NAME: THELMA (FINLEY) LAYNE BUTLER, AGE 86, OF FARRIS, OK.

BORN: MARCH 27, 1910 AT DARWIN, OK TO AARON AND GEORGIA (WARD) FINLEY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1996 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 86 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: THELMA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CENTERPOINT, OK. MARRIED: PEM LAYNE ON JUNE 22, 1926 AT DARWIN. SMITH BUTLER ON JULY 8, 1988 AT FARRIS, OK. OCCUPATION: AFTER PEM AND SHE WERE MARRIED, THEY MOVED TO CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE WORKED IN AN AMMUNITION PLANT DURING WWII, AND LATER IN A CANNERY AT SUNNYVALE, CA. AFTER MOVING BACK TO FARRIS, SHE AND HUSBAND PEM OPERATED A LUMBER BUSINESS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS SAVED AS A YOUNG GIRL AND THEN REDEDICATED HER LIFE AT AGE 81 AND WAS BAPTIZED AGAIN AT FARRIS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. THELMA LOVED TO SING AND WOULD GO TO SINGINGS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, SHE WAS HAPPY AND LOVED TO LAUGH. SHE ENJOYED QUILTING AND PLAYING DOMINOES. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: SMITH BUTLER OF THE HOME IN FARRIS, OK. SONS: DOSS LAYNE OF SEATTLE, WA. TED LAYNE OF ADA, OK. DAUGHTERS: EVA LEE GORDON OF FARRIS, OK. RETHA MOFFATT OF MABANK, TX. KATHLEEN SATTERFIELD OF WICHITA, KS. SISTERS: VIOLA ROBERTSON. RUBY SINGLETON. STEP CHILDREN: CECIL RAY BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. JOHNNY BUTLER OF TULSA, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 32 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 4 STEP GRANDCHILDREN, AND 4 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: AARON AND GEORGIA FINLEY. FIRST HUSBAND: PEM LAYNE ON MAY 3, 1971. 2 BROTHERS. 10 SISTERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ FARRIS, OK. INTERMENT: DARWIN CEMETERY ~ NEAR FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: REV. BOB RAY. CASKETBEARERS: BILL LAYNE, BRUCE GORDON, LARRY SATTERFIELD, STAN MOFFATT, TED LAYNE, TIM ROMINES, CARL GORDON, BUD MOFFATT, RONNIE BUTLER, STACY BUTLER, BILL SATTERFIELD.