Lois Kridle Thomas

BYRD FUNERAL HOME

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Date: May 16 2014 4:34 PM

Byrd Funeral Home

3409 West Main Street

Dothan, AL 36305

334-793-3003

www.byrdfuneralhome.com

Lois Thomas

 

Lois Kridle Thomas passed away Thursday, May 15, 2014 at her home in Dothan surrounded by her loving family. She was 86.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2014 at St. Columba Catholic Church (chapel) with Reverend Patrick Gallagher officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends in the Parrish Hall immediately following the services.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gentiva Hospice, 2740 Headland Ave., Dothan, AL 36303.

Mrs. Thomas was born July 13, 1927 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She moved to the Panama Canal Zone at a young age. She married Hugh “Bud” Thomas in 1951. They raised three beautiful children that were her pride and joy. The Canal Zone was her home until 1977 when she retired and moved to Dothan. Mrs. Thomas loved golf and bowling and later remained active in luncheons with her golf group and the Panama Canal Society.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh M. Thomas, Jr. and her son, Michael Jon Thomas.

Survivors include her sons, Hugh M. Thomas, III of Tallahassee, FL and Gregg Thomas of Severn, MD; her daughter, Debra Thomas of Dothan, AL; six grandchildren, Lynn Diorio, Jamie Lee Diorio Welch, Blake Christopher Thomas, Colin Michael Thomas, Megan Thomas, and Shannon Thomas; one great-grandson, Corbin Loudermilk; one sister, Helen Sullivan; and several nieces and nephews.

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