THELMA JEAN GARRETT
PICKETT-CENTER-Services for Thelma Jean Garrett, 81, Pickett-Center, are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church, Revs. Glen Eaves and Mick Snider will officiate. Burial will follow at Maxwell Cemetery.
Mrs. Garrett died Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at an assisted living center in Ada. She was born April 29, 1929 at Oil Center, Oklahoma to Hansel and Floy Sutton Burk. She attended Maxwell and Vanoss grade schools and graduated from Vanoss High School.
She married O. D. "Pug" Garrett on August 2, 1948. He preceded her in death on October 31, 2008. Mrs. Garrett was a sales clerk for Dillon's Department Store and the Curiosity Shop in Ada, and a longtime active member of the Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church. She played the piano for services for over 65 years at the church and was also the pianist for the Tiger Mountain Camp Meetings near Henryetta for many years.
Survivors include a granddaughter, April Taylor and her husband Chris, Ada; three great grandchildren, Garrett Taylor, Paige Taylor and Lynndie Taylor; and a son-in-law, Gene Garner, Ada.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Sondra Garner and a grandson, Dustin Garner.
Bearers will be Wayne Willoughby, Toby Willoughby, Mike Casady, Matt Cooley, John Henry Lippard and Randy Ethridge. Honorary bearers will be Delton Sutton, Jimmy Ward and Ronnie Rowe.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada