Eldon Thomas

Elden Chester Thomas age 82 of Delaware went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 11, 2019.  He was born November 8, 1936 at Paris, Arkansas to the late Selven Chester and Jennie Case Thomas.  He was a member of the Crestview Baptist Church in Midway, a United States Army Veteran, a 1954 Graduate of Paris High School and a 1976 graduate of Riverside City College in Riverside, California where he completed his diploma requirements for Fire Science and Administration.  Eldon devoted his entire life to public safety and spreading the Gospel as a music minister for thirty-five years and then as an ordained minister for nineteen years.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Orval E. Thomas and his wife Virginia; two sisters, Helen Joyce Granger and Betty Jean Wimberly and her husband Ray; one niece, Sheri Thomas Jones and one brother in law, Jeff Vangundy.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years and love of his life, Allie Uella Wurst Thomas; three sons, James Michael "Mike" Thomas and his wife Carolyn and their daughter, Kalyn Michele Thomas, Rev. Gary Lynn Thomas and his wife Carol and their two daughters, Stephanie Nicole Thomas and Brittany LeaAnn Thomas, Gregory Alan Thomas and his two children Easton Grant Thomas and Madilyn Claire Thomas; one brother, Rev. B.J. Thomas and his wife Sondra;  one sister, Ann Marie Vangundy; good friend and brother in law, Charles Granger and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Delaware First Baptist Church with Pastor Gary L. Thomas and Pastor B.J. Thomas officiating.  Burial will be in Graves Cemetery at Delaware.

Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home in Dardanelle. Online Guest Book and Condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com