Deward Clendon Thomas

DEWARD CLENDON THOMAS, 80, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005.
HE WAS BORN JANUARY 30, 1925 IN PARKERBURG, WV, SON OF THE LATE LEE DEWARD THOMAS AND MILDRED LOUISE SMITH THOMAS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF PEOPLES FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 58. MR. THOMAS SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII WHERE HE RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES RECEIVED DURING BATTLE OF THE BULGE. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS AND RECEIVED A BRONZE STAR DURING THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE OF 53 YEARS, MYRTLE JACOBY THOMAS IN MARCH, 2002.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, A DAUGHTER, DONNA WOMBLE AND HUSBAND, PHILLIP OF MACCLESFIELD; TWO SONS, DAVID THOMAS AND WIFE, FAYE OF ROCKY MOUNT, AND PAUL THOMAS AND WIFE, BETH OF RALEIGH; ONE SISTER, MARJORIE COXE OF CHAPEL HILL; SPECIAL FAMILY FRIEND, CATHY BROWN OF BEAUMONT, TX; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, MATT WOMBLE AND WIFE, MEREDITH OF WILMINGTON, CLAY WOMBLE OF GREENVILLE, ANGELA MYRICK AND HUSBAND, JAY OF LITTLETON, NICK GRIFFIN AND WIFE, JADA OF PINE LEVEL, AND CAMERON ELIZABETH AND ANDREW THOMAS, ALL OF RALEIGH; AND ONE GREAT GRANDSON, BALEY GRIFFIN OF PINE LEVEL.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2005 FROM 7-8:30PM AT BOWLING FUNERAL HOME.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2005 AT 11AM AT PEOPLES FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH WITH PASTOR DEXTER TAYLOR OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
ARRANGEMETNS ARE ENTRUSTED TO BOWLING FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 661 ENGLISH ROAD, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.