​Alice Theresa Carter Thomas was interviewed on November 14, 2003 by Janice Walthour for the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project. Mrs. Thomas begins the interview by talking about what times were like when she was growing up. She attended the segregated, two-room school in Able and dreamed of becoming a nurse. Mrs. Thomas details life on her own and marriage, she got married on September 29, 1935, at Holy Angels Church. She had a good relationship with her children and grandchildren. Religion played a big role in her life. Mrs. Thomas answers questions about the county, segregation, hate, and voting, and she speaks at length about the county and her contributions to the community. She mentions the steamboats on Bushwood Wharf and Chaptico Wharf, she then talks about her childhood, raising kids, and segregation/integration. She worked in the school cafeteria and as a nurse's aide retiring in 1980. Mrs. Thomas concludes the interview by talking about a priest at Holy Angels Church and the importance of college for Black children.