Thelma L (Smith) & John Addison Castle
Tombstone Photo
Silent Home Cemetery
Roll, Roger Mills County, OK

Photos © Karen Harman

Thelma L. Smith Castle

© Cheyenne Star

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Thelma L. Castle was born June 16, 1920 in Roll, Oklahoma and passed away May 7, 1991 in the Enid Regional Hospital of Enid, Oklahoma at the age of 70 years, 10 months and 21 days.

Thelma, the daughter of Nelson C. "Bob" and Lula Bell Smith, was raised in Roll and on August 5, 1940 she married John Addison Castle in Cheyenne, Oklahoma and they moved to Phillips, Texas.

After her husband's death in 1947, she moved to Elk City, Oklahoma where for years she cared for people in their homes.

Due to her health she had moved to Enid to be near her daughter.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother and one sister.

She is survived by two daughters, Jahnon Yoes and her husband Myles of Enid, Oklahoma; and Judy Landry of Germany; two sisters, June Scrivner of Reydon, Oklahoma and Ruby Lee of Fritch, Texas; three brothers, Floyd Nelson "Bud" Smith of Pampa, Texas; Gordon Smith of Roll, Oklahoma; and William Coleman "Dub" Smith of Perryton, Texas; four grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.

Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 11, 1991 at 2:00 p.m. at the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with A. L. Martin officiating.

Burial followed under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service, Cheyenne.