McCurtain Co. OK - OBIT:    VIOLA THORNTON THOMASON

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::Crown Hill Cemetery--Broken Bow OK

McCurtain County Local Newspaper:

Nov. 12, 1924 - Sept. 21, 1996

VIOLA THORNTON THOMASON

Viola Thornton Thomason, aged 71, resident of Broken Bow, Okla., died 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 1996. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, 
Sept. 25 in the First United Methodist Church of Broken Bow with Rev. Ron 
Weathers and Rev. Oscar Wilkie officiating. Burial followed in Crown Hill 
Cemetery under the direction of Brumley-McCurtain Funeral Home of Broken Bow.

She was born Nov. 12, 1924 at Lockesburg, Ark; was a graduate of Lockesburg 
High School and Henderson State College at Arkadelphia; a retired school 
teacher; a member of the First Methodist Church of Broken Bow where she was 
an active member in the U.M.W. and U.M.W.M. Choir; a member of Delta Kappa 
Gamma Education Sorority, and Oklahoma Retired Educators Association; a 
charter member of the Board of Directors of the House of Hope; and was 
currently serving as president of McCurtain County Retired Educators 
Association. 

She is survived by her husband, Art Thompson of Broken Bow, Okla.; a son, 
Jerry L. Montgomery of Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan; a brother, Alton 
Thornton of Lockesburg; two sisters, Jean Killian of De Queen and Mildred 
Bismark of Hatton; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a number 
of nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the 
Broken Bow Library, the First United Methodist Church or the American Cancer
Society. 
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