Background
Thomas, Cleophus was born on June 20, 1956 in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States. Son of Cleophus and Bernice Thomas.
Thomas, Cleophus was born on June 20, 1956 in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States. Son of Cleophus and Bernice Thomas.
Bachelor, U. Alabama, 1977; Bachelor, U. Oxford, 1980; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1982.
Law clerk to judge J. Foy Guin, United States District Court, Birmingham, Alabama, 1982-1983; partner, Reid and Thomas, Attorneys-at-Law, Anniston, Alabama, since 1983; general counsel, Booker T. Washington Insurance Company, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1992. Director AmSouth Bank Calhoun County, Anniston, Protective Investment Company, Birmingham.
Trustee U. Alabama System, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Huntsville, since 1983. Member Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, since 1993. Board directors Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation, Birmingham, 1989, Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation, Philadelphia, 1989.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member National Conference of Christians and Jews (board directors 1993), Anniston Country Club, Heritage Club Huntsville, Newcomen Society, Kappa Alpha Psi (Vice Polemarch 1974, Guy Levis Grant award 1976).
Married Carla Ann Newbern, June 12, 1982. Children: Cleophus Thomas III, Phillips Newbern, Caleb Spratling.
