Our sympathies extended to the families of...Barbara Jo (Noble) Thomas

Barbara Jo (Noble) Thomas, 76, of Allen, Oklahoma passed away due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease on Sunday, February 20, 2022, in McAlester, Oklahoma.

Barbara was born on March 22, 1945 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Ernest T. Noble, Sr. and Lena M. (Donaho) Noble. She was the baby of nine siblings whom she adored. She so loved spending Thanksgivings with them at momma and daddy’s house, eating, laughing, and spinning yarns.

While working at US Steel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Barbara met Bob Thomas and they quickly fell for each other. She eloped with the love of her life on December 1, 1974 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the arrival of their second child, they moved to Mustang, Oklahoma where they lived for eighteen years. After ten years in Heath, Texas, they retired to Allen, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma in 2005. She loved watching the sunsets, drinking Dr. Pepper, and taking care of their “Oreo” Belted Galloway cows.

Barbara was a dog lover, deal hunter, and doting mother. There was nothing more important to her than her two boys, who credit any storytelling skills and wit to her as she would have wanted.

She is preceded in death by her father Ernest Noble, Sr.; her mother; Lena (Donaho) Noble; her brothers Ernie Noble, Jr. and Paschell Noble; and her sisters Ruth Harris, Connie Solow, Ethlyene Noble and Elaine Sinko.

Barbara is survived by her husband of 47 years Bob Thomas; her sons Matthew Thomas and wife, Aylin Thomas, of Austin, Texas, and Ryan Thomas and wife, Christine Giordano, of Waco, Texas; her two grandchildren Henrietta Thomas and Louisa Thomas; her sister Jeanne Foster and husband, Gary Foster, of Ft. Smith, Arkansas; her brothers Bob Noble and wife, Cecilia Noble, of Stratford, and Tommy Noble and wife, Debbie Noble, of Sulphur; her niece Karen Bonner Sivilis of Bartlesville; along with many other wonderful nieces, nephews, and other family and friends.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 12 ^th , at the McGee Cemetery in Stratford, Oklahoma. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 14 ^th , in Stratford, Oklahoma at the Stratford Senior Citizens Center, 401 W Main Street, Stratford, OK 74872.

In remembrance of Barbara Jo’s life, the family asks that charitable donations be made to the Pontotoc Animal Welfare Society, the Fischer Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, and the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund.

The family is fi nding solace in the knowledge that Barbara Jo knows who all her friends and family are and, most of all, who Barbara Jo is again.