James Hubert “Jimmy” “Bunyon” Thomas, 87, of Williamsburg, WV, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2017.
Jimmy was born in White Sulphur Springs, WV, on August 24, 1929.
James Hubert “Jimmy” “Bunyon” Thomas, 87, of Williamsburg, WV, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea, WV.
Jimmy was born in White Sulphur Springs, WV, on August 24, 1929, to Reuben Knotley and Dolly McClung Thomas.
He was an avid hunter, especially bear hunting. He was selected to assist the WVDNR and the VA Tech game biologists in their research of bear habitat in the Cold Knob Mountain region. Jimmy and his wife, Ruby, owned and operated the Gulf station and Owens Milling Co. in Williamsburg. He was a founding member of the Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department and was an Army veteran of the Korean conflict. He attended the Pentecostal Church in Williamsburg.
Including his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Ruby Crookshanks Thomas; one son, James Hubert Thomas Jr.; six sisters, Mary Waugh, Dolly Rhodes, Alta Gillilan, Dorothy Brewer, Virginia Brown, and Genevive Hanson; and five brothers, Clarence, William “Billy,” Robert “Bob,” William Paul, and Harold.
Jimmy is survived by three sons, Richard Thomas (Linda) and Kenneth Thomas (Debbie), all of Williamsburg, and Wade Thomas (Evelyn) of Lewisburg, WV; four grandchildren, Justin (Sarah), Chelsey and companion, Mike Dunbrack, Daiem, and Angie; six great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Gabby, Jacob, Samantha, Eli, and Abby; three sisters, Glendolyn Bartholmew of Tampa, FL, and Margaret Lou Crookshanks (Zemrey) and Frances Workman, all of Clintonville, WV; four brothers, Reuben (Ruth) of Ohio, David (Violet) of Cornstalk, WV, Jackie (Stephanie) of Lewisburg, and Freddie (Beverly) of Clintonville; and his buddy, “Chase.”
Funeral services will be held at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg on Saturday, July 15, 2017, at 2 PM with Pastor Steve Fogus officiating. Internment will take place at the Wallace Memorial Mausoleum in Clintonville.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home in Lewisburg two hours prior to the service.
Any donations of sympathy should be made to the Williamsburg Pentecostal Church at 8577 Rader’s Valley Road, Williamsburg, WV 24991.
Online condolences may be made by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH .com.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary originally published in the July 12, 2017 edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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