Stephen Michael Thomas
1951 — 2024
Stephen Michael Thomas (Steve) died at home in hospice care on March 27, 2024. He was born on November 27, 1951, in Knoxville, TN, the son of C. Clifton Thomas and Margaret Bible Thomas. He was the oldest child and had two younger sisters, Deborah Thomas Stillman and Kathy Thomas Williamson. The family moved to Alcoa, TN and Steve graduated from Alcoa High School in 1969. He attended Tennessee Technical University in Cookville, TN, and completed an associate degree in electrical engineering at DeVry University in Atlanta, GA, graduating first in his class and was hired by Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He loved the Southwest and became an avid fly fisherman. In 1976 he married his...