Onita Rampy Thomas' Obituary
CLARENDON SERVICES- 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 9, 2006 in the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Larry White of Amarillo, and Rev. Eddy Helms, Pastor of the Faith Baptist Church in Wellington, officiating. BURIAL- Citizens Cemetery Mrs. Thomas was born in Potosi, Texas and spent her early life in Donley County. She was a resident of Amarillo for several years before returning to Clarendon in 1964. She graduated from Lelia Lake High School in 1954 and then from Northwest Texas Hospital School Of Nursing as an RN. She worked at Northwest Texas Hospital for several years, then Adair Hospital in Clarendon, later at the Donley County Rural Health Clinic, and then the Clarendon Family Medical Center. She had served on the Clarendon College Nursing Advisory Board, the Donley County Hospital District Board of Directors, the Donley County Senior Citizens Board, and with the American Cancer Society - Donley County Chapter. She worked many years as a Boy Scout Mother, and was active in many areas of the First Baptist Church. She married Claude Irven "Bud" Thomas on August 17, 1957 at Amarillo. She had been an RN for the past 50 years. She is preceded in death by her husband on May 29, 1997; 2 brothers, Delbert Rampy and Don Rampy; and a sister, Jo Beth Warren. She is survived by 4 sons, James Thomas and wife Marva of Clarendon, Irven Thomas and wife Kim of Amarillo, Gary Thomas and wife Judy of Clarendon, Arlis Thomas of Clarendon; 2 sisters, Willa Bolin of Texoma, OK, Janette Baumberger of Amarillo; 3 brothers, Troy Rampy of Santa Clara, CA, Aubrey Rampy of Engram, TX, Lynn Rampy of Las Cruces, NM; and 10 grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be to the Donley County Senior Citizens Association in Clarendon.
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