Dr. Tony Thomas

Anthony Cullen Thomas was born in Shawnee Oklahoma on September 13, 1932, to Nola Francis Thomas and Jesse Cullen Thomas. He passed from this earth to his heavenly reward on November 7, 2025. He grew up on a farm in Shawnee, Oklahoma, 4 miles due north of OBU. He was a member of FFA and excelled in track at Shawnee high school. He was enrolled in Oklahoma A&M in 1950. He used his enrollment in ROTC to help pay for college. It was here that he met the love of his life Julia Mae Redden. He went on to achieve his Bachelor of Science degree in animal husbandry and on June 26, 1955 he and Julia Mae were married. He then entered his service in the United States Army for two years, then returning to Oklahoma State University to achieve his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. During this time, they had two children, Steven Anthony and Tami Lynn. After graduation, they moved their small family to Midwest City Oklahoma, where Dr. Anthony Thomas began practice with Dr. Gene Evans at Midwest Veterinary Hospital. Tony and Julia Mae immediately became involved in the community. Tony joined the local Rotary club and ran for and won a seat on the local school board, on which he served for 38 years. He served as president of the OSSBA and instructed new members of school boards all over Oklahoma. As a member of the Mid-Del school board, he frequently went to Washington DC in order to help create what is now known as impact aid for school systems that have military bases attached to them. He also assisted in the creation of what was then Rose State College. Tony also served on the Board of Directors for the college of veterinary medicine at Oklahoma State University and served on the board of acceptance. He also Served on the OVMA and was named the AVMA practitioner of the year. Any that knew him knew that he was a proud OSU cowboy and had season tickets for 60 years!
He was preceded in death by his wife, Julia Mae. His parents Nola and Jesse. He is survived by his daughter, Tami Druzba and her husband, Glenn. His son, Steve and his wife Susan. His former daughter-in-law, Theresa Williams and her husband Jody. His grandchildren, Cameron, Carter, Taylor DellaVecchio and her husband Michael, Summer McNeil, Katie Cox and her husband, Richard and Seneca Savoie. His great grandchildren, Collins Mae, Rhys Cullen, Hayley McNeil, Payton Cox, and her husband, Caleb, Cheyenne, Teagan, Allie, Nora land his great great grandchild, Ace.