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Individual Record for: Mary Thelma Martin (female)

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!NAME: Mary Thelma Martin

!DATA: Mary Thelma Martin - Source - The Thomas Family Organization which was headed (in/part ) by Harry Delbert Thomas until his death in 1986.
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!CENSUS: 1920 McIntosh County, Oklahoma. E.D., Number, 59. Sheet Number, 8-B. Burton Township . January 23, 1920.
Martin Orlando Head. Owned. Mortage. (m)(w) Age, 45. married-1. Can read, yes. Can write, ye s. Born Arkansas. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Illinois. English. Farmer. General Farm.
[Martin] Nora Wife. (f)(w) Age, 30. married-1. Can read, yes. Can write, yes. Born Indiana. F ather born Kentucky. Mother born Indiana. English. None.
[Martin] Helen Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 6. Single. Attended School, yes. Born Oklahoma. Father b orn Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Elston Son. (m)(w) Age, 5. Single. Attended School, yes. Born Oklahoma. Father bor n Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Ella Bernice Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 2 11/12 Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Moth er born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Mary T. Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 1 1/12 Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother bor n Indiana. None.
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!CENSUS: 1930 McIntosh County, Oklahoma census. E.D., Number, 46-2. Sheet Number, 2-A. Burto n Township. 1930.
Martin O. L. Head. Owned. (m)(w) Age, 55. married. 38 at time of first marriage. Attended S chool, no. Can read & write, yes. Born Arkansas. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Illinois . Farmer. Farm.
[Martin] Nora Wife. (f)(w) Age, 40. married. 22 at time of frist marriage. Attended School, n o. Can read & write, yes. Born Indiana. Father born Indiana. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Helen Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 16. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes . Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Elston Son. (m)(w) Age, 15. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes. Bor n Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
Martin Bernice Relative. (f)(w) Age, 13. Single. Attended School, yes. Born Oklahoma. Fathe r born Arkansas. Mother born Inidiana. None.
[Martin] Mary Relative. (f)(w) Age, 11. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes . Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Nadeen Relative. (f)(w) Age, 5. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes . Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
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!MARRIAGE: Carman Eugene Moore & Mary Thelma Martin - 7 Jan 1939
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!DIVORCE: Between 1939 & May 5, 1944.
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!MARRIAGE: John Melroy Thomas & Mary Thelma (Martin) Moore - May 5, 1944.
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!OBITUARY: Deseret News, Thursday & Friday, Dec. 24 & 25, 1998. JOHN M. THOMAS John Melro y Thomas, passed away on Monday, December 21, 1998. He was the only child of John Irvin an d Della M. Miller Thomas. Born April 2, 1913 in Manassa, Colorado. Married Mary Thelma Mart in, May 5, 1944. Later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. He was a watchmaker for many yea rs and retired from Hill Field Air Force Base. Survivors are his wife and five children, Mar y Louise (Joseph Ned) Richards, of Panguitch, Utah; Roylene Day, Don M. Thomas, Ted M. (Juli e Vadnais) Thomas, Nancy Thomas (Joseph) Collins, all of Salt Lake. Preceded in death by son , John-Roy Binkered, stepdaughter; Brenda Kay McCurdy and son-in-law Marvin B. Day. Funera l services will be Saturday, Dec. 26, 1998 at 12 noon at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temp le, where friends may call one hour prior to services, interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
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!BIO: Some of the following was written by Don Martin Thomas and some of the following was wr itten by Roylene Elaine (Thomas) Day. Dedicated to those few who might be interested in gene alogy and Family History. Dad, [John Melroy Thomas], met mother [Mary Thelma (Martin) Moore ] while visiting an aunt, [Nellie Irine (Miller) Young Ore,] in Douglas] Arizona. Mother ha d been married for a short time as well, [to a man by the name of Carman Eugen Moore]. Grand ma's sister, Nellie Irine (Miller) Young Ore's, daughter, Helen Gertrude Young had married El ston Claude Martin, mother's brother, and they also lived in Douglas, Arizona. Dad and hi s first cousin, Helen Gertrude (Young) Martin and mom's brother, Elston Claude Martin, were a ll sitting in a car in front of a store when mother came down the sidewalk with a little gir l called Brenda Kay following along. That was how the story went when Dad and Mother met th e first time. Mother, Mary Thelma (Martin) Moore, was staying with dad's Aunt, Nellie Irin e (Miller) Young Ore, at that time, (assuming that mother had left her first husband becaus e he used to hit her). Mary Thelma Martin had married Carman Eugene Moore in Tahlequah, Cher okee, Oklahoma, having met each other while they were attending college there in Tahlequah, O klahoma. Her first husband, Carman Eugene Moore had grown up around Morris, Okmulgee, Oklaho ma, and I guess, after their marriage, they had moved to Morris since that is where Brenda Ka y Moore was born. Carman Eugene Moore got a job with the railroad and I guess that job too k them to Douglas, Cochise, Arizona. Mother used to tell us about there moving to Arizona, s he said she remembered seeing all the military trucks in route to somewhere since it was wa r time. Mother stated that Nellie Irine (Miller) Young Ore's husband ran a gas station ther e in Douglas, Arizona and that Nellie also had a big house there where her brother and sister -in-law, Elston Claude Martin and Helen Gertrude (Young) Martin, also lived. Nellie Irine (M iller) Young Ore moved to Phoenix, Arizona and Mother also stated she had a house there. Moth er moved to Phoenix, Arizona with them since mom and dad dated for a time in Phoenix, Arizona . Mother said that Nellie Irine (Miller) Young Ore had a house and some land and decided t o raise chickens there in Phoenix, Arizona. Mother stated that she thought that Nellie though t they were going to make a lot of money sellling chickens, but the chickens caught a deseas e and all died. Dad returned to Salt Lake City, Utah and after a while wrote to Mother in Ph oenix, Arizona to come and visit him in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mother with three year old Bre nda Kay rode the bus to Salt Lake City, Utah. While Mother visited in Salt Lake City, Utah t hey all stayed in Grandpa's and Grandma's Apartment. Grandpa and Grandma in the bed, mothe r and Brenda Kay in the pull out bed in the dining-room, and dad on the couch. After two o r three weeks Mother finally returned to Douglas, Arizona, and stayed with William Terry "Bil l" Wells' sister, Lola ( Lolie). William Terry "Bill" Wells was married to Mothers sister , Ella Burnice Martin. Mother got a job in Douglas, Arizona, north of town. A short time la ter dad informed Grandpa and Grandma that he was going to go get Mother. Dad rode down i n a bus to Douglas, Arizona and asked Mother to marry him. They took a bus to Las Vegas, Nev ada. In order to get married they had to stay over night and get a marriage license from th e court house. The cab drivers wife tended Brenda Kay while Dad and Mother got married Ma y 5, 1944.. Mother said at that time Las Vegas, Nevada was not like it is now with all th e wedding chapels, and if one wanted to get married they had to get a license from the cour t house. They stayed over night and then caught the bus to Salt Lake City, Utah. When Dad m arried mom, he also gained a daughter, my sister Brenda Kay [Brenda Kay Moore]. I have alway s thought my mother - Mary Thelma (Martin) Moore Thomas was absolutely beautiful, and conside red my father to be very handsome and distinguished looking. I can see why they were instant ly attracted to each other. Five more children were born to them. Mary Louise was born in 1 945 (my grandfather called her his little "Susie Q" and it stuck), Roylene was born in 1947 . Although Dad's name is John, after his father, my grandmothers sister talked grandma int o choosing Melroy as his middle name. No one ever liked that name. Since they didn't want t o confuse him with his father, he was always just called Roy...hence the name, Roylene. Royle ne has always felt special to be named after her dad. Mom and Dad were sealed in the Salt La ke City Temple when Roylene was one and Susie was three, making us an eternal family. Brend a was also sealed to Dad at this time. Don; at last a boy, was born in 1949; then came Ted i n 1950, and finally Nancy; the baby of the family, in 1957. Mother had started to learn how t o be a School teacher in college, and although she never graduated, she did get a special tea ching certificate from the State of Utah to teach the lower grades in Davis County, Utah. Mo ther taught school for most of her married life. After my Mother and Father were married, m y Father told my Mother that the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormon Churc h, was the only true church. My Mother read the Book Of Mormon and became converted to the C hurch, and really lived the teachings and principals of the Gospel better, through-out her li fe time, than my Father did.
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!OBITUARY: Elston C. Martin was born Sep. 13, 1914 in Hanna to Orlando and Nora (Russell) Mar tin, married Maurine Porak on June 29, 1946 in Muskogee, OK and died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 i n the Muskogee VA Hospital. Services were Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Hanna foll owed by burial in the Dustin Cemetery under the direction of Black's Funeral Home, Eufaula . Survivors include his wife; a daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Larry Leichtman of Virgin ia Beach, VA; three sisters, Nadine Martin of Eufaula, Mary Thomas of Salt Lake City, UT an d Bernice Wells of Tucson, AZ; three grandchildren, David Leichtman of Norman and Laura and L ogan Leichtman of Virginia Beach, VA. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister , Helen Duncan. - THE INDIAN JOURNAL, Thursday, December 7, 2000.
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!OBITUARY: The Indian Journal, Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma Newpaper, Volume Ninety - F ive, Thursday, April 15, 1971. No., 34. O.L. (LANNY) MARTIN BURIED AT DUSTIN APRIL 8. O.L. (L anny) Martin was born in Clarksville, Arkansas, October 17, 1874 and died April 3, 1971 in Tu cson, Arizona. He was 96 years 5 months and 16 days old. He was visiting with his daughter , Bernice in Tucson enroute to El Paso to visit with his son, and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Elston M artin, then planned on returning to Lakewood, California where he had made his home the las t 2 years. Martin was married to Nora Julia Russell [Julia Nora Russell] on June 23, 1912 . They have five children, which survive. They are: Helen Martin Duncan of Lakewood, Califo rnia, Elston C. Martin, El Paso, Texas, Bernice Martin Wells of Tucson, Arizona, Mary Marti n Thomas of Salt Lake City, Utah and Nadine Martin Wilson of Del City, Oklahoma. He had on e brother, Arris Martin of Sacramento, California, one sister Zola Carter of Bartlesville, Ok lahoma, 23 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He came to Hanna, Okla., in 1908 and pu rchased the farm where he lived the rest of his life with the exception of the last few year s when he moved to Dustin. Some things worth recalling, spoken by a very old and very dear f ather were recalled by his son: "He took the scripture literally." The 23rd Psalm being hi s favorite, he said, "I never let the sun catch me still in the house when I was farming, ear ly to bed and early to rise." When asked by his daughters why he wanted to leave his farm ho me and move to Dustin, he said, "Here on the farm I have the best neighbors in the world, the y will do anything for me, but they are all young people and young people are busy. Dustin h as many retired men, I will have someone to visit with and play dominoes." His grandson aske d him why he never started to drink and smoke like many other men. His answer was "Becaus e I had better sence and I knew it wasn't good for me." He told of working with a crew of me n while building the telephone lines from Vinita, Okla., to Ashland, Wisconsin. He said "Mos t of the other men would collect their pay checks each weekend and head for the nearest tow n to drink and gamble and by Monday morning they were broke, but I felt that my money was har d to earn so I mailed it to the bank instead." One of his grandsons inquired as to why he wa ited so long to get married. He answered "When I was a young man a couple would get marrie d and live with one set of parents for awhile and then go to live with the other set of paren ts. I made up my mind that I would not get married until I had a place to take my wife." Ma rtin helped to organize the Shell Creek School District in which he lived and helped to dra w up plans for the first school house and supervised its construction. He served on the scho ol board of trustees much of the time. For a short while when he was a young man he worked a t the first cement plant in Missouri. It was near Kansas City, Missouri and he saw the firs t paved street in Kansas City. He attended college in Clarksville, Arkansas at what is now T he College of the Ozarks in the late 1800's. He earned a teaching certificate and taught sch ool for 2 years in a rual district for $30.00 per month. After this he changed his employmen t to the Telephone Company. Mr. Martin was buried in Dustin Thursday, April 8. His funera l was at Dustin Baptist Church and Rev. D.C. Jackson officiated.
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!OBITUARY: Beloved Mother Mary Thelma Martin Thomas, born Nov. 8, 1918 in McIntosh County, Ok lahoma, to Orlando Martin and Julia Nora Russell Martin. Mother returned to her Father in He aven on June 7, 2003. Married John Melroy Thomas May 5, 1944 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marriag e later solomized in the Salt Lake Temple 1947. She was an Elementary School Teacher for 2 5 years in the Davis County School District. She was a Faithful Member of the LDS Church an d served as a Missionary on Temple Square and later as an Ordinance Worker in the Salt Lake T emple. She taught her children to love the Lord and had an unwavering testimony of The Churc h of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Survived by children: Mary Richards (Joseph Ned); Ro ylene Day; Don M. Thomas; Ted M. Thomas (Julie Vadnais); Nancy Collins (Joey), all of Salt La ke City, Utah. She had 21 Grand-Children, and 18 Great-Grand Children. Preceded in death b y husband; daughter, Brenda Kay McCurdy, and Son-in-Law, Marvin B. Day. Funeral, Larkin Mort uary, 263 South Temple Street. Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday June 13, 2003 at 2:00 PM. Viewi ng one hour before services. - Source - The Salt Lake Tribune & Deseret Newspapers, June 12 , 2003.
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!BIO: Mother was born on a farm 4 miles north of Hanna, Oklahoma. She was the forth of fiv e children. Her father held many different jobs before marrying a woman 15 years his junio r and becoming a farmer/rancher. He managed to hold onto the farm during the Oklahoma dust s torms and the depression, but it meant raising his children under trying circumstances. The y always had plenty of food but were poor materially. Mother said that she never had a birth day gift and considered an orange for Christmas just fine. She said no one else that she kne w had any more than her family did so it wasn't important. Her family were Baptist and the y attended the Southern Baptist Church. She said that as a child she always loved to read th e Bible. Uncle Elston told us that she would go to the barn and pretend that she was a preac her and call the farm animals to repentance. She said that she liked her church but always f elt that something was missing. When she read about feeling the Spirit she started looking f or a religion that could answer her questions about what that ment. At one time she was inte rested in what we believe must have been the Pentecostal Church. She said that they talked a bout feeling the spirit and that they were very lively. But she eventually decided that the y didn't fulfil her needs. She kept looking for a religion that did. In the meantime, Mothe r met and fell in love with dad in Douglas, Arizona while he was there visiting relatives. B oth had briefly been married before and mom had a little girl, Brenda, our older sister. Aft er the wedding they all came to Utah to live. It was through Dad that mom was introduced an d converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She spent the rest of her li fe deeply committed to the gospel and taught her children through her example and testimony t o love and embrace it in their lives as well. Mother was a beautiful women; not only spiritu ally but physically. I know that all children think that their mothers are beautiful, but ou rs actually was. When her children look at pictures of her, both when she was young and old , we all remark upon her beauty. Dad's hobby was photography. We have many pictures of Mo m that he has taken and he often remarked on how pretty he thought she was. Of course, eve n though she herself always made fun of us for talking about our pretty mother, she always to ok pride in her appearance. She always dressed well. It was important for her to keep her w eekly hair appointment. Watching her weight was a priority. When we were going through he r things we found out that at one time she had joined weight watchers to lose what could onl y have been a few pounds. Of course she made "goal" and became a life time member. When w e were young we could not go downtown even just to window shop, unless we were wearing a nic e dress. Mom loved dresses. When her daughters were married, she loved to take us to the ZC MI Dress Isle sale and treat us to a dress. She loved a sale and would always brag about ho w much money she had saved. After she passed away, we found a couple of dresses in her close t that still had the price tags attached and that she never got to wear. When Mom was in he r late thirties she decided that she needed to finish her education. Before the 2nd World Wa r she had attended college in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Her father said that all of his girls nee ded educations but that his son could fend for himself, as he had. Mom got married and neve r finished college at that time but eventually she and two of her sisters became school teach ers. She taught Elementary School until she retired at 65. We remember reading little note s that she received from the parents of her students praising her for being such a good teach er and telling how they would specifically request her for their children. Once she had Do n make her a tree house for her classroom. The kides got to read in it. They loved it. Som eone wrote about her idea and sent it into a magazine where she was praised for her innovativ e teaching methods. Mother was always and avid reader. There was always a stack of books o n the table that she was currently reading. If you wanted to get her a gift that you knew sh e would like you just had to buy her something to read. She didn't like fiction much. She s aid that she didn't want to waste her time on make believe. She loved biographies, real lif e murder mysteries and books about religion. When we were all young mom made our clothes. S he was an excellent seamstress. She made Don and Ted shirts and for Easter she made us girl s pretty new Easter dresses. She told us that she would pay for all the dresses we wanted i f we would learn how to sew and make them ourselves. No one took her up on it. Mom loved he r retirement years. She and dad took several memorable trips together with brother and siste r Van Otten. We're happy that sister Van Otten is still with us and pretty healty in her 90' s. Mother also enjoyed her good friends Schmity and Elfrieda who lived down the street. A t one time Mother was 1st Councilor to Elfrieda Schmidt in the Relief Society. Elfrieda wa s from Germany. She would talk to the sisters in her broken-English and then mother would ha ve to get up and translate what Elfrieda had said since she spent more time around her. Bot h Elfrieda and her husband Schmidty passed away last month. Mom and I became best friends af ter my marriage. It was more fun for me to spend time shopping or just talking on the phon e with mother than to be with friends my own age. Mom always took pride in her children, an d when she grew older she then also loved to hear about all the daily cute things that her gr andchildren said or did. She loved them unconditionally no matter what mistakes they might h ave made. She and Dad liked to travel to Panguitch to see Susie and Ned and their children . When my children came along they were up in age but they loved to be with them too. Don m oved home from Texas just as Dad became ill. He devoted a lot of time talking care of him an d then when he passed away, Mother became ill. The doctor told us that she wouldn't live ver y long because her heart was so bad, so Don decided to temporally move in and take care of he r. She eventually became so ill that he finally decided to quit his job and has taken care o f her 24 hours a day for the last three years. It has literally been a labor of love and w e owe him a great debt of gratitude, Don said that all his life he has heard about broken he arts but it wasn't until mom died that he truly learned what that meant. Don, we can never r epay you for the love, patience and time that you have given to both our parents. We love yo u very much. Although we miss mom, we know that she is having a joyous reunion with all he r loved ones who have gone on before. Mom said that the first person she wanted to meet is B renda who passed away 18 years ago. I know that they are catching up on a lot of things ove r there. We will always remember mom and we look forward to being together once again as a n eternal family. Until then, we love you Mother. - Source - Written by Roylene (Thomas) Da y and read by Nancy (Thomas) Collins at Mothers Funeral June 13, 2003.
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!SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX: Mary THOMAS. Birth Date: 8 Nov 1918. Death Date: 7 Jun 2003. So cial Security Number: 529-44-5886. State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Utah. Death Re sidence Localities ZIP Code: 84103. Localities: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; Slc, Salt La ke, Utah.
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