Walter Thomas
Posted: July 10, 2015
Walter C. Thomas, 78, died July 3, 2015. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation is today from noon-5 p.m. at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus. Mr. Thomas was born in Lowndes County on Feb. 12, 1937, to the late Carrie Jenning-Thomas and Christopher Columbus Thomas. He was a member of Trinity Christan Methodist Episcopal Church and formerly employed as an automotive technician. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Poindexter and Mildred Cohen; and one brother, J. D. Thomas. He is survived by his wife, Charlene Thomas; children, Marvin Smith of Tampa, Florida, Patrice Smith and Khianti Thomas-James, both of Mansfield, Ohio, and Nina Childs of Daytona, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers, Albert Thomas, Gus Thomas, Carlzell Thomas, William Ben Thomas, Sammie Thomas, Eddie Dean Thomas and Henry Lee Thomas; and sister, Jimmie Thomas.