Obit of Thornhill, Mildred Jo Holmes Howry - McCurtain County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 24 Aug 2008 Return to McCurtain County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mccurtain/mccurtai.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Rose Hill Cemetery--OKC OK Thornhill, Mildred Jo Holmes Howry Mildred Jo Holmes Howry, age 82, passed away at her residence Sun, July 7, 2002. A prayer service is scheduled for 7:00 pm Thursday July 11, 2002, and funeral services will be 10:00 am Friday July 12, 2002 at Bill Eisenhour S.E. Chapel, with Reverend Dan Sexton officiating. Graveside services will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mildred was born in Valliant, OK November 8, 1919. She was the daughter of Lessie Terry Holmes and Joe Holmes. Mildred came to Oklahoma City in 1937, where she attended and completed her business education at Hills Business College. In 1938 Mildred met and married John Henry Howry Sr. To their union three sons and four daughters were born. Mildred and her husband John Howry worked side by side, owning their own business, Chief's Meat Market. She also was employed with the John A. Brown Company, working in the downtown store, in the book department. After the death of her first husband, Mildred was married to Warren G. Thornhill. She then went to work for Ogden Foods, located at the Oklahoma State Fair Grounds in Oklahoma City. When Warren retired, they moved to Lake Eufaula, OK where Mildred lived until her passing. Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, Lessie Terry and Joe Holmes; her first husband John Henry Howry Sr.; her second husband Warren G. Thornhill; a son, John Henry Howry Jr.; a step-son, Allen Thornhill, and a granddaughter, Rhonda Michelle Howry. Mildred is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard Leon and Pat Howry, Oklahoma City, OK, Billy Gene and Letha Howry, McAlester, OK; daughters Frances Kay Howry, Moore, OK, Jo (Jody) Elaine Elkins, Moore, OK, Mary Sue Zamorano, OKC, OK, daughter and son-in-law Mattie and Paul Maloy, Longtown, OK; step-daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Dean Deaton, Los Gotas, CA, Glenda and Bill Erfurth, San Jose, CA; 19 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Bill Eisenhour Southeast 5005 S.E. 29 672-1321 Published in the Oklahoman on 7/10/2002. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to McCurtain Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mccurtain/mccurtai.htm