Services for Jack C. Thomas of Wesson are 10 a.m., today, Dec.6, at Wesson Baptist Church with burial in Wesson Cemetery.

Mr. Thomas, 80, died Dec. 4, 2004, at Mississippi BaptistMedical Center in Jackson. He was born in Crystal Springs on Sept.24, 1924, to Jim Thomas and Myrtle Batton Thomas.

He was a retired educator from Copiah-Lincoln Community College.He was a member of Wesson Baptist Church, where he was a formerteacher for Sunday School and Training Union. He was a member ofthe American Legion, the Wesson Lions Club and the fire department.He also helped with the Boy Scouts.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister, Lucille Ware;a brother, Charles Ervin Thomas and James H. Thomas Jr.

Survivors are his wife, Juanita Thomas of Wesson; daughter,Susan Thomas Diamond and her husband, Bobby, of Wesson; hissisters, Willie Bea Henderson of Terry, and Nancy Waldrop ofCarrollton, Ga.; and his grandchildren, Jennifer Diamond, JessicaDiamond and Julie Diamond.