Lois Maxine Thomas, age 91, of Springdale, Arkansas died Tuesday, September 7, 2021 in Fayetteville.
Maxine was born January 5, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the daughter of Daniel Guyger and Mary Leona (McNeill) Stout.
She was fond of talking about being a child during the 1930's and 40's, about the lovely roses that grew along the path to school in Inola, Oklahoma, about living on a Boy Scout camp where her father worked and going to a one-room school in the Logan community in Arkansas.
She graduated from high school in Gentry, Arkansas and then from the Fayetteville Business College.
She and William Arthur "Bill" Thomas were married August 19, 1950 at Fayetteville.
After being a homemaker and raising four children , she worked in many capacities for more than 22 years with Walmart in Fayetteville and Springdale, finally retiring as a front office clerk.
She is a member of Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale. The daughter of a Missionary Baptist minister, she was a devout Christian, taught Sunday school for decades, sang in the choir, played the piano, and gave much of her time to the churches she attended.
Maxine loved her family, family picnics, family holiday and birthday get-togethers where the modest house shook from all the noise and drives through the Ozarks. Although she rarely did, she enjoyed traveling, and often told of a trip through Denver and of asking Bill to slow down so she could see the sights better, to which he replied, "I can't, they'll run over me!" Her favorite farewell – "Please drive carefully. You be good, and I'll try."
She was preceded in death by her husband;and son-in-law, Ted L. Youmans.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Sue Huddleston of Farmington and Marilyn Youmans of Fayetteville; two sons, Jim Thomas (wife Marilyn) of Catoosa, Oklahoma and Wayne Thomas (wife Joan) of Springdale; nine grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday September 10, 2021 at Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday at Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale.
Burial will follow in Farmington Cemetery under the direction of Moore's Chapel.
Maxine was born January 5, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the daughter of Daniel Guyger and Mary Leona (McNeill) Stout.
She was fond of talking about being a child during the 1930's and 40's, about the lovely roses that grew along the path to school in Inola, Oklahoma, about living on a Boy Scout camp where her father worked and going to a one-room school in the Logan community in Arkansas.
She graduated from high school in Gentry, Arkansas and then from the Fayetteville Business College.
She and William Arthur "Bill" Thomas were married August 19, 1950 at Fayetteville.
After being a homemaker and raising four children , she worked in many capacities for more than 22 years with Walmart in Fayetteville and Springdale, finally retiring as a front office clerk.
She is a member of Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale. The daughter of a Missionary Baptist minister, she was a devout Christian, taught Sunday school for decades, sang in the choir, played the piano, and gave much of her time to the churches she attended.
Maxine loved her family, family picnics, family holiday and birthday get-togethers where the modest house shook from all the noise and drives through the Ozarks. Although she rarely did, she enjoyed traveling, and often told of a trip through Denver and of asking Bill to slow down so she could see the sights better, to which he replied, "I can't, they'll run over me!" Her favorite farewell – "Please drive carefully. You be good, and I'll try."
She was preceded in death by her husband;and son-in-law, Ted L. Youmans.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Sue Huddleston of Farmington and Marilyn Youmans of Fayetteville; two sons, Jim Thomas (wife Marilyn) of Catoosa, Oklahoma and Wayne Thomas (wife Joan) of Springdale; nine grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday September 10, 2021 at Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday at Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale.
Burial will follow in Farmington Cemetery under the direction of Moore's Chapel.
Lois Maxine Thomas, age 91, of Springdale, Arkansas died Tuesday, September 7, 2021 in Fayetteville.
Maxine was born January 5, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the daughter of Daniel Guyger and Mary Leona (McNeill) Stout.
She was fond of talking about being a child during the 1930's and 40's, about the lovely roses that grew along the path to school in Inola, Oklahoma, about living on a Boy Scout camp where her father worked and going to a one-room school in the Logan community in Arkansas.
She graduated from high school in Gentry, Arkansas and then from the Fayetteville Business College.
She and William Arthur "Bill" Thomas were married August 19, 1950 at Fayetteville.
After being a homemaker and raising four children , she worked in many capacities for more than 22 years with Walmart in Fayetteville and Springdale, finally retiring as a front office clerk.
She is a member of Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale. The daughter of a Missionary Baptist minister, she was a devout Christian, taught Sunday school for decades, sang in the choir, played the piano, and gave much of her time to the churches she attended.
Maxine loved her family, family picnics, family holiday and birthday get-togethers where the modest house shook from all the noise and drives through the Ozarks. Although she rarely did, she enjoyed traveling, and often told of a trip through Denver and of asking Bill to slow down so she could see the sights better, to which he replied, "I can't, they'll run over me!" Her favorite farewell – "Please drive carefully. You be good, and I'll try."
She was preceded in death by her husband;and son-in-law, Ted L. Youmans.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Sue Huddleston of Farmington and Marilyn Youmans of Fayetteville; two sons, Jim Thomas (wife Marilyn) of Catoosa, Oklahoma and Wayne Thomas (wife Joan) of Springdale; nine grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday September 10, 2021 at Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday at Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale.
Burial will follow in Farmington Cemetery under the direction of Moore's Chapel.
Maxine was born January 5, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the daughter of Daniel Guyger and Mary Leona (McNeill) Stout.
She was fond of talking about being a child during the 1930's and 40's, about the lovely roses that grew along the path to school in Inola, Oklahoma, about living on a Boy Scout camp where her father worked and going to a one-room school in the Logan community in Arkansas.
She graduated from high school in Gentry, Arkansas and then from the Fayetteville Business College.
She and William Arthur "Bill" Thomas were married August 19, 1950 at Fayetteville.
After being a homemaker and raising four children , she worked in many capacities for more than 22 years with Walmart in Fayetteville and Springdale, finally retiring as a front office clerk.
She is a member of Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale. The daughter of a Missionary Baptist minister, she was a devout Christian, taught Sunday school for decades, sang in the choir, played the piano, and gave much of her time to the churches she attended.
Maxine loved her family, family picnics, family holiday and birthday get-togethers where the modest house shook from all the noise and drives through the Ozarks. Although she rarely did, she enjoyed traveling, and often told of a trip through Denver and of asking Bill to slow down so she could see the sights better, to which he replied, "I can't, they'll run over me!" Her favorite farewell – "Please drive carefully. You be good, and I'll try."
She was preceded in death by her husband;and son-in-law, Ted L. Youmans.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Sue Huddleston of Farmington and Marilyn Youmans of Fayetteville; two sons, Jim Thomas (wife Marilyn) of Catoosa, Oklahoma and Wayne Thomas (wife Joan) of Springdale; nine grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday September 10, 2021 at Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday at Berry Street Baptist Church in Springdale.
Burial will follow in Farmington Cemetery under the direction of Moore's Chapel.
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