Menda Rae Thomas, 51, of Wheelersburg, died Sunday, April 8, 2007, at Southern Ohio Medical Center.

She was born Nov. 15, 1955, in Ironton, a daughter of the late Alfred and Lillie Mae Robbins Miller.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Thomas; sons, Mitchell Waring and Gary Thomas; daughters, Ashley Lewis, Amber Dobbs and Lillie Dobbs; stepdaughter, Tonya Thomas; brother, Phillip Miller; sisters, Elsie Lewis, Alice Charles, Mary Slark, Diane Lane, Tina Harris and Belinda McCoy.; and one granddaughter.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg with Pastor Ronnie Blevins officiating and interment in Junior Furnace Cemetery.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

4/10/07