Thelma Ragan

Thelma H. (Martin) Ragan, 87 year-old, longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at Unity Health Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born March 25, 1920 in Stanley, Oklahoma to parents Timothy Luster Cleveland Martin and Leola Francis (Bartlett) Martin.rnrnAt the age of thirteen she married, Harry O. Ragan in Arkansas, on December 23, 1933. He preceded her in death after 35 years of marriage. Also preceding her in death were husbands, Carl Coday and Lannie Sprouse.rnrnDuring her working career, she worked as an active licensed dietician at, St. Anthony?s Hospital in Oklahoma City for many years and later at the McBride Bone and Joint Hospital in Oklahoma City for many years. She had also worked for Doctor's General in Oklahoma City as a dietician. Even after her retirement she worked for the Maud Action program for 10 years, until her health prevented her from working.rnrnThelma was a member of the First Baptist Church in Maud. She had also been a member of the Maud Round-up Club and the Action Christmas Store in Shawnee. Thelma also loved to help her daughter Lavonna at the Senior Citizen?s Center in Maud.rnrnThelma leaves to cherish her memory, two sons and daughters-in-law, Otis and Doris Ragan of Del City, Oklahoma and Harry Gene and Kay Ragan of Maud, Oklahoma. One daughter and son-in-law, Lavonna and Harold Swarb of Maud, Oklahoma. One sister, Francis Noland of Grass Valley, California.rnrnOther survivors include seven grandchildren and their spouses; Ricky Ragan of Del City, Oklahoma; Vickie (Ragan) and husband Mike Carrie of Del City, Oklahoma; Tammy (Swarb) and husband Steve Wall of Maud, Oklahoma; Harold ?Bubby? Swarb of Maud, Oklahoma; Cindy (Swarb) and husband Randy Horn of Maud, Oklahoma; Shanna (Ragan) and husband Steve Fletcher of Bixby, Oklahoma and Stacy and wife Lucrecia (Jordan) Ragan of Maud, Oklahoma. Also surviving are 15 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild as well as a host of other family and dear friends.rnrnThelma was preceded by her parents, husbands, two brothers, Woody and Snowden Martin and by one sister, Pearl Sorenson.rnrnFuneral services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Trinity Baptist Church in Maud. Interment will follow at Cummings Cemetery in Maud, Oklahoma with Rev. Wayne Taylor officiating the service.rnrnCasket bearers will be: Jack O?Daniel, Buck Day, Paul Lucy, Russell Bob Noland, Joe Ray Noland and Kevin McKinley.rnrnHonorary bearers will be: Steve Wall, Randy Horn, Steve Fletcher, Stacy Ragan, Ricky Ragan, Bubby Swarb, Kenneth L. Tiffen and Bill Barton.rnrnServices are under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home in Maud, Oklahoma.rnrn Funeral Information: February 1, 2008, 1:30 AM