Roy Lee Thomas

Mr. Roy Lee “R.L.” Thomas, 83 of Belton, SC was born on March 14, 1941 and he went home peacefully to be with Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at AnMed Medical Center. RL was the son of the late Bunion & Alberta Sullivan Thomas. Surviving are his son, Roy Lee Thomas, Jr. and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, family, and friends.

R.L. attended South Fant Street Elementary School & graduated from Westside High School (Class of 1959) where he was an honor student. He was also an honor graduate of Allen University in Columbia, SC, Wilberforce University in Columbus, OH, The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.  He was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.  He served as an associate minister at Bethel AME Church in Anderson. Mr. Thomas was an educator where he taught for numerous years and served as a Principal at Whitehall Elementary School in Anderson, SC.

He was preceded in death by his parents Bunion & Alberta Sullivan Thomas, his siblings Maggie Thomas Clinkscales, Lucille Thomas McIntosh, Lonnie Thomas, Robert Thomas, Sylvester Thomas, & Ralph Thomas.

The service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 7, 2024 in the Ollie Robinson Brown Memorial Chapel of Marcus D. Brown Funeral Home. The interment will follow at Generostee Baptist Church. Public viewing Sunday from 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

The family is at 608 South Fant Street, Anderson, South Carolina.

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