Papa Tic's 75th Birthday Party in Dominion, 1948

Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Back Row, left to right:

  • Ina Frances "Mama Tic" (Jones) Thomas (1895-1972)

  • Samuel "Howard" "Papa Tic" Thomas (1873-1952)

  • Mary Madeline "Matty" (Snowberger) Thompson Sparks (1915-1996) [widow of Thomas Howard Thompson (1913-1947)]

  • Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Lizzy" (Thomas) Thompson (1896-1965)

  • William "Paige" Johnson (1918-2009)

  • Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Mary" (Rada) Thomas (1927-1973)

  • Martha Dietrick

  • Mary Katherine (Bryan) Johnson (1927-2002) [Paige Johnson's wife]

  • Alfonzy "Uncle Fonzy" Thomas (1903-1991)

  • Anna Avaleen "Ducky" (Thomas) Thompson 1925-2000

  • her husband, Donald Warren Thompson Sr. (1923-2008)

  • Catherine Barbara "Aunt Cathy" (Steiner) Bryan Thomas (1905-1994) [Uncle Fonzi's wife]

Front Row:

  • Barbara Ruth "Mommy Bobbie" (Ford) Thomas Yates (1929-1984)

  • Merrill "Dad" Thomas

  • David "Uncle David" Thomas

  • Alexis Faye "Aunt Alexis" Thomas (1947-2019)

  • Howard Arnold "Uncle Arnold" Thomas (1925-1997)

  • Merrill Franklin "Grand Daddy" Thomas Sr. (1915-1996)

  • Patsy Jane (Thomas) Clendaniel (1931-2016) [Uncle Fonzi's daughter]

  • Thomas Elmer "Tommy" Thompson Sr. (1936-2008) [Matty and Howard Thompson's son]

  • Howard McKenley "Bear" "Uncle McKenley" Thomas (1905-1973)