1937–38 Volume 62 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

The SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for October, 1937 31
SIX OF THE THOMAS PHIS o-V'
Left to right: Henry Randall Thomas, Judge William Holcombe Thomas, Judge Columbus Eugene
Thomas, Jonathan Render Thomas, Dr. Edwin Crawford Thomas, Jonathan Render Thomas, Jr.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and University
of Alabama, graduating from the
latter in 1902. He was admitted to the
practice of law and for some years was
associated with his brother William H.
Thomas until the latter was elected to
the bench. At the present time, with his
two sons he is associated in the law firm
of Thomas and Thomas. He has served
as president of the Montgomery Bar Association
and as a member of the State
Bar Commission and is prominent in local
civic affairs.
Sons of Jonathan Render Thomas are
Jonathan Render Thomas, Jr., Washington
and Lee '33, who graduated in law
from the University of Alabama and is
now associated with his father in practice;
and Henry Randall Thomas, Alabama
'36, now a student in the medical
department of the University of Alabama.
Edwin Crawford Thomas, Auburn 'i\,
attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and the University of Oklahoma, receiving
his degree of M.D. from the latter in
1914. He is a prominent physician of
Miami, Fla. He was married to Miss
Martha Mitchell, of LaGrange, Ga., in
1925-
In addition to the four brothers and
their four sons, there are numerous
nephews and cousins who are members
of $ A ®. Among them are two sons of
their mother's sister: Dr. L. W. Spratling,
Auburn '86, and Roper C. Sprading, Auburn
'86. The former served with distinction
for many years in the medical
department of the United States Navy;
he was in charge of the Medical Corps of
the Navy at Norfolk, Va., during the
World War. He is now retired and lives
at his family home, Roamer's Roost, at
Waverly, Ala.
There are two more first cousins of the,
four Thomas brothers: Walton Dowdell
Thomas, Alabama '04, who was a United
States engineer at the time of his death;
and Hamilton H. Thomas, Alabama "07,
who is engaged in farming at Prattsville,
Ala.
Three nephews, sons of a sister of thq