Obit of Thelma Thompson (t512) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com>  1 Sep 2002
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Surnames: Thompson, Dean, Rutledge, Smith, Ridgeway, Tomberlin, White 

Originally posted at:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5065

Thelma Thompson, age 85, was born May 23, 1912 near Leedey, Oklahoma 
to Liss and Willie Rutledge Dean and died March 10, 1998 in the 
Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Oklahoma as a 
result of a vehicle accident.  She grew up on the family farm west 
of Leedey and on May 19, 1934, married Carroll Thomas Thompson in 
Cheyenne, Oklahoma. They made their home in the Geary, Oklahoma 
vicinity since 1941.  Thelma was a member of the Free Methodist 
Church.  She enjoyed working in her garden and growing flowers.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Earl and 
Aubra Dean; an infant sister, an infant daughter, twin grandsons, 
and two other grandsons.

She is survived by her husband, Carroll of the home, Geary; three 
sons, Forrest and his wife, Barbara Thompson of El Reno, Oklahoma, 
James and his wife, Beverly Thompson of Watonga, Tennessee; six 
grandchildren, seven great grandchildren; four sisters, Myrtle Smith 
of Stockton, California, Bethel Ridgeway of Red Bluff, California, 
Viola Tomerlin of Portland, Oregon, and Betty White of Hillsboro, 
Iowa; nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services was at 2;00 p.m., Friday March 13, 1998, First 
Baptist church, Geary, Oklahoma with Rev. Calvin Walker and Rev. 
Darrell Campbell, officiating.  Burial was at Geary Cemetery, Geary, 
Oklahoma under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Geary, 
Oklahoma.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 19-Mar-1998