Chuck Wesley Thomas

Chuck Wesley Thomas, of 542 Gatlin St., Kinston, AL, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2006, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 25. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 18, in the Reese Baptist Church, with Rev. Jimmy Simpler officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Pittman Funeral Home of Samson directing.

Thomas was born July 16, 1980 in Geneva County to Arthur Frank and Elizabeth Diann Strickland Thomas. He was a 1998 graduate of Samson High School and a 2003 graduate of Enterprise Ozark Community College. He was currently employed at Tire Lube & Express in Andalusia. Preceding him in death was his maternal grandmother, Mary Strickland, in January 2006; his maternal grandfather, Marvin Strickland, and his paternal grandfather, Frank Thomas.

Survivors include his mother, Diann Thomas, of Samson; his father, Art Thomas (Vicky), of Ponce de Leon, FL; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Donna and Forrest Farris, of Samson; Lisa and Mark Cowan, of Robertsdale, AL; his daughter, Rachael Lynn Tatem, of Kinston; his fiancee, Lisa Tatem and his unborn daughter, of Kinston; his grandmother, Ester Thomas, of DeFuniak Springs, FL; two step-sisters, Katie Marie Willingham, of Bonifay, FL, and Candice Lynn Willingham, of Ponce de Leon, FL; nieces and nephews, Haley and Hunter Pillion, of Robertsdale, AL, Colby Farris, of Samson and Maranda Cowan, of Robertsdale, AL.

[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, February 23, 2006]

[Burial: Reese Baptist Church Cemetery, Samson, Alabama]