Extracted from The Daily Leader (Brookhaven, MS)
Wednesday, August 1, 2001

James Curtis ‘Jimmy’ Thomas

Services for James Curtis “Jimmy” Thomas of Meadville are 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Sarepta Baptist Church with burial in Union Church Cemetery in Jefferson County.

Visitation is today from 5-9 p.m. at Franklin Funeral Home.

Mr. Thomas, 63, died July 30, 2001, at his residence. He was born in Franklin County on March 20, 1938, to Curt Thomas and Maggie Cannon Thomas.

He was a retired offshore oil worker. He was a member of Sarepta Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He was an Air Force veteran.

Preceding him in death was his father.

Survivors are his wife, Jane Vernette Thomas of Meadville; his sons, Rosco Thomas and Art Thomas, both of Meadville; his daughter, Vivian Cater of Wesson; his mother, Maggie Thomas of Knoxville; his sisters, Sarah Benoit of Brusly, La., Mary Katherine Larkin of Bude, and Lona Thomas of Knoxville; and five grandchildren.