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Submitted: 12/28/21 • Approved: 12/28/21 • Last Updated: 12/31/21 • R476158-G0-S3
March 21, 1879-November 3, 1957
Bro. of Mrs. J. C. Moore
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Alonzo Thomas Rites Today
(Special to The News)
WHEELER - Alonzo Hunter Thomas, 78, died in his home in Amarillo Sunday.
Mr. Thomas was born in Parker County, Mar. 22, 1878 [sic] and moved to Wheeler in 1942 where he made his home with the J.C. Moore family. He moved to Amarillo in 1953.
The only survivor is his brother-in-law, J.C. Moore Sr. of Wheeler. Two sisters, one brother and one half-sister preceeded him in death.
Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church in Wheeler, with Rev. M.B. Smith of the Highland Baptist Church of Pampa officiating.
Burial was to be in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of the Kirk Funeral Home, Wheeler.
(Published in Pampa Daily News (Pampa, Texas) - 4 Nov 1957, Mon - Page 2)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Alonzo Thomas
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1879
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Parker County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Gray
Relative: M. A. Thomas
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Alanzo Hunter Thomas
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1879
Residence Place: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Alonzo Hunter Thomas
Death Date: 3 Nov 1957
Death County: Potter
Certificate: 63485
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Alonzo Hunter Thomas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 78
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1879
Birth Place: Parker, Texas
Residence: Rural Precinct 1, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 3 Nov 1957
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Mother: Nancy Strange
Contributed on 12/28/21
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