John S. Thomas

© Enid News and Eagle

11-03-2016

Submitted by: Glenn

The funeral service for John S. Thomas, 74, is 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, at Wakita First Christian Church. Burial follows at Wakita Cemetery, with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Medford. Viewing is 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today, Nov. 3, 2016, with family present 6-8 p.m. Condolences may be made at www.LanmanMemorials.com.

John was born April 11, 1942, in Enid to Sherman Evan Thomas and Martha Williams Thomas, and passed from this life Oct. 30, 2016, in Oklahoma City. John graduated from Wakita High School in 1960 and from OU in 1964. Immediately after college, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He saw active duty in Germany and Vietnam. After active duty, he enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National Reserves. He finished with the military with the rank of colonel. When he was released from active duty, he started attending and graduated from OU Law School with a Juris Doctorate Degree. He set up a private law firm in Enid, and it was open for over forty years. He was a huge fan of high school and college football, especially OU football. He attended his last OU football game in 2014.

Survivors include his wife, Johnnie Thomas; his son, John Evan Thomas; grandson, Gavin Sherman Thomas; stepdaughters, Kristy Tipton and husband, John and Leslie Friend; step-grandsons, Justin and Josh Johnson; nephew, Doug Seely; brother-in-law, Jerry Seely and his children, Doug and Ashley and many other relatives and friends.

Those who preceded him in death include his parents and his sister, Mary Ann Thomas Seely.

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