Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home. Interment: 11 a.m. Wednesday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home Chapel.
Harold was born to Floyd and Tennie Thomas in Mount Pleasant. In 1949 he married Betty Joyce Thomas when he was 19 1/2 years old. Together they lived in Fort Worth and later Colleyville. Harold was known for being a very hard worker. He worked for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District until he retired. After retirement he took a job at the Colleyville Community Center where he worked until his second retirement.
At home, Harold loved gardening vegetables. He made his own sweet pickles and jelly.
Harold was very welcoming and often had the children in the neighborhood at his home. If you were at his home at dinner time, he would make you get a plate and have dinner with his family. He was a deacon at Shady Grove Baptist Church and remained in that position until he was too ill to attend. He was loved and will be missed by all.
Harold was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter, Judy Lynn Thomas.
Survivors: Harold is survived by his wife of 66 years, Joyce Thomas; son, Robert Wesley Thomas; brother, Ronald Davis Thomas; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
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