Services for Arvel F. “Buster” Thomas Jr., of Brookhaven, are 11a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 at Riverwood Family Funeral Service chapelwith burial in Sweetwater Methodist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. and Saturday from 8until 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Thomas, 66, died Aug. 3, 2006, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. He was born on July 24, 1940, to Arvel F. Thomas Sr. andEtta Margaret Stanfield Thomas.

He was a former sales/plant manager for Keystone Seneca andretired from New York Wire Co., as a district manager. He served inthe U.S. Army and was a member of Sweetwater Methodist Church. Hewas a member of the Jaycees and an avid golfer.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and one sister, SandraHinton, of Benton, Ky.

Survivors are his sons, Arvel F. “Trey” Thomas III and his wifeRhonda, of Brookhaven; his daughter, Carol Ann Smith, ofBrookhaven; his brothers, Frank Thomas and his wife Sheila, ofLucedale, and Richard Thomas and his wife Nancy, of Clinton, Ky.;and his five grandchildren, Kellie Case, Colton Smith, Mason Smith,Anna Thomas and Abby Thomas.