THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, October 13, 1995 TAG: 9510130495
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Chief Petty Officer John Thomas, U.S. Navy retired, 74, died Oct. 11, 1995, in a local hospital.
Mr. Thomas, a native of Perth Amboy, N.J., worked for the U.S. Navy for 27 years. He was a Protestant and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. He was a member of Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 60, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3160. He was a member of Orange Park Masonic Lodge (NU)267, Orange Park, Fla., and the Scottish Rite Bodies in Jacksonville, Fla.
Survivors include one daughter, Anne S. Richardson of Notasulga, Ala.; one sister, Sue Kocsik of Fords, N.J.; and one grandchild.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Paul D. Moore. Full Military honors will be accorded at the graveside. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, in charge.
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