Alvin Neil Thomas, 58, of Red Fox Road, Hickory, died at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday January 13, 1998, in AUMC-Canonsburg. He had been ill since June of 1996.
Mr. Thomas was raised in Hickory and was a 1958 graduate of Hickory High School, where he held the WPIAL state title for the broad jump.
He enjoyed hunting and was involved in various history-related interests regarding World War II.
Mr. Thomas served in the U.S. Army in Germany with an honor guard unit and military police.
He served as a policeman in Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Md. for 11 years and was a part-time policeman in Mt. Pleasant Township, Hickory.
He was also employed at Vaughn Hamlin's Body Shop in Bridgeville. He received a commendation from George Wallace as a result of guarding him after an assassination attempt and from the police department for rescuing drowning victims from the Potomac River during Hurricane Agnes.
Mr. Thomas attended St. Hilary Church, Washington, was a social member of VFW Post 191 of Canonsburg and the Polaski Club of Washington, and was a member of American Legion Post 902 of Houston where he was past commander and held numerous offices.
On May 10, 1967, he married Bridget Theresa Bannon, who survives.
Also surviving, in addition to his mother, are a son, Patrick Neil Thomas at home; a brother, Raymond M. Thomas of Washington; two sisters, Mary Ann Ostovic of Washington and Betty Eileen Camden of Washington.
Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.
Last updated Thursday, January 15, 1998
Alvin Neil Thomas
Former army man served in Germany, involved with WWII history
He was born September 12, 1939, in Washington, a son of Mary Edna Neil Thomas of Washington and the late Raymond Howard Thomas.
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