Funeral service for Reverend Arthur Thomas, 80, of Opelika, AL, will be at 12:00 noon (CST), Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 650 Jeter Avenue, Opelika, AL, 36801, Reverend Clifford E. Jones will officiate.

Interment will be at 11:00 a.m. (CST) on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 490 M.L.K. Drive SW, Crawfordville, GA 30631.

Reverend Thomas, who passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at his home in Opelika, AL, was born August 4, 1943, in Greensboro, Georgia.

There will be no public viewing.

Reverend Thomas will lie in repose at the church one hour prior to the service.

He leaves to cherish his memory: wife, Dorothy Thomas; three children, Jerome (Roberta) Powell of Florence, KY, Angela Thomas and Artrina Thomas both of Opelika, AL; eight grandchildren, Tiara, Terence, Mariyah, Madison, Angel, Ryleigh Stephanie and John; four great grandchildren, Kyaira, Kelvin Jr., Mark and Lilly; four sisters, Annie B. Askew of Cincinnati, OH, Martha Hill of Greensboro, GA, Justine Steel of County Club Hills, IL and Sinnie Atkinson of Athens, GA; one brother, Robert (Tip) Thomas of Greensboro, GA; mother-in-law, Mather Phillips of Alexander City, AL; five sisters-in-law, Anne (Albert) McCreary of College Park, GA, Clementine Buckner of Streamwood, IL, Linda Adamson, Kelsie (Michael) Maxwell both of Alexander City, AL and Tara (Paul) Jackson of Wetumpka, AL; one brother-in-law, Donnie Reese of Alexander City, AL; one godson, Thomas Johnson of Alexander City, AL; Mount Nebo Church Family; a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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