Edward Louis Thomas

1904 - 1961  (57 years)

• Name	Edward Louis Thomas
  Birth	21 Feb 1904	Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Nov 1961	Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	FROSTBURG — Edward L. Thomas, 57, of 221 Center Street, was pronounced dead on arrival at Miners Hospital last night and death was due to a self-inflicted bullet wound in the head, according to Frostburg City Police. Frostburg Police Chief Leslie Bevan and Officer Allan Robison said Mr. Thomas and his son, Edward L. Thomas Jr., had gone to the site of a new house Edward Jr. has been building on Midlothian Road. The elder Thomas went outside to his son's car and found his father dead of a bullet wound in his right temple. Police said Mr. Thomas had used a .22 caliber revolver which his son kept in the car. They said the son told them the pistol normally was unloaded, but they found six cartridges in the chamber, one of them discharged. The officers said the younger Mr. Thomas told them his father had been in ill health in recent weeks. The father and son operated the Frostburg city dump. Mr. Thomas was born February 21, 1904 in Frostburg, son of the late Llewelyn Evans and Ida (Sharpe) Thomas. He worked at Celanese Fibers Company's Amcelle Plant, and was a member of Local 1874, Textile Workers Union of America. He was a member of the Methodist Church and was a Mason. Surviving, besides his son, are his wife, Mrs. Olive Mae (Knepp) Thomas, a daughter, Emmajean Thomas, at home; two brothers, William Thomas, Kingsville, Tex., and Daniel Thomas, Columbus, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Westernport, and five grandchildren. The body is at the Hafer Funeral Home in Frostburg, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. The Cumberland Evening Times, November 16, 1961
  Person ID	I46797	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Evan Llewellyn Thomas,   b. 29 Mar 1877, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland d. 10 Jan 1948, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ida Jane Sharp,   b. 5 Aug 1876, Maryland d. 7 Apr 1947, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F06491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Mae Knepp,   b. 28 Jul 1908, Allegany County, Maryland d. 18 Feb 1990, Frostburg, Maryland (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Emmajean Thomas,   b. 1929   d. 1989 (Age 60 years)  [Father: family member]  [Mother: family member]   2. Edward L. (E.T.) Thomas,   b. 12 Jun 1931, Frostburg, Maryland d. 24 May 2008, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 76 years)  [Father: family member]  [Mother: family member]
  Family ID	F03152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021