Beulah and Homer Thomas
Homer Blane Thomas was born on July 4, 1911 in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the third of six children born to Lucian M. Thomas and Inez B. Crews Thomas. Lucian was a farmer and both he and Inez were natives of Trigg County. Homer was a descendant of Starkie Thomas.
Homer’s siblings were John Alex Thomas, born in 1907 and married Mary Louise Sumner; Hubert Jackson “Tige” Thomas, born in 1909 and married Vada Helena Wallace; Mary Julia Thomas, born in 1914 and married Alvin Arthur Pfermann; William Boyd Thomas, born in 1917 and married Geneva Simmons and later married Eunice Grace Thomas; and Maurice Allton Thomas, born in 1923 and married Stella Mae Gray.
On March 1, 1936 Homer married Beulah Louise Bridges in Princeton, Kentucky at the home of Rev. Olen Sisk. Beulah was born on May 21, 1913 in the Maple Grove community of Trigg County, the ninth of eleven children born to John Trice Bridges and Maggie Dora Cunningham Bridges. John Trice was a farmer and both he and Maggie were natives of Trigg County. Maggie was descendant of the large pioneer Cunningham family that settled in Trigg County. Beulah was a descendant of Cullen Bridges.
Beulah’s siblings were Lillie Jane Bridges, born in 1899 and died at the age of two; Lucy Lee Bridges, born in 1900 and married James Stevenson “Jimmie Fant” Thomas; Lola Francis “Fanny” Bridges, born in 1902 and married Homer Ervin Francis; Dora Virginia Bridges, born in 1903 and married Otis Taylor Boyd; John Carl Bridges, born in 1904 and married Julia Bell Thomas; Mary Pauline Bridges, born in 1908 and married Preston Hoover Thomas; Queen Alexander Bridges, born in 1909 and died at the age of one; Hilda Agnes Bridges, born in 1910; Clifford Elma “Pete” Bridges, born in 1917 and married Lillie Frances Smith; and Dorothy Allene Bridges, born in 1920.
Homer spent most of his life as a farmer. He owned an operated the farm that had belonged to his father, Lucien Thomas and his uncles. After Homer was disabled later in his life and was unable to operate the farm, his son-in-law took over the role as main farmer on the property as well as raising cattle on the farm. Homer also worked as a trucker when he was not working on the farm. Homer and Beulah lived in their home located on the Maple Grove Road in Trigg County.
Homer and Beulah were the parents of four children, Robert Blane Thomas, born in 1937 and died at the age of eleven months; Dora Larue Thomas, born in 1938 and married Lewis Orville Sharp and later married E. W. Oliver; Velva Dale Thomas, born in1939 and married William Hawkins Smith, Jr. and later married Marvin Cloud Calhoun; and Sue Anna Thomas, born in 1941 and married Emlis H. King.
Homer died on July 8, 1986 at the age of 75 at his home. He was buried in the Lucian Thomas Cemetery in Trigg County. Beulah died on August 8, 1989 at the age of 76 at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz. She was buried in the Lucian Thomas Cemetery next to her husband.
Homer and Beulah tombstone
LINEAGE: (Homer Blane Thomas was the son of Lucian M. and Inez B. Crews Thomas. Lucian was the fourth child of Jonathan Starkie and Julia Dyer Thomas. Jonathan was the third child of William Bridges and Nancy Jane Rogers Thomas. William was the first child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
(Beulah Louise Bridges was the daughter of John Trice and Maggie Dora Cunningham Bridges. John Trice was the sixth child of Cullen T. and Martha Ann 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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