SMITHLAND — Jerry L. Thomas, 69, of Smithland, formerly of Plainview, Texas, died at 5:25 a.m. Sunday at Western Baptist Hospital.

He was a retired oil field worker and a lifelong farmer.

Surviving are his wife, Barbara Dale Thomas; three children, Terry Thomas of Gulf Breeze, Fla., Stacy Thomas of Bloomfield, N.M., and Crystol Thomas Harris of Paducah; one brother, Ralph Thomas of Denver, Colo.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Estelle Thomas.

No services or visitation are scheduled. The Cremation Society of Paducah is in charge of arrangements.