"Miss Bessie Ola Thomas, 23, died at her home, 511 North Albany Street....
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Lucy Brooks; three sisters, Mrs. Sharkley Hendrix, Mrs. James Jones and Mrs. Madison Wilson; a brother, Willie Thomas, all of Ithaca; and an aunt, Mrs. Mattie McClure."

"Miss Bessie Ola Thomas," Ithaca Journal, October 13, 1934, 5.