Lee (BayBay) Thomas

LEE THOMAS AFFECTIONALLY KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS "BAY BAY" TRANSITIONED FROM THIS JOURNEY ON MAY 10, 2025 AT SPARTANBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ROBERT LEE THOMAS SR. AND GLADYS V. THOMAS. HE IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND ISABELLE (MARY) ELLISON, THREE BROTHERS JOHN, ROBERT, AND MICHAEL THOMAS, AND A SISTER BARBARA WOODRUFF. HE ALSO LEAVES TWO SISTERS LOUISE ROSEBURGH (LEWIS) AND LILLIE SMITH BOTH OF GAFFNEY, SC. MR. THOMAS WORKED AT MULLIKIN VAULT COMPANY FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RISING STAR LODGE #1 WHERE HE WAS A 33 DEGREE SCOTTISH RITE MASON. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH PRECIOUS MEMORIES WITH HIS DAUGHTER DR. DAYATRA M. COOLEY (MARK) AND SON CHRISTOPHER TERRELL MANIGAN (SUMIKO). FOUR GRANDCHILDREN (TREY, ASHLEY, DESTINEE, AND TATYANA) AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN (KEEGAN, COLE, AND LAYANA). IN ADDITION TO HIS CHILDREN HE HAD TWO BONUS DAUGHTERS SASHA MANIGAN AND CONSTANCE VAUGHN WHICH BLESSED HIM WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL GRANDCHILDREN (SHONTAVIA, ANIYAH, GEKHARI, AND BRYSON). HE ALSO HAD A HOST OF NIECES, GREAT NEICES, NEPHEWS, AND GREAT NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.