ASA LOY THOMAS,89,OF BOGART GA PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON SEPTEMBER,15, 2016 HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE RUPERT THOMAS AND CLYDE HARRISON THOMAS AND WAS   PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS ,HAROLD THOMAS AND HENRY BUBA THOMAS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE DAUGHTERS,   KATHRYN A DAVIS [EDDIE] CAROL T NITMAN[BILL] AND CHRISTY THOMAS GARRETT , GRANDCHILDREN ALEX HUFF, [KATE] AMANDA ROPER[TODD] STACY NITMAN, J,R, NITMAN[ANN} IAN{ELAIN} THOMAS, HEAGEAN[ BREANNA] GARRETT AND TASSIE,GARRETT GREATGRANDCHILDREN, AUSTIN HUFF, CHARLIE HUFF, PAYTON ROPER , DAVID ROPER, FAITH ROBINSON, NOAH NITMAN, BRITNEY THOMAS AND CASSY THOMAS, SISTER FAYE DOSTER AND BROTHERS TED THOMAS AND BUCK THOMAS.MR THOMAS SERVED HIS COUNTRY  IN WW11, AND RETIRED   FROM         THE U.S ARMY RESERVES AS A SERGENT MAYOR. HE WAS    A MEMBER OF BETHABARA BAPTIST CHURCH FOR OVER 80 YEARS AND FOUNDED HOME MINISTRIES ,SERVING SEVEN SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND     WAS  ALSO  A MEMBER OF THE   GIDEONS.