Individual Details

1920 Census. Martinsville, Henry Co VA. Oct 29, 1920, Supplement, no household numbers
Bettie S. Thomas, head of household, age 61, Widow
Catherine, dau, age 28.


THE HENRY BULLETIN, June 7, 1927, p. 1, col. 1 [edited].

Funeral services were held Sunday from the First Methodist Episcopal Church for Mrs. Lynne Starling Thomas, 68, who died Friday in a Richmond,VA. hospital following an operation for thyroid and heart trouble.
Since the death of Mr.Thomas 12 years ago, Mrs.Thomas had made her home with a daughter, Mrs. William P. Few, wife of Dr. Few, president of Duke University at Durham.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Few, Mrs. John Ross-Duggan, now living in Australia, and a son, Archer Thomas of Chicago.
Mrs. Thomas was the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. William A. Sheffield, a well-known Henry County family.
Mrs. Thomas was born in Henry County.
Mrs. Thomas lived in Martinsville.
Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery by the side of her late husband.
Mrs. Thomas was devoted to the missionary work of the Methodist Church and was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Birth	23 Aug 1859	Henry County, Virginia
Marriage	26 Jan 1881	Henry County, Virginia - Lyne Starling Thomas
Death	3 Jun 1927	Richmond City, Virginia

Spouse	Lyne Starling Thomas (1859 - 1920)
Child	Mary Reamy Thomas (1885 - 1971)
Child	Catherine Sheffield Thomas (1892 - 1983)
Child	William Archer Thomas (1882 - 1959)