John Thomas, 89, of Sam Rayburn, passed away Wednesday evening at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.
A native of Panola County, Texas, he was a former resident of Sacramento, California, and Lake Tahoe, California, but had lived in the Sam Rayburn Area for some twenty five years and was a devoted member of the Rayburn Baptist Church. John was a member and a 32nd degree Mason with the McGee, Mississippi Masonic Lodge, a member of the Shrine and had traveled the world. He also was an avid reader of the Sacramento Bee and the Houston Chronicle for over fifty years. John served in the U.S. Army during WWII and later retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Master Sergeant.
He was preceded in death by his parents, by twelve brothers and sisters, and by a son.
Survivors include his wife of sixty-five years, Clara Myers Capps; his son, Ronald W. Capps; his daughter, Nancy Carol Cavaness and husband Robert; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
A native of Panola County, Texas, he was a former resident of Sacramento, California, and Lake Tahoe, California, but had lived in the Sam Rayburn Area for some twenty five years and was a devoted member of the Rayburn Baptist Church. John was a member and a 32nd degree Mason with the McGee, Mississippi Masonic Lodge, a member of the Shrine and had traveled the world. He also was an avid reader of the Sacramento Bee and the Houston Chronicle for over fifty years. John served in the U.S. Army during WWII and later retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Master Sergeant.
He was preceded in death by his parents, by twelve brothers and sisters, and by a son.
Survivors include his wife of sixty-five years, Clara Myers Capps; his son, Ronald W. Capps; his daughter, Nancy Carol Cavaness and husband Robert; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
John Thomas, 89, of Sam Rayburn, passed away Wednesday evening at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.
A native of Panola County, Texas, he was a former resident of Sacramento, California, and Lake Tahoe, California, but had lived in the Sam Rayburn Area for some twenty five years and was a devoted member of the Rayburn Baptist Church. John was a member and a 32nd degree Mason with the McGee, Mississippi Masonic Lodge, a member of the Shrine and had traveled the world. He also was an avid reader of the Sacramento Bee and the Houston Chronicle for over fifty years. John served in the U.S. Army during WWII and later retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Master Sergeant.
He was preceded in death by his parents, by twelve brothers and sisters, and by a son.
Survivors include his wife of sixty-five years, Clara Myers Capps; his son, Ronald W. Capps; his daughter, Nancy Carol Cavaness and husband Robert; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
A native of Panola County, Texas, he was a former resident of Sacramento, California, and Lake Tahoe, California, but had lived in the Sam Rayburn Area for some twenty five years and was a devoted member of the Rayburn Baptist Church. John was a member and a 32nd degree Mason with the McGee, Mississippi Masonic Lodge, a member of the Shrine and had traveled the world. He also was an avid reader of the Sacramento Bee and the Houston Chronicle for over fifty years. John served in the U.S. Army during WWII and later retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Master Sergeant.
He was preceded in death by his parents, by twelve brothers and sisters, and by a son.
Survivors include his wife of sixty-five years, Clara Myers Capps; his son, Ronald W. Capps; his daughter, Nancy Carol Cavaness and husband Robert; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
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