[1] She died at her daughter's home in Pencoed Cottages in Burry Port after moving from Llanelly where she had lived with her husband.
[2] In her obituary The Llanelly Mercury and South Wales Advertiser reported that she "indulged in the fragrant weed with the zest of a person half her years".
[1] She consumed three ounces of shag every week, which was supplied to her for free by Messrs Franklyn and Davey.
[1] A letter was written to the royal courtier Dighton Probyn detailing Thomas's extreme age.
[3][2] The readers of the South Wales Daily News were urged to enter Thomas for a competition for a £2 weekly pension for a year (equivalent to £292 in 2023) offered by Tit-Bits magazine.