Obituary

Visitation services will be held on Tuesday, September 24, from 2:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m., at Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home, 2103 E. 3rd St., Tulsa, OK 74104.

On Thursday September 12, 2024. The Lord called one of his faithful servants home. Gerald D. Thomas was born December 16, 1957 to Wilma Knox and Roy Thomas. Gerald grew up in Haskell, OK where he attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He attended Mary White Elementary School and Haskell

High School where he graduated in the class of 1976. After graduating high school, Gerald attended Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology where he received an associate degree in Business.

In 1979 Gerald move to Tulsa, OK where he met the love of his life Rhonda Carroll. They were united in matrimony on July 21, 1979, and to this union two children were born. As a provider for his family, Gerald became a store manager at Handy Dan Home Improvement Store in Tulsa, OK until he transferred to Houston, TX to manage a new store. Gerald eventually moved his family back to Tulsa to join the American Red Cross Team as a Fleet Manager where he worked for over 30 years until God called him home.

Gerald was preceded in death by his Grandparents Fred and Tabitha Knox, Mother in-law Vivian Carroll. Gerald’s Legacy will live on through his loving wife of 45 years Rhonda Thomas; his 2 Sons Brandon Gerald (Brittany) of Broken Arrow, OK and Brian Gerrail of Tulsa, OK; Mother Wilma Morris Tulsa, Ok 3 Grandchildren Brennan Thomas, Brylee Thomas and Bryon Bryce. 2 sister in-laws Dietra Smith and Jillian Carroll of Houston, TX; 3 Aunts Lela Webb, Ruthel Knox and Mildred Kalimah all of Tulsa, Ok and a host of Cousins, other relatives and friends. We love you Gerald Rest Well.