LEGACY: Marzie Thomas, former Tri-State Defender publisher, congressional staffer, has died

Marzie Thomas, a former publisher of The Tri-State Defender who later served as a top staffer for Congressman Steve Cohen, died on June 12 at Methodist University Hospital. She was 72. Thomas spent more than 16 years at the Defender, where she rose from advertising manager to general manager, editor and eventually publisher, becoming one […]