at Kibler
   Chapel at 2:00 p.m. last Thursday. Mr. Thomas passed away in Memorial
   Hospital in Corsicana at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 17. He had been in
   bad health for sometime.
   
   Born in the Oletha community February 14, 1893, the son of Mr. and
   Mrs. Jim T. Thomas, he had been a resident of Limestone County most of
   his life. He had, however, been a resident of Dawson in Navarro County
   for the past ten years.
   
   Mr. Thomas was a retired farmer and rancher. He is survived by two
   sons, Rois M. Thomas of Richwood, Texas, and C.L. Thomas of Mobile,
   Alabama. He was preceded in death in August, 1939 by his wife, Mrs.
   Nettie Oates Thomas, and his daughter, Verlene, victims of typhoid
   fever.
   
   Also surviving him are four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren,
   and one brother, Dewell W. Thomas of Oletha and one sister, Mrs. Dora
   Thomas.
   
   In his active years, Mr. Thomas was a farmer and rancher. He was a
   member of the Church of Christ. Ministers Gerald Gibson and Richard
   Williams conducted the services. Soft organ music was played by Mrs.
   C.L. Harrison.
   
   Burial was in the Fort Parker Memorial Park. Pallbearers were James
   Oates, George N. Thomas, Dub W. Thomas, Jay Holcomb, A. Morris Outlaw,
   and Pete K. Thomas.