Donald (Red) Thomas

January 11, 1957 - November 18, 2015

Mr. Donald (Red) Thomas, age 58, passed away early Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at his home in Cairo, Georgia. Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 22, 2015, at Our Father's House, south of Cairo. Pastor Ricky Pearson will officiate. The family will receive friends 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Saturday, at Our Father's House. Interment will follow in Crestview Cemetery. Donald Thomas was born January 11, 1957, in Troy, Alabama to Allen Thomas and Carolyn L. Powell Thomas. He worked in agriculture; living in Florida most of his life. In 1991, he moved to Grady County. Donald was of the Baptist faith. He loved to work in his yard. Red will be missed by the family he loved so much. Donald (Red) Thomas is survived by his loving companion, Beatrice Kitchens; children, Christy Dietzel of Fitzgerald, Georgia, Donald Ray Sanders of Fitzgerald, Kelly Lloyd of Indiana, and Eric Thomas of Kansas; brothers and sisters, Johnny Thomas and wife, Terri of Wellburn, Florida, Edward Thomas and wife, Jackie of Ochlocknee, Georgia, Myrlene Lewis of Cairo, Jean Holly of Cairo, and Mary Alice Bryant and husband, Ray of Dexter, Kansas; 6 grandchildren; and a large extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary K. Taylor Thomas; sister, Wanda Carolyn (Susie) Thomas, brothers, Ronnie Thomas and J. T. Thomas; daughter, Sheree Thomas; son, Daniel Allen Thomas; and brother-in-law, Floyd Lewis.