Funeral Services for Mrs. Hazel R. Thomas, 94, longtime resident of Tishomingo, Oklahoma will be held on Saturday, September 29th, 2012 at 10:00 a. m. at the First Baptist Church in Tishomingo with Rev. Kenneth McCarthick officiating, assisted by Rev. Luke Holmes. Interment will follow in the Tishomingo Cemetery. Mrs. Thomas passed away on Thursday, September 27th, at her home.

Hazel was born on March 2nd, 1918 in Tishomingo to S. M. Maxwell and Maggie Lela (Thompson) Maxwell. She graduated from Tishomingo High School in 1935 and later married William J. "Bill" Thomas on August 12th, 1937. They lived in Texas for a short time and returned to Johnston County in 1945. Mrs. Thomas worked for several years as a telephone operator in Tishomingo and for Murray State College as a clerk in the business office from 1963 until 1979. She retired at that time and was a very active member of the First Baptist Church and of the Holisso Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Billy Mack Thomas and a granddaughter, Kelly Thomas.

Mrs. Thomas is survived by her husband Bill, of the home; her daughter, Debbie Wood and husband Larry of Tishomingo; her grandson, Landon Wood and wife Brooke of Sulphur, Oklahoma; two granddaughters, Whitney Daniels and husband Chase and Tiffany Atteberry and husband Colin, all of Tishomingo; her great-grandchildreen, Brock & Brody Daniels and Drake & Nate Wood; her sister, Wanda McCathern of Palmetto, Florida; her daughter-in-law, Linda Thomas of Edmond, Oklahoma; numerous other relatives and a host of friends.