Leslie G. Thomas (1895–1988)

He was baptized by T.A. Smith in 1909 at the age of fourteen. He was married to Metta Mae Newman. They had one son, John Paul. Thomas began preaching in Gibson, Missouri in 1913 at the encouragement of Foy E. Wallace, Sr., C.R. Nichol and J.W. Shepherd.

He had a brother, C.B. Thomas who also preached. He was a descendent of Moses E. Lard through his mother's side. Her brother was Joseph E. Laird (a variant spelling of Lard). L.G. Thomas received his training at Monea College in Rector, Arkansas. He also attended Thorp Spring Christian College, as well as David Lipscomb, and Howard College in Birmingham, Alabama.

He was an avid writer. He wrote four volumes of sermons - one hundred each between 1940 and 1957. He wrote: The Beautiful Gleaner, 1961; An Introduction to the Epistles of Paul, 1955; Restoration Handbook, 1941; Let Us Pray!, 1964; The Letters To The Seven Churches In Asia, 1957; The Sermon On The Mount, 1958; What The Bible Teaches, Volumes I and II, 1961 and 1962. He was a staff writer for the Gospel Advocate and The Minister's Monthly. He edited the four volumes of J.W. McGarvey's Class Notes On Sacred History. He also wrote Teacher's Annual Lesson Commentary On Bible School Lessons for a number of years from 1958. He died October 17, 1988 and is buried in the Chattanooga Memorial Park Cemetery. - From Preachers Of Today, compiled by Batsell Barrett Baxter and M. Norvel Young, c. 1952, Nashville, Tennessee. Another bio is listed in the Gospel Advocate, May 16, 1940, 468.