Tommie E. Thomas, 86, of Flora, IL died at 2:50 AM Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Clay County Hospital in Flora.
He was born December 24, 1921 in Clay City, IL to Kerney Okley & Myrtle (Tedrick) Thomas. He married Maxine E. Fulk on February 2, 1946 in Flora.
He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and during his life he farmed, worked for Pure Oil, and was a partner of Coil-Thomas Chevrolet-Olds in Flora. His memberships include First Christian Church of Flora, Flora Masonic Lodge, Belleville Consistory, Ainad Temple, Clay County Shrine Club, and Flora American Legion Post #14. Tommie enjoyed farming, golfing and woodworking making fiddles and grandfather clocks.
He is survived by his wife: Maxine Thomas; son: Donald Thomas & wife Janice; daughter: Sharon Biehl & husband Ted; half-brothers: Jimmie Thomas & wife Della, Ellery Thomas & wife Marie, and Sherman Thomas & wife Patty; half-sister: Alice Childers & husband Larry; step-brother: Wesley Hickenbottom; step-sister: Joyce Powell; six grandchildren & 6 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son (Kevin Lee), two brothers (Clifford & Johnnie Thomas), 2 sisters (Genelle Henderson & Betty Thomas), and two step-sisters (Lela Michels & Halene Boudreau).
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, with military honors. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Friday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home with 8 PM Masonic Rites. Memorials may be made to that of the donor's choice and may be received at the funeral home.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 18, 1942. TRAINED AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN CREWMAN. DEPARTED FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON JULY 15, 1944 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION AND CAPTURE OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS SERVING WITH BATTERY A, 948TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIRST SERGEANT ON JANUARY 28, 1946.
(This information and the picture at the upper right has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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He was born December 24, 1921 in Clay City, IL to Kerney Okley & Myrtle (Tedrick) Thomas. He married Maxine E. Fulk on February 2, 1946 in Flora.
He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and during his life he farmed, worked for Pure Oil, and was a partner of Coil-Thomas Chevrolet-Olds in Flora. His memberships include First Christian Church of Flora, Flora Masonic Lodge, Belleville Consistory, Ainad Temple, Clay County Shrine Club, and Flora American Legion Post #14. Tommie enjoyed farming, golfing and woodworking making fiddles and grandfather clocks.
He is survived by his wife: Maxine Thomas; son: Donald Thomas & wife Janice; daughter: Sharon Biehl & husband Ted; half-brothers: Jimmie Thomas & wife Della, Ellery Thomas & wife Marie, and Sherman Thomas & wife Patty; half-sister: Alice Childers & husband Larry; step-brother: Wesley Hickenbottom; step-sister: Joyce Powell; six grandchildren & 6 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son (Kevin Lee), two brothers (Clifford & Johnnie Thomas), 2 sisters (Genelle Henderson & Betty Thomas), and two step-sisters (Lela Michels & Halene Boudreau).
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, with military honors. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Friday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home with 8 PM Masonic Rites. Memorials may be made to that of the donor's choice and may be received at the funeral home.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 18, 1942. TRAINED AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN CREWMAN. DEPARTED FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON JULY 15, 1944 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION AND CAPTURE OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS SERVING WITH BATTERY A, 948TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIRST SERGEANT ON JANUARY 28, 1946.
(This information and the picture at the upper right has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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Tommie E. Thomas, 86, of Flora, IL died at 2:50 AM Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Clay County Hospital in Flora.
He was born December 24, 1921 in Clay City, IL to Kerney Okley & Myrtle (Tedrick) Thomas. He married Maxine E. Fulk on February 2, 1946 in Flora.
He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and during his life he farmed, worked for Pure Oil, and was a partner of Coil-Thomas Chevrolet-Olds in Flora. His memberships include First Christian Church of Flora, Flora Masonic Lodge, Belleville Consistory, Ainad Temple, Clay County Shrine Club, and Flora American Legion Post #14. Tommie enjoyed farming, golfing and woodworking making fiddles and grandfather clocks.
He is survived by his wife: Maxine Thomas; son: Donald Thomas & wife Janice; daughter: Sharon Biehl & husband Ted; half-brothers: Jimmie Thomas & wife Della, Ellery Thomas & wife Marie, and Sherman Thomas & wife Patty; half-sister: Alice Childers & husband Larry; step-brother: Wesley Hickenbottom; step-sister: Joyce Powell; six grandchildren & 6 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son (Kevin Lee), two brothers (Clifford & Johnnie Thomas), 2 sisters (Genelle Henderson & Betty Thomas), and two step-sisters (Lela Michels & Halene Boudreau).
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, with military honors. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Friday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home with 8 PM Masonic Rites. Memorials may be made to that of the donor's choice and may be received at the funeral home.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 18, 1942. TRAINED AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN CREWMAN. DEPARTED FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON JULY 15, 1944 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION AND CAPTURE OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS SERVING WITH BATTERY A, 948TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIRST SERGEANT ON JANUARY 28, 1946.
(This information and the picture at the upper right has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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He was born December 24, 1921 in Clay City, IL to Kerney Okley & Myrtle (Tedrick) Thomas. He married Maxine E. Fulk on February 2, 1946 in Flora.
He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and during his life he farmed, worked for Pure Oil, and was a partner of Coil-Thomas Chevrolet-Olds in Flora. His memberships include First Christian Church of Flora, Flora Masonic Lodge, Belleville Consistory, Ainad Temple, Clay County Shrine Club, and Flora American Legion Post #14. Tommie enjoyed farming, golfing and woodworking making fiddles and grandfather clocks.
He is survived by his wife: Maxine Thomas; son: Donald Thomas & wife Janice; daughter: Sharon Biehl & husband Ted; half-brothers: Jimmie Thomas & wife Della, Ellery Thomas & wife Marie, and Sherman Thomas & wife Patty; half-sister: Alice Childers & husband Larry; step-brother: Wesley Hickenbottom; step-sister: Joyce Powell; six grandchildren & 6 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son (Kevin Lee), two brothers (Clifford & Johnnie Thomas), 2 sisters (Genelle Henderson & Betty Thomas), and two step-sisters (Lela Michels & Halene Boudreau).
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, with military honors. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Friday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home with 8 PM Masonic Rites. Memorials may be made to that of the donor's choice and may be received at the funeral home.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 18, 1942. TRAINED AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN CREWMAN. DEPARTED FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON JULY 15, 1944 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION AND CAPTURE OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS SERVING WITH BATTERY A, 948TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIRST SERGEANT ON JANUARY 28, 1946.
(This information and the picture at the upper right has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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