Funeral services for Leslie M. “Chicken” Thomas, Sr., 80, of Davenport will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Greater Antioch Baptist Church, Rock Island.  He departed this life on Sunday, January 11, 2015.

Burial will be Oakdale Cemetery.

Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the Church.

Orr’s Mortuary Rock Island is assisting the family with arrangements.

He was born June 19, 1934 in Louisville, MS the son of Arthur and Gussie Thomas.  He was employed at Allied as a Fork Lift Driver.

He was a member of Temple Baptist Church and a 38 year member of the Knights of Pythias where he served as Past Grand Chancellor for eight years.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Cora Thomas Hall and Rosie Thomas Hudson and a brother, Ivory Thomas.

Survivors include his daughters, Dorothy Morrow, Davenport, Linnette Thomas and, Annette Thomas, both of Houston, TX, Roslyn Reynolds, Davenport, Catherine Jackson, Mary Thomas both of Chicago and Nicole Walker, Rockford, IL; sons, Theordore Wells, Iowa City, IA, Leslie Thomas, Jr., and Melvin Thomas both of Cedar Rapids, IA, Haberene Thomas, Austin, TX, Calvin Stallings, Des Moines and Raymond Stallings, Newton, IA; 23 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.orrsmortuary.com.