Funeral services were held on 10/25/2022 at Pilgrim Progressive Church. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary.
Tynieka Thomas was born on January 28, 1987, to Gregory and Sharon Thomas in Atlanta, GA. She was the fourth child and baby girl of six children. At a young age, her great-aunt, the late Evangelist Jeanette Poole, laid the prayer of Christ on her heart and she never wavered. Tynieka loved the Lord, and from childhood to young adulthood, Tynieka was a member of Greater St. Paul Church of God in Christ. She later continued fellowship at Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church in San Diego.
Tynieka attended Black Mountain Middle School in Rancho Penasquitos and graduated from Morse High School in 2005. She later worked for Sizzlers on Imperial Ave while attending the ARC Day Program for independent learning. She also attended the Horizon Adult Day Program.
Tynieka enjoyed going to concerts, watching football and baseball games (especially the parades), and going to the “Teen Club.” She was the dedicated music critic for her brother, Emmanuel. If she wasn’t clapping or singing, it wasn’t good. She had her in-house errand boy brother Nijael, she would ask for a “dolla” to give to him to go buy her some cookies and himself a Butterfinger and he would break it in half and share with little brother TiRas. Ty would steal math books and her and her brother Dezmond would lay on the floor reviewing it and making beats on the floor while he was rapping to it. And of course, like any teenager, mom can’t dress them nor do their hair right. So big sister Tiffaney came to the rescue.
Tynieka was called home on October 5, 2022.
