Thelma Thurman

1929 - 2014

Thelma McDonnell Jeter Thurman, 85, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at Grace Care Center in Olney, Texas. She was born Feb. 11, 1929, in Double Mountain, Stonewall County, Texas to the late Quincey Truman and Opal Harvey (Agnew) McDonnell.
She was a graduate of Aztec High School class of 1948. She married Harold "Major" Jeter on Sept. 17, 1948, in Portales. He passed away on Dec. 26, 1972. She later married Arlin Thurman on Sept. 16, 1977, at the Young County Courthouse in Graham, Texas. He passed away in July of 1984. She moved to Olney in 1975 from Gig Harbor, Wash., and worked for nine years in the laundry department at Seven Oaks Nursing Home and for 15 years in housekeeping at Hamilton Hospital. Thelma was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Olney.
Thelma was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; and one sister LaVern Fletcher. She is survived by her three sons, Kenneth Jeter of Olalla, Wash., Larry Jeter and wife Pat of Blanco and Ralph Jeter and wife Shirley of Olney, Texas; daughter LaDene Whitaker and husband Dexter of Olney, Texas; brother, Q.T. McDonnell and wife Montene of Conner, Ark.; 16 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Family visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, at the funeral home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 24, in the chapel of Lunn Funeral Home in Olney, Texas. with Pastor Chad Edgington of the First Baptist Church and Scotte Clark of Olney, officiating. Interment will follow in the Restland Cemetery in Olney, Texas.
The family requests that memorials be made to Solaris Hospice, 2250 South FM 51, Decatur, Texas 76234, or to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 734, Olney, Texas 76374.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn Funeral Home, 300 South Ave. M,
Olney, Texas, 940-564-5533. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lunnfuneralhome.com.