Thelma Quattlebaum Knoles-Garrett of Shawnee passed away February 17, 2013, in Midwest City, Oklahoma.

She was 74 years old.

Thelma was born March 25, 1938, in Jacktown, the daughter of James Coleman and Leah Jane Quattlebaum Brasiel.

Thelma loved many things in life, especially her family and church, as they were most important to her. She enjoyed being a longtime member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Shawnee and especially spending time with her Sunday school friends traveling and playing cards.

She also worked as a volunteer at the Shawnee Senior center where she will be greatly missed.

Thelma is preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Rev. Robert E. Knoles and Jerry Garrett; her sisters, Wanda Kimer and Lola Taylor and a brother, James Coleman Jr.

Those left to cherish her memory include her brother, Jimmy Quattlebaum and his wife Wanda of Shawnee; her daughter Katrina Comer and her husband Wylie of Shawnee; a son, Robert Kevin Knoles and his wife Aline of Shawnee; eleven grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and loved ones.

Services for Thelma will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 22, at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Shawnee with interment to follow at Jamison Cemetery in Jacktown.