 1943 - 2020 (76 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Edward Leroy Thomas, Jr was born on 3 Jul 1943 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA (son of Edward Leroy Thomas and Catherine Elinor Kidd); died on 7 Jan 2020 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA. Notes:
Died:
Mr. Edward Leroy Thomas Jr, 76, passed away in the late afternoon hours, on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at his residence in Lake City, Florida.
Mr. Thomas was born July 3, 1943, in Lake City, to Catherine Elinor Kidd and the late Edward Leroy Thomas Sr. He was preceded in death by a brother: James Thomas
Mr. Thomas, a veteran of the United States Army, completed two tours of duty in the Vietnam War with the 82nd and 101st Airborne.
He had worked with the VA as a cook and was of the Baptist faith. Edward was an avid collector of stamps, coins, and knives.
He is survived by his mother: Catherine Dicks; one son: Robert; two daughters: Debbie & Cathy; four sisters: Sandra Cook and her husband Larry, Joyce Cheshire and her husband Russell, Nancy Royals and her husband Eugene, and Rebecca Thomas; several grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Memorialization was by Cremation.
Published by Lake City Reporter on Jan. 17, 2020.
http://www.parrishfamilyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/print_guestbook?o_id=6841439
Edward married Linda Gail Milton in Feb 1962 in Columbia, Florida, USA, and was divorced in Jul 1969 in Columbia, Florida, USA. Linda (daughter of Wilmer Quincy Milton, Sr and Retha Mary Bullard) was born on 18 Feb 1944 in Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 16 Feb 2022 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Living
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Generation: 2
| 3. | Catherine Elinor Kidd was born on 14 May 1924 in Appomattox, Virginia, USA (daughter of Living and Living). Other Events and Attributes:
- Known As: "Cathy"
- Name: Catherine E Dicks
- Residence: 1993, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA
Children:
- James Robert Thomas was born on 23 Sep 1959 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 23 Dec 2007 in Haven Hospice of the Suwanee Valley, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried on 26 Dec 2007 in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
- 1. Edward Leroy Thomas, Jr was born on 3 Jul 1943 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 7 Jan 2020 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Tida Gillispie was born on 9 Nov 1882 in Kanawha, West Virginia, USA; died on 17 Feb 1970 in Columbia, Florida, USA. Children:
- 2. Edward Leroy Thomas was born on 6 Jan 1920 in Blue Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA; died on 4 Dec 1976 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
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