Deward Edward Thomas
1917 - 1981 (63 years)
Generation: 1
1. Deward Edward Thomas was born 24 Sep 1917, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA; died 4 Sep 1981, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA; was buried 8 Sep 1981, Crestview Memorial Park - Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. Notes:
Obituary:
Deward Edward Thomas, 63, died Friday in a Wichita Falls Hospital.
Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday in Owens & Brumley Funeral Home, with the Rev. E. B. Compton, Presbyterian minister, officiating. Burial will be at Crestview Memorial Park.
He was born September 24, 1917 and was a resident of Wichita Falls for 60 years. He was a member of Pipeliner's Local No. 796.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy, a son, Paul of Astoria, Ore., two daughters, Mrs. Doris T. York of Kirkland, Wash., and Mrs. Anita J. Thomas-Jernigan of Oklahoma City, his mother Jessie M. Thomas of Wichita Falls, two brothers, David R. of Texarkana, Texas and Joseph R. of Paducah, Texas, four grandchildren, two step grandchildren and two step-great grandchildren.
(Published in The Wichita Falls Times on September 6, 1981)Deward married Katherine Marie Campbell 13 Jun 1940. Katherine (daughter of Edward Elijah Campbell and Myrtle Ora McIntyre) was born 8 Jun 1920, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA; died 15 May 1953, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA; was buried 17 May 1953, Crestview Memorial Park - Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]
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