Obit of Kenneth Leroy "Corky" Thomas (t520) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 1 Sep 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Thomas, Shelton, Chapman, Dodson Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5053 Services for Kenneth Leroy "Corky" Thomas, who was killed in a two- truck collision Sunday Feburary 3, 1963 in Colorado, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Gibbens officiating. Burial will be at the Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma under the direction of Martin Funeral Home. Mr. Thomas was born July 26, 1928 at Cheyenne, and died February 3, 1963, in a truck werck near Hugo, Colorado. He graduated from Cheyenne Highschool in 1946 and served in the military service three months, being discharged in 1955 following the death of his father. He was married to Patsy Shelton December 19, 1948 in Elk City. He is survived by his wife of the home, 521 N. Elk, one daughter, Jo Deborah; his mother, Mrs. Helen Thomas of Elk City; two sisters, Mrs. R.N. Chapman of Elk City and Mrs. Frank Dodson of Grimes, Oklahoma; one brother, J.T. Thomas of Riverside, California. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK