THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 1996 TAG: 9602210381
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
Mr. John Thomas, 75, a former resident of Norfolk, and the husband of Mrs. Floretta Sears Thomas, died Friday, Feb. 16, 1996, at the University of Virginia Hospital, in Charlottesville, Va.
Mr. Thomas was born in Christianburg, Va., and resided in Staunton, Va. He was the seventh of 13 children born to the late King Thomas and Estelle Thompson Thomas. He served in the pre-World War II with the U.S. Navy, and he spent over 25 years as a member of the U.S. Merchant Marine Service. He was a former member of First Baptist Church, Bute Street. Mr. Thomas was widely acclaimed for his culinary skills as well as his barbering skills. He formerly owned the Thomas Barber Shop on Calvert Street at the corner of Chapel Street.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Justice John Charles Thomas and Dr. Clarence Walter Thomas, both of Richmond, Va.; two daughters, Estelle L. Thomas of Richmond, and Jerelene Thomas Corcoran of Norfolk; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Houston Thomas and Walter Thomas of Staunton; and two sisters, Catherine Veney and Stella Moody of Youngstown, Ohio; sister-in-law, Hattie Thomas of Staunton; and many nieces, nephews, and friends.
A viewing will be conducted Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. A wake will be held at Riddick Funeral Home Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at the funeral home at 1 p.m. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. The family will be at 7404 Stony Run Road in the Larrymore Lawns section of Norfolk.
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