Mark Andrew Thomas, 55, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Saturday, September 19, 2020, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Graveside services will be held 11 AM, Monday, September 21, 2020, at Frank Cemetery in Irwin County, Georgia, with Elder Keith Smith officiating.
Mr. Thomas was born December 5, 1964, in Dublin, Georgia, to Elder Paul V. & Alma Cauley Thomas. He was a 1984 graduate of Tift County High School. He enjoyed playing the piano and loved to fish and garden. Mark raised chickens and goats and helped his girls with their virtual schooling. He was of the Primitive Baptist faith.
He is survived by his daughters: Baylii Andrea Thomas and Lilliian Grace Thomas, and their mother, Cynthia Thomas, all of Fitzgerald; step-daughters that he helped to raise: Holly Ann Scruggs of Macon, Sherry Bell Hancock and Jennifer Jeanene Flack, both of Fitzgerald; his parents, Elder Paul V. & Alma Thomas of Ocilla; a sister, Janie & Keith Smith of Jesup; nieces: Amanda & John Flener, Monica Smith, and Melissa & Joseph Hochstetler; great nephews and a great-niece: Gabriel Flener, Aston Flener; Joseph Hochstetler, III, and Mariah Hochstetler. He was preceded in death by his sister, Vickie Thomas Smith.