Rebecca Thomas, age 91, a resident of Franklinton, died yesterday in Ochsner Medical Center, Metairie. Born Dec. 16, 1907 in Walthall County, MS, to the late Walter Valentine and Harriet Dillon Brock, she was a housewife and a member of Thomas Bible Baptist
Church.
She is survived by three sons, Herbert Wilson Thomas, Euell S. Thomas, and Tyrone Knight, all of Thomas; six daughters, Elowese Wood of Tylertown, MS, Ona Faye Breland of Hattiesburg, MS, Rena Mae Turnage of Thomas, Genell Ard
of Tylertown, MS, Lucile Polk of Thomas, and Kathy Stover of State Line; 35 grandchildren and 69 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Louise Martin and Eva Knight; her husband, Albert Thomas; five grandchildren, and the father of her children, Lucious Thomas.
Visitation was held yesterday after 4 p.m. at Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home in Tylertown, MS.
The funeral service will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at Thomas Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Gaddy officiating. Interment will follow in Thomas Cemetery.
