Mr. James Ira Thomas, age 86, of Eastman died Sunday, February 19, 2012. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in the Chapel of Hardy-Towns Funeral Home with Dr. Jerry Peele & Rev. Tommy Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Orphans Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 6 til 8 at the funeral home. Mr. Thomas, a loving husband, father, and grandfather . He was a member and former Deacon of Eastman First Baptist Church, a veteran of WWII and a Purple Heart recipient. He was a retired Vice President of Stuckey's Inc., former Rotarian and an avid golfer making fourteen holes-in-one. He is survived by daughter; son; granddaughter. Mr. Thomas was predeceased by wife, Dorothy Clark Thomas; parents, Blanche Stuckey and Adrian Thomas; siblings,Florence Southerland, Martha Lee Coody Abel, Margaret Nelson, Grace Ellis, Buddy Thomas, and A.L. Thomas. The family would like to thank all his caregivers. In lieu of flowers the family request donations to The First Baptist Church Building Fund.