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Benny Ray Thomas 1940–2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Sep 1940

Birth Location: Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee

Death Date: 19 Aug 2001

Death Location: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee

Father: James Thomas

Mother: Neva Myers

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Benny Ray Thomas was born in 1940 in Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee, the child of James Edgar Thomas And Neva Elvira Vira Myers. Benny Ray Thomas passed away in 2001 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee.

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Biography

  • Benny Ray Thomas was born in 1940 in Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee, the child of James Edgar Thomas And Neva Elvira Vira Myers.
  • Benny Ray Thomas passed away in 2001 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee.

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Benny Thomas's Ancestors

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Benny Thomas
1940–2001
Birth Place: Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee
Parents
James Edgar Thomas
1911–1976
Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee
Neva (Elvira "Vira") Myers
1913–1984
Sevier, Tennessee
Grandparents
Marion (Alexander) Thomas
1869–1923
Jefferson, Tennessee
Martha (Ann) Tarwater
1877–1936
Sevier, Tennessee
William (Elsworth) Myers
1874–1934
North Carolina
Sarah ("Sallie Jane") Chambers
1875–1938
Blount, Tennessee
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benny Thomas's Timeline

2 Records

1940
7 Sep 1940
Birth of Benny Ray Thomas in Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee
Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee
2001
19 Aug 2001
Age 61
Death of Benny Ray Thomas in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Aug 2001
    Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Sep 1940
    Event Place: Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee

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