REPOST OF MISSING FEBRUARY 2001 POSTS

Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
January 31, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Funeral services for Eva Mae Thomas, 88, of Bristow, who died Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at Tulsa, was Friday, January 26 at St. Pauls Baptist Church at Lenapah with the Reverend Herman Johnson officiating. Interment followed at Cedar Bluff Cemetery more commonly known as Gooseneck Cemetery northeast of Lenapah, under the directon of Schumacher Funeral Home of Bristow.

Eva was born in Lenapah on September 11, 1912 to Timothy and Sally Rogers Barksdale. She has lived in Bristow for the last eight years, coming from Los Angeles, California. She and her husband, Lee Thomas, owned and operated a restaurant in Texas before her retirement. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Eastern Star.

Eva Mae is survived by one brother, Allen Barksdale of Bristow; her niece and nephew, Willie Mae Farmer and Leon Farmer; two great nieces: Marzetta Kay Barksdale and Joann Vann.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Thomas and one sister.