John Wayne Thomas

JOHN WAYNE THOMAS, 75, OF 601 NORTH WEBSTER STREET, HARRISBURG, IL DIED TUESDAY DECEMBER 15, 2009 AT 4:45 AM AT SHAWNEE ROSE CARE CENTER IN HARRISBURG, IL. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AT 11AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTER 10 AM AT THE FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WILL BE IN WISE-ROBINSON CEMETERY NEAR OZARK, IL AND REVEREND HARL COCKRUM WILL OFFICIATE. MILITARY RITES WILL BE HELD BY THE CARRIER MILLS AND HARRISBURG AMERICAN LEGIONS. HE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1934 IN NEW BURNSIDE, IL TO THE LATE ERNEST T AND FLOSSIE MAY (WISE) THOMAS. HE WAS A RETIRED NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR AND ALSO CONSTRUCTION WORKER. HE WAS A VETERAN OF KOREAN WAR AND A 50 YEAR MEMBER OF THE HARRISBURG AMERICAN LEGION. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON: JOHN (JACQUELINE) THOMAS II OF SUGAR GROVE, WV; A DAUGHTER: GERI (JOHN) THILKING OF LYNCHBURG, VA; 7 GRANDCHILDREN: BRYAN THOMAS, ERIC THOMAS, FELICIA THOMAS, AND CAITLIN THOMAS ALL OF SUGAR GROVE, WV; JEFFEREY THILKING OF KNOXVILLE, TN; DAVID THILKING OF MURPHYSBORO, TN AND BRYAN THILKING OG LYNCHBURG, VA AND A SPECIAL FRIEND AND CARE GIVER KIMBERLY ABELL OF HARRISBURG, IL. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER: ALICE HANKINS.