Dr. Edward T. Thomas

Dr. Edward Thomas, age 90, of Bear Creek died Sunday, February 9, 2014 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Dr. Thomas was born December 25, 1923 in London, England to Emrys and Sarah Thomas. He served with the British Navy as a ship's doctor. Dr. Thomas enjoyed horse farming, reading Sherlock Holmes novels and listing to Opera. In addition to his parents, Dr. Thomas was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Thomas and great granddaughter, Anna Belle Horton. He is survived by daughters, Josephine Ungewitter and husband Werner of Bear Creek, Lindsay Chamberlin and her former husband Keith of Mill Valley, CA; son, Simon Thomas and wife Nancy of Roscommon, MI; grandchildren, Erica Hawley and husband Jeffrey, Lindsay Horton and husband Bryan, Gregory Ungewitter, Allison Harris and husband Joshua, Sara Chamberlin, Zach Chamberlin and wife Lisa, Emma Chamberlin, Brian Thomas, Sarah Thomas; great grandchildren, Charlie Hawley, Edward Horton; sisters, Marie Driver of London, England, Hetty Bardsley of London, England. No services are planned at this time. Memorials may be made to The Humane Society of the United States, Dept HACDQ100904001, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Pugh Funeral Home, Asheboro is serving the family. Remembrances and online condolences may be made at www.pughfuneralhome.com.