James (Jim) Clyde Thomas

Clovis Road did not go into the family of Jim Thomas to any great extent. Several members of the family are mentioned in the text however. For those interested in more about his background this should bring some new perspective to his story.
       +James Clyde (Jim) Thomas (born March 12, 1895) was the son of William Radford Thomas who was born in Tompsonville, Monroe County, Kentucky on January 7, 1855. William Thomas died in Waco, Texas on March 14, 1928. William Thomas married Minnie Mae Beauchamp (1869-1941) and they had six children including Jim: Edna May Thomas (1884-1967), Alfred C. Thomas (1890 - 1974), Opal Claire Thomas (1890-1975), Clifford N. Thomas (1898-1934) and Wilburn R Thomas (1900-1990). Minnie Beauchamp Thomas was born February 15, 1869 in Ellis County, Texas and was the daughter of Louis Beauchamp (b. 1855) and Susan Elizabeth Newell (b.1848) another source has her the daughter of Henry H. Jose (b.1850). Minnie died in Waco, Texas in 1928 and married William Thomas about 1883. By the time Jim Thomas was five the family was living in Waco, Texas
      Jim Thomas married three times, Cora Hancock Nov. 17, 1916 and they were not living together by 1920, Addie Lee Chapman (1904-1977) about 1927, and Mary Burton in 1945. From the marriage to Cora Hancock, Jim Thomas had a child Joe Ronald Thomas (b.1920) and a girl born in 1918. With Addie Chapman there were three children Mary Neil Thomas (1927-2012), Jimmie Lee Thomas (1929-1944) and Pauline Thomas (1929-1944). The last two may have died as teens in Arizona. In 1930, Jim and Addie Thomas were living in Amarillo and he called himself a “real estate agent.” By 1940 Jim was in the State Prison in Nebraska. Jim Thomas was shot and killed August 22, 1951 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas. Some sources have Jim born in 1894. Source: Ancestry.com