JAMES THOMAS

LAMAR- Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for James Dewey Thomas, 79, who died Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. A visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at the IOOF Cemetery in Golden City.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Lamar Animal Shelter, in care of the funeral home.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his daughter Jeanette Salzman and husband Doug, Golden City; son Dewey Thomas and wife Lara, Springdale, Ark. and grandchildren, Luke and Caleb Baldwin, Madison McDonald and husband Brett, Michael Salzman, Rhonda Lynch and husband Ben and Taylor Weaver and husband Dylon; great grandchildren, Alexandra and Beckham Lynch; a son-in-law, Kevin Baldwin; a half-brother, Brett Vaughn and sister-in-law, Trisha Thomas.

He was preceded in death by his wife Nancy; a daughter, Arlene Baldwin; a brother, Jerry Thomas and sisters Bonita Thomas and Willie Mae Kirkland.

Mr. Thomas was born Nov. 23, 1943, in Stilwell, Okla., to Willie “Doe” and Iona (Luck) Thomas. He grew up in Clifty, Ark., where he met and married Ona Hadley. The family moved to Eureka Springs, Ark., where he worked at General Business Forms. In 1965 they moved to Golden City, where he worked as a pressman for Golden Business Forms for 45 years. During those years he had many extra jobs and interests including carpet layer, brick and stone mason and cutting and selling wood. In 1995 he married Nancy Levian and they continued to live in the Golden City area.

He was a volunteer for the rural fire department and coached Little League Baseball. He was an outdoorsman. Whether hunting, fishing, tending to his garden or cutting wood, you could most often find him outdoors. He loved and raised numerous dogs over the years including his trusty dog Max.