Rex David Thomas most likely known as Dave Thomas, was born July 12, 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was born to adoption and never knew his birth mother. At 6 months old Thomas was adopted by a couple from Kalamazoo, Michigan, but his adoptive mother passed away when he was only 5 years old. And by age 10 he had lost 2 stepmothers. While he was in Maine he spent his summers with his adoptive grandmother, one of his closest relatives, as well as one of his biggest influences. As he was still a teen his dad took him to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he worked as a paperboy, golf caddy, and soda fountain counter in a drugstore. Once his dad told them that they were moving, he refused to move. He decided he would dropped out high school, and