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| − | '''Oliver Clark Thomas''' (March 24, 1914—December 16, 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=Thomas&firstname=Oliver&start=121|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|access date=May 11, 2009}}</ref> was a decorated [[prisoner of war]] held by the [[Japan]]ese during [[World War II]] who later as a Lubbock, [[Texas]], businessman headed the trade group, the Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association. | + | {{Infobox person |
| | + | |name=Oliver Clark Thomas |
| | + | |birth_date=March 24, 1914 |
| | + | |birth_place=Hereford, Deaf Smith County<br>[[Texas]] |
| | + | |death_date=December 16, 2008 |
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| | + | |religion=[[United Methodist]] |
| | + | |spouse=Melba Watson Thomas (died 1994) |
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| | + | }} |
| | + | '''Oliver Clark Thomas''' (March 24, 1914 — December 16, 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=Thomas&firstname=Oliver&start=121|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|access date=May 11, 2009}}</ref> was a decorated [[prisoner of war]] held by the [[Japan]]ese during [[World War II]] who later as a Lubbock, [[Texas]], businessman headed the trade group, the Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association. |
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| | Thomas was born in Hereford in Deaf Smith County in the Texas Panhandle but moved thereafter with his parents near [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], first to Greenville in Hunt County and then to Kaufman, where he was awarded [[Eagle Scout]] designation in 1930 and graduated two years later from Kaufman High School. He attended [[Southern Methodist University]] in Dallas and later [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock, from which he graduated.<ref name=Thomas>{{cite web|url= http://lubbockonline.com/stories/121908/obi_369256589.shtml|title=Obituary of Oliver C. Thomas|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|access date=May 11, 2009}}</ref> | | Thomas was born in Hereford in Deaf Smith County in the Texas Panhandle but moved thereafter with his parents near [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], first to Greenville in Hunt County and then to Kaufman, where he was awarded [[Eagle Scout]] designation in 1930 and graduated two years later from Kaufman High School. He attended [[Southern Methodist University]] in Dallas and later [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock, from which he graduated.<ref name=Thomas>{{cite web|url= http://lubbockonline.com/stories/121908/obi_369256589.shtml|title=Obituary of Oliver C. Thomas|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|access date=May 11, 2009}}</ref> |
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