Gerald Don Thomas, 71, of Montgomery died Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in The Woodlands.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. January 17, 2004 at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at the mortuary. A reception will follow the graveside service at Brentwood Country Club, 4201 S. Major Drive.
A native of Kilgore, he was a longtime resident of Beaumont before retiring to Montgomery. He was a retired engineer from Bethlehem Steel where he worked for 26 ½ years and had also owned and operated Meineke Muffler in Tomball for 11 years.
He is survived by his wife, Frances Thomas of Montgomery; sons, John Robert Thomas of Beaumont and Alan Christopher Thomas of Montgomery; daughters, Kathryn Ellison and her husband, Charles of Baltimore, Maryland and Lauren Wynkoop of Montgomery; brother, H. H. Thomas, Jr. of Beaumont; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
