TERRY LEE THOMAS

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December 4, 1952 ~ October 23, 2022

Terry Lee Thomas of Sanford, passed away at his home on October 23, 2022.

A graveside memorial service will be at the Broadway Town Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 27, 2022. The family will receive friends at the home of Larry and Patricia Thomas.

He was born at Ft. Bragg Army Hospital, to the late Edward Warren and Nellie Sheppard Thomas. He worked for Lorillard Tobacco Company and Swisher International. Terry was a graduate of Campbell College in 1978 (BS in Chemistry), and Appalachian State University in 1990 (MA in Chemistry). In 1971, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving four years and obtaining the rank of E-5 working as a Hospital Corpsman at the Charleston Naval Hospital CCU and the Bermuda Naval Air Station Hospital. In 1975, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force obtaining the rank of Captain.

Terry was preceded in death by both parents, and brother, Jerry Wayne Thomas. He is survived by brothers Larry S. Thomas of Sanford and Eddie Warren Thomas of Deatsville, Alabama.

Arrangements are being made by Smith Funeral Home in Broadway.

Online condolences can be made at www.smithfuneralhomebroadway.com.