"Viola" Himes

Martha Rebecca Viola (Thompson) Himes, age 89 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Rolling Hills Care Center in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Burial will follow a Konawa Cemetery.  Rev. Mitch Williams, Pastor of Byng Assembly of God Church will officiate.  Pallbearers are Michael Koman James Davis, Earl Warner, Steve Nelms, John Northweather, and James Northweather. Viola was born on December 27, 1922 in Hollis, Oklahoma to Edward Moses Thompson and Beulah Franklin (Sloan) Thompson.  She married Lee Himes on February 16, 1971 in Gretna, Louisiana, and worked in retail sales.  Viola was a member of the Konawa Assembly of God Church, and she loved to crochet and to eat out at KFC and I-Hop. Viola is survived by one son, Gene Gregory of Cookson, Oklahoma; two daughters, Brenda Northweather of Claremore, Oklahoma, and Linda Warner of Talala, Oklahoma; two brothers, Emory Thompson of Houston, Texas, and L.V.D. Thompson of Roseburg, Oregon; 14 grandchildren, several step-grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren, several step-great grandchildren; 5 great-great grandchildren, and several step-great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Beulah Thompson; her husband Lee Himes; two children, Glenda Stark and Jessie Gregory; two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Information: April 27, 2012, 2:00 PM Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel located at 217 N. Broadway, Konawa, OK 74849