Nansemond-Washington County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Gilmer L., 1960 

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Gilmer Lee Thomas Is Buried Thursday 

  Funeral services for Gilmer Lee Thomas, who died Tuesday, were conducted 
Thursday afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Mahlon H. Elliott, 
pastor of Oxford Methodist Church.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery with 
Elks rites at the graveside. 

  Mr. Elliott read a poem entitled "Come, Ye Disconsolate." 

  Mrs. Claudia Jacobs played two organ solos,"Just As I Am" and "Whispering 
Hope." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of yellow and bronze chrysanthemums, 
yellow roses and yellow carnations. 

  Pallbearers were Dr. M.M. Bray, Robert T. Naylor, T.C. McNew, John B. 
Spires, Jr., J.J. Burke Harlan, James B. Bolton, Coleman Davis, Gilmer 
Evans, James E. Kirkman, Jr., and Norman L. Daughtrey. 


Gilmer Lee THOMAS, dime-store manager, 
b. 11 Feb 1917, Abington, Washington Co., d. 12 Jul 1960, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 14 Jul 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 167, Fri., July 15, 1960, p. 3, col. 3 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. 19607 (Chuckatuck #14), which gives son of 
   Grover C. & Sarepta (BROWNING) THOMAS; wife: Dorothy (BROOKS) THOMAS. 

His widow remarried to Donald Earl GIBSON 6 Jul 1971 in Newport News 
   (SUFFOLK #28). They are also buried in Holly Lawn. 


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