Helen Agnes Reed Thomas, long-time Chandler, Oklahoma, resident, was born on June 27, 1919, in Chandler, and departed this life on August 30, 2006, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, at the age of 87 years.

Helen was the daughter of George W. and Annie "Agnes" Hall Reed.

She married Byron "Bill" Garfield Thomas on December 27, 1938, in Chandler.

She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ in Chandler.

Her parents, husband, daughter, Mary; brother, J. M. Reed and sister, Rhoda Ann Cook preceded Helen in death.

Survivors include, two daughters, Agnes Viola Jones of Edmond, Oklahoma, Linda Helen Anthony of Stillwater, Oklahoma, two sons, John Byron Thomas and Matthew Robert Thomas of Stillwater, Oklahoma, one brother, Billy Carson Reed of St. Louis, Missouri, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren as well as other relatives and many friends.

Expression of sympathies may be made to the Judith Karman Hospice at 918 S. Main, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074.

Published September 2, 2006.