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Donald Ray "D.R." Thomas
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D.R. Thomas was born on July 22, 1936, in Savannah to Ray Edward and Myrtle Thomas. He died on Sept. 2, 2025.
They moved to Brunswick in 1937. He graduated from Glynn Academy in 1954, where he served on the student council and played football and baseball. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1960 with a degree in industrial management.
He married Glatis Tapley from Swainsboro. They returned to Brunswick where he worked in the family business as a construction superintendent building gypsum plants, wood chip mills and residences. He moved to Watkinsville after the death of his wife in 2018.
D.R. is survived by his daughter, Donna Fogle; two sons, Douglas and Michael Thomas; five grandchildren, Don and Christina Thomas, Ali Rioux, Ben Fogle and Megan Flynn; and seven great-grandchildren.
He enjoyed golf, fishing, cooking and gardening, and served as the President of the Board of Directors of The Brunswick Country Club.
Family-placed obituary
The Brunswick News, September 5, 2025
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Mari Anne (Allen) Peeples
Yesterday
Donna, Doug and Mike,
I am so very sorry for your loss. Your Dad was a wonderful man. Please know you are in my thoughts and my prayers. May all of your wonderful memories help during the tough days.
Billy Brewer, Glynn Academy Class of '67
September 6, 2025
Donald Ray Thomas, Glynn Academy Class of '54, has been added to the Glynn Academy "Gone but Not Forgotten" list. Our sympathies to his family, close friends and his surviving high school classmates of '54 and other classes.
Debbie Gale Paulk
September 6, 2025
Sincerely sorry for the loss of your Dad. God bless.
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