James Blake Boyd Thomas, 30, of Stevenson, AL died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in a Chattanooga, TN hospital.

A member of the Stevenson Church of Christ, he had attended Mountain View Christian Academy in Bryant, AL. He was a former employee of Covenant Transportation and Norris & Son in Chattanooga. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved to play golf.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Dr. & Mrs. Jessie Lee Prince; grandparents, Catherine Prince Boyd and James H. Boyd; step-father, Robert P. Padgett, Jr.; great-uncle, Sanders Bryant; great-aunt, Elizabeth Prince Ross; and aunt, Joan Boyd.

He is survived by his mother, Kathy Boyd Padgett of Stevenson; father, Reece (Jenny) Thomas; siblings, Jennifer Thomas, Robert Thomas, Carl Thomas and Emma Thomas all of Chattanooga; grandfather, Robert R. (Susan) Thomas of Monteagle, TN; several aunts and uncles, including, Karen Boyd Hartline of Rossville, GA and Judy Boyd Gothard White of Pisgah, AL; cousins, Lauryn Hinton of Rossville, GA and Lyndsay Gothard of Stevenson; great-aunt, Carolyn Prince Bryant of Stevenson; many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted from the South Pittsburg Chapel of Rogers Funeral Home at 2pm Central time on Saturday, October 5, 2013. Interment will be in Stevenson City Cemetery.

The family will receive friends for visitation from 6-8pm Central time on Friday, October 4th at the funeral home.

The family requests that memorial donations be made to Marion County Children's Fund, P.O. Box 11, Jasper, TN 37347.

The tragedy of Blake's death has been lessened by the donation of his organs to no less than four recipients.