Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Noah F., 1947 

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Thomas Succumbs Near Smithfield 

  Noah Frank (Bunks) Thomas died at 12:15 this morning at his home near 
Smithfield after a long illness. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Luby Lee Thomas; a daughter, Mrs. E.P. 
Gayle, of Newport News; two sons, J. Marvin Thomas, of Hilton Village, and 
Ellis Thomas, of Smithfield; two grandchildren, Joan Lee Thomas, of Hilton 
Village, and Roy Thomas Smithfield: a sister, Mrs. Annie Spiers, of Norfolk; 
six half-sisters, Mrs. Nora Sewell, Norfolk, Mrs. Clarence Gayle, Mrs. E.G. 
Schmidt, Mrs. William Blackwell, Mrs. O.S. Owen and Mrs. Betty Latimore, all 
of Isle of Wight County; two half-brothers, O.P. Thomas, of Newport News, 
and Duncan Thomas, of Fox Hill, and a cousin, Mrs. Ell Burge, Messick. 

  The body was taken to the Baker Funeral Home where it will remain until 3 
o'clock Sunday afternoon at which time it will be carried to tht Whitehead's 
Grove Baptist Church, Chuckatuck, to lie in state until 3:30 o'clock.  Funeral 
services will be held at that time with Rev. J.F. Colston officiating. 

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Hold Services For Noah Thomas 

  Last rites for Noah Frank Thomas, who died Friday morning at his home near 
Smithfield after a long illness, were conducted at 3:30 o'clock yesterday 
afternoon at Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church.  Rev. William M. Jamerson, of 
Newport News, and Rev. J.F. Colston officiated. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of pink carnations, pink gladioli and 
narcissus.  Mrs. T.F. Gray sang "Life's Real Road to Heaven" as a solo 
selection, and Mrs. Barney Sexton and Mrs. Gray sang as a duet, "Safe In the 
Arms of Jesus."  They were accompanied by Mrs. E.S. Ross. 

  Pallbearers were Allie W. Horne, Jesse Barlow, B.B. Winall, L.L. Winall, 
Ralph Griffin and Seth Lankford.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 


Noah Frank "Bunks" THOMAS, of Surry Co., boatsman & farmer, 
b. 4 Jan 1872, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Jan 1947, at home, near Smithfield, 
interred in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery*, 5 Jan 1947, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 238, Fri., Jan. 3, 1947, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 240, Mon., Jan. 6, 1947, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #73: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Photos of his gravestone - added by An Ashland Genealogist - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #45306379. 

D.Cert. 2333 (Newport #5) gives son of Noah Frank & Jobitha (Cullener) THOMAS; 
   Ancestry.com gives his mother's name as Jovitha. 

The marriage record of his sister Annie Laura (THOMAS; Mrs. "Willie" William 
   Thomas) SPIERS gives her mother as Tobitha. 
   (Ancestry.com "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940") 

The 1870 Census - Newport Dist., Isle of Wight Co. - gives Noah & Jane THOMAS. 

His father & step-mother "Bettie" Elizabeth (PRUDEN) THOMAS are buried in a 
   THOMAS family cemetery, Bayview Dr.  {IWCHS GSSTF report #73} 


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