Elwood Lauren Thomas[2] (July 24, 1930 – July 30, 1995) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri, under an appointment by then-Governor John Ashcroft.
He was retained at the November, 1992, election.
[3] He died while on the court from complications of Parkinson's Disease.
[4] He was remembered by his fellow judges as "one of the state's best legal minds.
"[4] Before being appointed to the Supreme Court, Judge Thomas was a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law from 1965 to 1978, and then was a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, Missouri.