Monday, December 16, 2024

Michael Lane Thomas -- Sales and Marketing Worker

 

Michael Lane Thomas

Michael Lane Thomas was born on May 25, 1946 in Cadiz, Kentucky. He was the youngest of five children born to Preston Hoover Thomas and Mary Pauline Bridges Thomas.  Preston was a well-known property surveyor and both he and Mary Pauline were natives of Trigg County.  Michael was a descendant of both Cullen Thomas and William Bridges.

Mike’s siblings were Harry Clifford Thomas, born in 1929 and married Ingeborg Babette Grunaug; Bobby Gene Thomas, born in 1931 and married Eunice E. Boyd; Nina Beatrice Thomas, born in 1933 and married Frank Thomas Alderson; and Buster James Thomas, born in 1935.

Mike grew up in the Maple Grove community and attended the Cadiz Graded School during his elementary years and went on to graduate from the Trigg County High School in 1964.

On July 10, 1967, Mike was sworn into the United States Army.  He served for two years in the military during the Vietnam conflict and was discharged on July 9, 1969 with the rank of sergeant.  After his discharge, Mike enrolled in the Hopkinsville Community College and then at Murray State University where he graduated with a degree in marketing.

On August 29, 1969, Mike married Patricia Ann Myers at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Crofton, Kentucky. Patricia was born on February 18, 1948 and was the daughter of Ross Underwood, Jr. and Frances Mitchum Myers, natives of Christian County, Kentucky.

After Mike and Patricia were married, they settled in Hopkinsville, where they lived until 1980 when they moved to the Maple Grove community in Trigg County.  Mike worked in several positions in sales and marketing in Trigg and Christian counties.  He worked as an account executive for Channel 43 television station in Hopkinsville.  Patricia worked in the field of finance, including positions as a teller at Planters Bank and later as a credit manager with Sherwin-Williams Paint Store in Hopkinsville.  Mike and Patricia’s marriage ended in divorce.  Mike subsequently moved back to Hopkinsville.

Mike and Patricia were the parents of two sons, Michael Ray Thomas, born in 1972, and married Susan Marie Cunningham and Bryan Keith Thomas, born in 1974. 

Mike died on May 1, 2010 at the age of 63 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.  He was buried in the Drury Bridges Cemetery in the Maple Grove community of Trigg County.



Mike tombstone


LINEAGE: (Michael Lane Thomas was the son of Preston Hoover and Mary Pauline Bridges Thomas.   Preston was the second child of James Peyton “Buck” and Avia Franklin Eggner Thomas. James Peyton was the first child of James Dillard and Sarah Armentia Sholar Thomas. James Dillard was the fifth child of Peyton and Sarah L. Ethridge Thomas. Peyton was the third child of Cullen and Elizabeth Futrell Thomas.  Cullen was the first child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.  Mary Pauline was the sixth child of John Trice and Maggie Dora Cunningham Bridges.  John Trice was the sixth child of Cullen T. and Virginia Thomas Bridges. Cullen was the twelfth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges.  William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)



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