Brevard News

OBITUARY: Cocoa Beach Resident Robert ‘Bob’ Thomas Died at Home Aug. 15 at 89

Bob was born in 1935, during the Great Depression, on a small farm in Missouri. Things were quite different back then on a small farm in the country. They didn’t have indoor plumbing and had to pump their water from a well. Their only source of heat was a wood burning stove. They had chickens and cows and hogs and a big garden, so they always had enough to eat, even during the depression. Bob would help his dad milk the cows, and he really enjoyed singing with his dad in the barn while they milked. […]