Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 24, 2012, at Poplar Grove in Shaw. Burial will follow at Roy's Memorial Garden in Shaw with the Reverend A. C. Gilmore officiating.
Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. on Friday, November 23, 2012, at Byas Funeral Home in Cleveland.
He is survived by his wife, Gloria Thomas; sons, Tramonta Williams of Shaw and Aubrey Thomas, Jr. of Leland; daughters, Stephanie Williams Riley, Shalundria Thomas, and Audrey Thomas, all of Shaw; brothers, Charles Madison and Walter Thomas of Shaw; sister, Bobbie Jean Madison of Greenville; and 10 grandchildren.