Anthony "Tony" H. Thomas, 77, of Peculiar, MO, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 16, 2021 at his home in Peculiar.  Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville.  Burial  in Wills Cemetery in Peculiar.  Contributions may be made to Lewy Body Dementia Association.

Tony was born April 10, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, a son of Harold E. and Mary D. (Horsley) Thomas.  Tony was a life-long resident of Peculiar.  After graduating from Mountain Empire High School in Campo, CA in 1961, Tony attended college a couple years in Warrensburg, MO (CMSU).  He was a U.S. Marine veteran.  Tony was a Mason, a member of Ararat Shrine in Kansas City, Harrisonville Elks Lodge and a life-long member of the NRA. He had attended the Harrisonville Community Church, and was also a two-term Mayor of Peculiar, MO.  Tony was united in marriage to Donna Stephens on May 21, 2005.

Tony enjoyed hunting and fishing and for thirty years had gone to Haley's Camp in Canada fishing.  He made two hunting trips to Africa, and would have loved to have gone back a third time for a leopard hunt.  His illness prevented his return to Africa and his final goal of killing a leopard.

Tony worked many jobs over the years.  For many years he traveled the country, supervising the erection of cell towers, he operated the elevator in Peculiar, and his last job, working for NECO Seeds, as a seed and fertilizer salesman.  Tony loved owning and trading guns and was very involved with Off The Wall Gun Shop.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a son, Brian Anthony Thomas.  Tony is survived by his wife, Donna Stephens, a daughter, Joy Dawn Thomas, Peculiar, MO; a brother, Brien Thomas, Everson, Washington; three grandchildren, Tristan Tyler (Alyssa), Trenity Tyler, and Aidan Thomas-Kruse, and one great-grandchild, Weslynn Tyler.