Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, William Josiah February 2, 1936
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Virginian Pilot, February 3, 1936
William Josiah Thomas, aged 86, died at a local hospital last night at 7:20 
o'clock after an illness of two days. He was a native of Portsmouth and had 
been a resident of this city for 10 years. He was a charter member of Grimes 
Battery, Portsmouth, and served with that unit during the Spanish-American 
War. He was a member of the Men's Bible Class of Lafayette Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Thomas was the son of John H. and Margaret E. Thomas and is survived by 
four daughters, Mrs. Margaret V. Harvey, Norfolk; Mrs. L. W. Rosenburg, St. 
Louis; Mrs. Pearl Stevenson, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Ruby Langhorne, San 
Pedro, Cal; two sons, John R. Thomas, Washington, D.C., and Chester Alton 
Thomas, Port Arthur, Texas; 20 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home of E. Lee Cox & Bro., 
631 Westover Avenue, tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Burial will be in the 
family plot in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

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