Wanda Thomas

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Wanda Jean Thomas, 72, formerly of Dexter, Mo., died Oct. 19, 2006, at the Bethesda Healthcare Facility in Fayetteville.

Born April 12, 1934, in Dexter, to the late Herbert and Daisy Tracer Aarant, she was a housewife and a member of the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter.

On May 10, 1952, in Piggott, Ark., she married Robert "Jerry" Thomas, who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: three sons, Michael Allan Thomas of Fayetteville, Dennis Randall Thomas of New Hill and Master Sgt. Douglas Scott Thomas of Goldsboro; one sister, Janice Baker of Dexter; and eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Kenneth Biggs will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Dexter.