Mr. Grover “G.R.” Roosevelt Thomas, age 90, Jonesborough, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Four Oaks Nursing Home.

Grover was born a son of a sharecropper in Fletchers Ridge, Virginia, on February 2, 1934. His parents William Lundey and Eliza Thomas raised a man with true color and character. Throughout his life Grover traveled and wandered many places. He loved to show horses and by his adult life had delivered three babies. He was a talented singer and songwriter and was a published author and poet. He was an avid pool player. G.R. was a Tree and Landscaping professional. He was a follower of Jesus.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Eliza; brothers and sisters, Walter, Roy, Martin, Velma, Fannie, Shirley and Franklin.

Those left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Teresa Bohannon; grandsons, Brenden (Joy) and Shawn; great-grandchildren, Cormac, Madalyn, Lauryn, and Kristyn; great-great grandchild, Kennedy; siblings, Herbert, Judy, Clyde, Doris and Geneva; several nieces, nephews and extended family.

A Private family graveside will be held in Honaker, Virginia at a later date.

Condolences may be sent to the Thomas family online at www.dillow-taylor.com

Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Jonesborough, TN 423-753-3821



Title: Aging Years

Lyrics: G.R. Thomas

In my aging years
It seems like 21 to me
And my wilder dreams
I left in Tennessee.

Let your heart grow fonder
When you dream of me
In your wilder dreams
Take me to Tennessee.

When you think of me tomorrow
Let my heart go free
Looking for a wild rose
I left in Tennessee.

Wild roses bloom forever
They will remind you of me
Pink was your color
And blue's left for me.

The mountains and the valleys
Are too lonely for me
The long roads I travel
Far from Tennessee

As the leaves turn to fall
They will remind you of me
Wine for a bleeding heart
Gone from Tennessee

In my aging years
As life is failing me
As my last touch
Someone from Tennessee