Services for Virginia Thomas, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Thursday, March 30, at Williams Mortuary with burial in HillcrestCemetery in Brookhaven.

Visitation is Wednesday from 1 to 6 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mrs. Thomas, 86, died March 24, 2006, at Haven Hall Nursing CareCenter. She was born in Baton Rouge, La., on April 15, 1919, toJohn Young and Regina Walker.

She was retired.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband; and hersisters, Mable Walker and Margaret Young.

Survivors are her stepmother, Lillian Young, of Los Angeles,Calif.; her sisters, Linda Buie, of Brookhaven, and Margie Haynes,of Los Angeles; her brothers, Joseph Young and James Young, both ofBrookhaven, and John Young, of Los Angeles; and a host of nieces,nephews, other relatives and friends.