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Billy Ray Thomas 1958 – 2021 Billy Ray Thomas was summoned to eternal rest on January 15, 2021 and is being held lovingly in the arms of the Lord. He was born on August 28, 1958 to Myrtis Lee Graham and Walter Lee Thomas in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his mother Myrtis Lee Graham, his father Walter Lee, brothers Walter, Garry, Jimmy Lee and JB. He was raised in Little Rock until at an early age when he, his mother and four brothers moved to Evanston, Illinois. He attended grammar and middle schools in Evanston. After many years in and out of prison, primarily for various offenses and minor crimes, Billy came back to Evanston where many of his extended family still live today. Homeless at the time, he slept in Evanston’s alleys and sometimes by the steps of First United Methodist Church and Ebenezer AME Church. He would peddle flowers to passersby. The kindness of others and a vision that God would provide, enabled him to turn his life around.

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