Obit of Thomas, Anna-Rhea - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 16 Dec 2007 Return to Pontotoc County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Rosedale Cemetery--Rosedale Ok Surnames: Thomas Keatley LaHue Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.murray/1936/mb.ashx Services for Anna Rhea Thomas 88, Ada, were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Rusty Fuller officiating. Burial followed at Rosedale Cemetery with Criswell Funeral Home of Ada in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Thomas died Friday, January 12, 2007 at a Sulphur hospital. She was born June 19, 1918 at Coalgate to Joseph Herbert and Claudia E. LaHue Keatley. She and her family moved to Ada in 1918 from Coalgate. She attended school at Irving Elementary and graduated from Ada High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from East Central University and a Master's degree from the University of Oklahoma. She also attended Del Mar College at Corpus Christi, Texas; Oklahoma State University; and the University of Utah. She married Leonard Thomas on December 25, 1950 in Ada. He died July 3, 1990. Mrs. Thomas was a middle school teacher and Librarian for 35 years in Seminole, Tulsa, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Ada. After retirement, she became a Representative and District Manager for World Book, Inc., and a recruiter for Good Neighbor Tours. She was a longtime member of Trinity Baptist Church, where she was in the Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was also a member of the Oklahoma Education Association, the Pontotoc County Retired Educators, Delta Kappa Gamma Society of Women Teachers, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was a charter member of Xi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi National Honor Society in Spanish. She was also a member of the Marigold Unit of the Ada Garden Clubs, past Noble Grand of the Ada Rebekah Lodge and a life member of Beta Sigma Phi. She and her family were charter members of the Historical Society, First Families of the Twin Territories, which catalogs early settlers of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Survivors include a son, Leonard Joseph Thomas, Ada; a daughter, Linda Rhea Wilson and husband Lyle, Davis; a granddaughter, Tatiana Rhea Wilson, Davis; a brother, Ivan H. Keatley and wife Mary Joe, Tulsa; and a nephew, John Holland Keatley, Tulsa. Bearers were Bob Davis, David Gray, Billy Bundy, Bill Timothy, and Paul Williams. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pontotoc County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html