Rev. Fred Thomas

The Rev. Fred Thomas, 94, of Union City died April 26, 2017, at Union City Manor.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Revs. Brad Jordan and Jim Calhoun officiating.
Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens, with military honors.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
The Rev. Thomas was born Nov. 27, 1922, in Obion County to the late Fred and Jennia (Wisdom) Thomas. He married Pearl “Lorene” Reid on July 12, 1942. She survives.
The Rev. Thomas worked as a minister for the Memphis Conference of the United Methodist Church. He had been attending Shady Grove Methodist Church of Union City.
He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II.
The family requests memorials be sent to Shady Grove Methodist Church, the Obion County Hometown Walk of Hope or the Alzheimer’s Organization.
The Rev. Thomas is also survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Arthur Bond; a son and daughter-in-law, Glen and Sandra Thomas; four grandchildren, Scot Thomas, Greg Thomas, Brian Bond and Dana Fussell; 10 great-grandchildren, Charles Reid Thomas, Anderson Thomas, Ashley Thomas, Erika Thomas, Garrett Bond, Amanda Bond, Chandler Fussell, Rhett-Thomas Fussell, Emerson Fussell and Alayna Fussell; a sister, Wilmenia Rushing; three sisters-in-law, Jane Palmer, Betty Palmer and Ailene O’Brien; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by his brothers, James Palmer, Homer Palmer, Raymond O’Brien and Bob Burden; and his sister, Lodenia Burden.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published 4.28.17