Funeral service for Mr. William F. (Bill) Thomas age 69, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 10 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Todd Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Thomas passed away Monday morning at Lincoln Medical Center.
He was a son of the late Ervin Hunter and Annie Lou Pickle Thomas. A native of Bedford County, Mr. Thomas was in the printing and publishing business as he founded the Exchange Inc. Together with a partner Richard Gaines he started Pulaski Web, a commercial printer. He was an Army Veteran, a member of First Presbyterian Church, was past President of the Fayetteville Rotary Club and Fayetteville Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce, a founding member of the Southeastern Advertising Publisher’s Association and was currently serving on the board of the Fayetteville Housing Authority.
Survivors include his wife Janice Marie Cummings Thomas of Fayetteville, daughter Katie Thomas of Huntsville AL, Will Thomas and wife Pierrine of Fayetteville and one granddaughter Louise Thomas, a brother John Ross Thomas of Ft. Worth TX, sisters Erwena Ann Jacobian of Memphis and Kathryn Adel Hasty of Nashville TN.
Visitation with the family will be Tuesday from 4 PM until 7 PM at Higgins Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the American Heart Association 1818 Patterson Street Nashville, TN 37203.