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| term_start =1936

| term_start =1936

| term_end = 1940

| term_end = 1940

| preceded =Henry L. Bridges

| preceded=[[Henry L. Bridges]]

| succeeded = [[Floyd D. Culbertson, Jr.]]

| succeeded[[Floyd D. Culbertson, Jr.]]

| birth_date =August 12, 1876

| birth_date=August 12, 1876

| death_date=August 1, 1961 (aged 84)

| death_date=August 1, 1961 (aged 84)

| birth_place = [[Cardifff]], [[Wales]]<br>

| birth_place=[[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]<br>

[[United Kingdom]]

[[United Kingdom]]

| death_place=Minden, Louisiana

| death_place=Minden, Louisiana

[[University of Michigan]]<br>

[[University of Michigan]]<br>

[[Louisiana State University]] Law Cente]

[[Louisiana State University]] Law Cente]

| occupation = [[Attorney]]; [[Journalist]]; [[Educator]]

| occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Journalist]]; [[Educator]]

| spouse =Divorced from Alice Singletary LeBlanc

| spouse=Divorced from Alice Singletary LeBlanc

| children =(1) Gwendolyn Singletary-Thomas Neitzel<br>

| children =(1) Gwendolyn Singletary-Thomas Neitzel<br>

(2) Sarah Allen Thomas Fasce<br>

(2) Sarah Allen Thomas Fasce<br>

A [[Southern Baptist]], Thomas presented [[Bible]]s to high school students upon their graduations. He died in Minden eleven days short of his 85th birthday. Services were held at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Minden, then a new sanctuary, with the Reverend T. W. Leachman (1907-1989) officiating. Thomas is interred at the historic Minden Cemetery.<ref name=agan/>

A [[Southern Baptist]], Thomas presented [[Bible]]s to high school students upon their graduations. He died in Minden eleven days short of his 85th birthday. Services were held at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Minden, then a new sanctuary, with the Reverend T. W. Leachman (1907-1989) officiating. Thomas is interred at the historic Minden Cemetery.<ref name=agan/>

Thomas's obituary does not mention his former wife, Alice Singletary LeBlanc (1890-1964), from whom he was divorced. The couple was listed in the [[1920 United States Census|1920 census]] as living together in Baton Rouge, when she was twenty-nine, and he was forty-three. They were married for at least eleven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Alice+Singletary&gsln=Thomas.&msbpn__ftp=Baton+Rouge%2C+Louisiana&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Alice S. Thomas (David W. Thomas)|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref> Alice and her second husband, Dr. J. Hall LeBlanc (1880-1952).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=LeBlanc&GSmn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=80592410&df=all&|title=Dr. J. Hall LeBlanc|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref> are interred in the same plot at Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Singletary&GSiman=1&GScnty=1125&GRid=80582687&|title=Alice Singletary LeBlanc (Thomas)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> David Thomas was survived by three daughters, all since deceased: (1) Gwendolyn Singletary-Thomas Neitzel (1910-2000), is interred with her husband, Robert Stuart Neitzel (1911-1980), and their son, Stuart Allen Neitzel (1948-2013), at Cushman Cemetery in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100414799|title=Gwendolyn Singletary-Thomas Neitzel|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> (2) Sarah Allen Thomas Fasce (1911-2006) of Baton Rouge, who subsequently died in Charlottesville,  [[Virginia]], is interred in the LeBlanc plot at Roselawn in Baton Rouge; and (3) Singletary "Terry" Thomas Whipple (1917-2008) of Baton Rouge, named for both parents, is also interred in the LeBlanc plot at Roselawn,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97754536|title=Singletary "Terry" Thomas Whipple|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> A son, David Thomas, Jr., lived in Des Plaines, [[Illinois]], in 1961, at the time of his father's death,<ref name=agan/> but resided in Sun City, [[Arizona]], in 2006, at the time of the death of his sister, Sarah, who was named for their paternal grandmother. The obituaries of neither Gwendolyn nor Sarah mention their father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=sarah-allen-thomas-fasce&pid=20350318|title=Sarah Allen Thomas Fasce|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=December 19, 2006|accessdate=March 8, 2014}}</ref>

Thomas's obituary does not mention his former wife, Alice Singletary LeBlanc (1890-1964), from whom he was divorced. The couple was listed in the 1920 census as living together in Baton Rouge, when she was twenty-nine, and he was forty-three. They were married for at least eleven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Alice+Singletary&gsln=Thomas.&msbpn__ftp=Baton+Rouge%2C+Louisiana&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Alice S. Thomas (David W. Thomas)|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref> Alice and her second husband, Dr. J. Hall LeBlanc (1880-1952).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=LeBlanc&GSmn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=80592410&df=all&|title=Dr. J. Hall LeBlanc|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref> are interred in the same plot at Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Singletary&GSiman=1&GScnty=1125&GRid=80582687&|title=Alice Singletary LeBlanc (Thomas)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> David Thomas was survived by three daughters, all since deceased: (1) Gwendolyn Singletary-Thomas Neitzel (1910-2000), is interred with her husband, Robert Stuart Neitzel (1911-1980), and their son, Stuart Allen Neitzel (1948-2013), at Cushman Cemetery in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100414799|title=Gwendolyn Singletary-Thomas Neitzel|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> (2) Sarah Allen Thomas Fasce (1911-2006) of Baton Rouge, who subsequently died in Charlottesville,  [[Virginia]], is interred in the LeBlanc plot at Roselawn in Baton Rouge; and (3) Singletary "Terry" Thomas Whipple (1917-2008) of Baton Rouge, named for both parents, is also interred in the LeBlanc plot at Roselawn,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97754536|title=Singletary "Terry" Thomas Whipple|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> A son, David Thomas, Jr., lived in Des Plaines, [[Illinois]], in 1961, at the time of his father's death,<ref name=agan/> but resided in Sun City, [[Arizona]], in 2006, at the time of the death of his sister, Sarah, who was named for their paternal grandmother. The obituaries of neither Gwendolyn nor Sarah mention their father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=sarah-allen-thomas-fasce&pid=20350318|title=Sarah Allen Thomas Fasce|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=December 19, 2006|accessdate=March 8, 2014}}</ref>

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