A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Monday in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 4071 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, 31907 with Reverend Mike Reeves officiating. Interment will follow in Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends this afternoon from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mr. Thomas was born May 30, 1951 in Columbus, GA, son of the late Woodrow and Mary Snellgrove Thomas. Early in his working career he worked for the Columbus Fire Department, and in 1979 he was awarded the Fireman of The Year award. Mr. Thomas was currently working for Ritch Electric as a commercial electrician. He was also an avid Georgia Bulldog fan and a member of Second Baptist Church. We will miss his presence daily, but his memory will live forever in our hearts.
Survivors include his 2 daughters, Alana Thomas Alday and her husband, Billy of Columbus, GA, and Crystal Thomas Martin of Columbus, GA; six grandchildren, Gunnar Edwards, Athens Edwards, Trista Alday, Elliana Alday, Aleea Martin, and Anne BeBeau; three brothers, Charles Thomas and his wife, Hazel, Kenneth Thomas and his wife, Jackie, and Richard Thomas and his wife, Angela; several nieces and nephews.
To sign the online guest register or to offer flowers please visit www.shcolumbus.com.
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