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Glenn Thomas Born: December 19, 1930, Coleman, Texas Died: March 21, 2007, Plano, Texas Buried: Coleman Cemetery, Coleman, Texas |
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Glenn
Thomas, age 76, of Coleman, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Hendrick
Medical Center in Abilene. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m.
Friday, March 23 in Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with Baker Rudolph and
John Walthall officiating. Burial will follow in the Coleman City
Cemetery with graveside rites conducted by Rev. John Stanislaw.
Services are under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.
Glenn Thomas was born December 19, 1930 in Coleman, Texas, the son of Clyde Gordon Thomas and Bessie Bailey Thomas. He grew up and attended school in Coleman. He served in the United States Air Force for four years and was in Korea during the Korean Conflict. On June 18, 1955 he married Wanell McClellan in Coleman. He and his father owned and operated a seed and feed business in Coleman. For 25 years Glenn Thomas served as the County Clerk for Coleman County, retiring in 1994. He had previously served on the Coleman Volunteer Fire Department, Coleman Noon Lions Club, Coleman Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Directors of Overall-Morris Memorial Hospital. He was a member of First Baptist Church and the Men's Downtown Sunday School Class. Glenn enjoyed his coffee drinking buddies, his grandchildren and playing "42." Survivors include his wife, Wanell Thomas of Coleman; three sons, Jerry and wife Annie Thomas of Midland, Gary and wife Donna Thomas of McKinney, Mike and wife Cyndi Thomas of Forney; three grandsons, Garrett and wife Juliana Thomas of Wylie, Jarrad Thomas of Provo, Utah, Luke Thomas of McKinney; two granddaughters, Brittany and Kyndra Thomas both of Forney; great-grandson, Garrison Thomas of Wylie; numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Nell Hamilton and Linda Sue Sparks. Pallbearers will be Garrett Thomas, Jarrad Thomas, Luke Thomas, Brittany Thomas, Kyndra Thomas, Juliana Thomas, Mac Anderson. Honorary pallbearers will be Members of the Men's Downtown Sunday School Class, Barney Ransberger, Bill Bradshaw, W. H. Gorman. Family visitation will be held on Thursday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be made to the donor's favorite charity.
(Coleman
Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, March 27, 2007, page 13; and
Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, March 22, 2007, page 16.) |
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