Obit for Thomas, Lucille [Gann] - Grady County OK

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::Rose Hill Cemetery--Chickahsa OK

© The Chickasha Express-Star

Wednesday, 19 April 2006

Lucille [Gann] Thomas

Funeral service for Lucille Gann Thomas, 93, of Chickasha, Oklahoma will 
be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 20, 2006 in the Chapel of Sevier 
Funeral Home. Reverend Rick Forthman, pastor of the Ninnekah United 
Methodist Church, will be officiating.

Lucille Gann Thomas departed this life on April 17, 2006 at Chickasha, 
Oklahoma at the age of 93 years, 6 months and 17 days.

Lucille was born September 30, 1912, three miles west of Ninnekah to 
Thomas Grover and Dora [Miller] Gann.

Lucille grew up on the farm and in Ninnekah, graduating in 1930. She 
attended Oklahoma College for Women, graduating with a degree in Business 
in 1934. She was a legal secretary for various law firms including Hatcher 
and Bond, Clarence McElroy, retiring from Vaughn, Stack, Huckaby and 
Frailey, May 1, 1981.

She was very proud of her Indian heritage, being one-quarter Chickasaw. 
She enjoyed many vacations to Arizona to sight see and collect Indian 
jewelry with members of her family. She also loved to read, reading 
several books per week.

Lucille married George W. Thomas of Ninnekah on June 6, 1981 in Chickasha. 
They enjoyed extensive travel, including thirty countries, before a stroke 
incapacitated her in 1992. She had resided in the Christian Care/Glenhaven 
Home for many years.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her brother, Reford Gann, and her 
husband, George W. Thomas.

Survivors include her stepson, Dr. Mike Thomas and wife Barbara of 
Ninnekah; granddaughter, Michele Thomas Flanagan of Lawton and grandson 
Joseph H. Thomas and wife Valerie of Gilbert, Arizona; and five great 
grandchildren. Also brother-in-law Max Thomas and wife Barbara of 
Ninnekah; and many other relatives and friends.

Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Sevier 
Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ninnekah United Methodist 
Church, P.O. Box 8, Alex, OK 73002.
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