Felix Thomas Jr.
- Full Name
- Felix Thomas Jr.
- Victim Profile
- Felix Thomas Jr.
- Name Variations
- Felix Flowers Jr.
- Biography
- On April 1, 1926, Felix Thomas, 18, was lynched in Fleetwood, AL, a mining town near Tuscaloosa by a young white coworker of Alco Coal Co. after taking over the coworker’s position at the mine. His killer, Daniel Hayes, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to a year and one day in prison. He was the son of Felix Thomas Sr., and a mother, name unknown. He is buried in Peterson, Alabama, west of Tuscaloosa.
- Documented or Attempted
- Documented
- Birth Date
- Circa 1908
- County of Birth; County of Death
- N/A; Tuscaloosa County
- Death Date
- April 1, 1926
- Age at Death
- 18
- Race
- Black
- Sex
- Male
- Researchers
- Lewis Zannis, Callie Rhodes
- Case Number
- AMP541-29260401-000
- Identified by:
- Alabama Memory Project
- Mother
- Carrie Flowers
- Father
- Felix Thomas Sr.
- All other relatives
- Jammie Flowers (sibling), Bertha Flowers (sibling), Francis Flowers (sibling), and Jammie Singerton (cousin)
- Occupation
- Miner
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