Wallace, Sippie
(1898–1986)> SINGER
Wallace, Sippie Beulah Thomas, 11 November 1898; Houston, TX – 1 November 1986; Detroit, MI Superb singer in the 1920s “classic blues” idiom, who remained a vibrant performer into the 1980s. Her father was George W. Thomas, Sr., deacon at Shiloh Baptist Church, and her mother’s name was Fanny Bradley. She had twelve siblings, including pianist George W. Thomas, Jr., with whom she lived briefly in New Orleans around 1910, and pianist Hersal Thomas; a niece, Hociel Thomas, was raised as part of…