Bob Lee Thomason

Bob Lee “Boxie” Thomason
BIRTH 15 Jan 1956
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
DEATH 14 May 1975 (aged 19)
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA
BURIAL
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 18838028 · View Source
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Greenville Herald Banner, Thu, 15 May 1975, page A2

Thomason

Wolfe City – Funeral services for Bob Lee Thomason, 19, of Wolfe City will be held at 1:30 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church of Wolfe City with Rev. Robert Renfrow and Rev. Justin Tull officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Carmel Cemetery. Mr. Thomason died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in an auto accident

Owens Funeral Home of Wolfe City is in charge of arrangements.

He was born Jan. 15, 1956, in Dallas, the son of Allen D. and Doris Henington Thomason. He was a student at East Texas State University and a member of the First Baptist Church of Wolfe City.

Surviving are his parents; his grandparents, Mrs. W. C. Thomason of Quinlan and Mrs. C. K. Henington of Wolfe City and one sister, Judy Thomason of Garland.

Pallbearers will be Phil Tanner, Billy Marc Milton, David Boggs, Mark Wisdom, Joel Duquette, John Anderson, and Terry Doyle.

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Greenville Herald Banner, Thu, 15 May 1975, page A1

Wolfe City Man Killed In Accident

Bob Lee Thomason of Wolfe City died in a one-car accident on SH 66 about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday during the heavy rain storm that hit the Greenville area.

However, the wreck was not discovered until about 11 a.m. Thursday when a passerby spotted the bottom rear of the car sticking out of the water of the south slough of Caddo Creek about 3 ½ miles west of Greenville.

The 19-year-old victim is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Thomason of Wolfe City and was a student at East Texas State University.

Highway Patrolman David Wansley said when he reached the scene of the accident Thursday morning all he could see was a part of the vehicle so he could not tell if there were any person or persons in it.

Wreckers were called to pull the car from the water and Thomason's body was found in the car, the officer said.

He said there was no apparent cause for the wreck. Thomason was traveling east and the car went off the highway on the left side, traveling about 100 feet before it struck a concrete bridge support, flipped upside down and traveled over 30 feet in the air before striking the ground on its top and sliding into the water, the officer said. The inquest was conducted by Justice of the Peace Merrick (Mickey) Money and the body was taken to Owens Funeral Home in Wolfe City.

(Both articles contributed by John Armstrong)

Family Members
Parents
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Allen Douglas Thomason
1928–2005

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Doris Ruth Henington Thomason
1929–2011

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