Posted On May 12, 2021
William L. Thomas Jr. passed away at his home in Melbourne, Fla., at the age of 99 on March 25, 2021. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret. He is survived by his daughters, Wendy Breithaupt (Keith) and Sue Adams (Bruce, predeceased); son, James (Monica); two granddaughters, Amy Carver (Chris) and Leah Duncan (Jason); step-granddaughter, Rebecca Giles (Joseph); great-grandson, Jonathan Thomas Duncan, and two step great-grandchildren, Gunner Lowery and Shelby Giles.
For his entire life, he carried with him a family characteristic of strength through kindnesses as borne by his parents from Mathews County and Norfolk, Virginia. As a child, he was taught that kindness was a virtue. He carried that to all corners of the earth on all continents in over 60 countries from his WWII days as an officer in the Army Air Corps in India-Burma, to his overseas travels working as a civilian for the U.S. Navy, to his personal travels with his wife and family. Patience,
John McDonald Giles III
WILMINGTON John McDonald Giles III, 77, formerly of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, from cancer.
John was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the first son of Kathleen Hess Giles and John M. Giles II, who both preceded him in death.
He is survived by his younger brother, Robert E Giles, and his wife, Kathleen, of Pennsylvania; and niece, Rebecca Giles.
After high school, John joined the U.S. Navy, where he spent 27 years, affording him the opportunity to visit ports all over the world and earn an Associate Degree in Marine Technology in San Diego. He served in Vietnam in the 1970s and in the Middle East crisis in the 1980s. He served aboard the USS Canopus, the USS Eisenhower (aircraft carrier) and helped commission the battleship, the USS New Jersey, when it was brought out of mothballs to serve in the Middle East.
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