THE ST AUGUSTINE RECORD
St Augustine, Florida
Weekend Edition, Mary 9-10, 1970


L. E. Thomas Dies; Services To Be Monday

Louie Erice Thomas, 63, 16 N. Third St., Ponce de Leon Heights, died Friday morning. He was a native and life-long resident of St. Johns County, and he was night manager at Mulligan's Tropical Fruit Center for 20 years.

He was a member of Christ's Sanctified Holy Church, Jacksonville.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, at the chapel of the Craig Funeral Home, with Brother Elwood Collier officiating. Burial will be in Pellicer Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the Craig chapel from noon, Sunday.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae Thomas, St. Augustine; a daughter, Mrs. Dwayne Thorpe, Miami; a son, Louis E. Thomas III, St. Augustine; eight sisters, Mrs. Willa Mae Allen, Hilliard, Miss Erma Thomas, Mrs. Elmo Higdon, Mrs. Violet McQuaig, Mrs. Lucille Fisher, all of St. Augustine, Mrs. Vera Suggs, Alachua, Mrs. Gladys Van Sant, Hilliard, Mrs. Helen McQuaig, Hallandale; two brothers, Rev. Woodrow Thomas, Deerfield Beach, Rev. Ira Thomas, Lake City.

Craig Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


THE ST AUGUSTINE RECORD
St Augustine, Florida
Tuesday, May 12, 1970

Louie E. Thomas

Funeral services for Louie Erice Thomas, 63, 16 N. 3rd St., Ponce de Leon Heights, a native and life-long resident of St. Johns. County who died Friday were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of the Craig Funeral Home with Brother Elwood T. Collier, assisted by the Rev. Curtis L. Cook, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Pall­bearers were Ray Garrett, Ed Johnson, Frank Carter, Noah Carter, Edward Williams and Charles Collier. Burial was in Pellicer Creek Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae Thomas, St. Augustine; a daughter, Mrs. Dwayne Thorpe, Miami; a son, Louis E. Thomas III, St. Augustine; eight sisters, Mrs. Willa Mae Allen, Hilliard, Miss Erma Thomas, Mrs. Elmo Higdon, Mrs. Violet McQuaig, Mrs. Lucille Fisher, all of St. Au­gustine, Mrs. Vera Suggs, Alachua, Mrs. Gladys Van Sant, Hilliard, Mrs. Helen McQuaig, Hallandale; two brothers, Rev. Woodrow Thomas, Deerfield Beach, Rev. Ira Thomas, Lake City.

Craig Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.