Ruth Ann Thomas, 63, of Davenport, died Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at home.  Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island.  Visitation will be Friday from 4-7 p.m. at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.  Burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials may be made in care of the family.

Ruth was born in Chicago on December 23, 1952, a daughter of Lawer Dixon Sr. and Mandie Shaw.

Ruth worked for the United States Postal Service where she was the first African American female postal carrier in Mt. Prospect, Ill.  She was a member at Trinity Community Baptist Church, Moline.

Survivors include her children, Lu'Ciana M. Thomas, Hammond, Ind., Linda H. Thomas, Chicago and Willie D. Thomas, Davenport; grandchildren, Caitlyn B. and Courtney N. Thomas, Adaryll L.J. Kelly Jr., Gabriel J. Thomas, Elias K. Kelly, Curtis T. Westerfield Jr., Demetrious B. Lane, Stashay Lane and Suni B. Lane Jr.; siblings, Cornelius (Creabessie) Dixon, Chicago, Etheal Gore, Markham, Ill., Ben (Ida) Dixon, Rock Island, Lawer (Deborah) Dixon Jr., Lynwood, Ill., Rev. Larry (Loreida) Dixon, Rock Island, Patricia Downing, Texas, Joyce Dixon, Iowa, Michael (Michelle) Dixon, East Moline and Marcus Dixon, Ill.; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents.