Individual Details
Thelma Claudine McDaniel
(2 Feb 1933 - 12 Dec 2017)
Thelma Claudine McDaniel Hutchison Smith was born February 2, 1933, and passed away on December12th at her home in Dumas.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 16, 2017, at 6th and Meredith Street Church of Christ with Chris Benson and David Bonner officiating. Burial will be in Stratford Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors of Dumas, 500 N. Maddox Ave.
Thelma was always surrounded by a lot of friends. In her later years, she attended many funerals. Following one funeral, she remarked that she was going to have to find some younger friends. She was a member of a troop of senior entertainers known as the Darlin' Ding-a-lings. She made a point of entertaining at all area nursing homes, knowing she would most likely end up in one. She was an active member of the Red Hat Society and a longtime member of the 6th and Meredith Street Church of Christ.
Thelma was once appalled when she learned her nephew, Mike, had placed his beloved dog in a freezer upon the dog's death. She told family members that if she went missing to look for her in the freezer. For years when people inquired about her health she would reply she was just one bark away from the freezer.
Thelma attended primary and secondary school in Kerrick and Stratford, Texas and college in Goodwell, Oklahoma. She always bragged she was first in her 8th grade class in Kerrick. Eventually, her children learned she was the only one in her class.
Thelma enjoyed being around friends and family. She loved going to the farm where she was born and staying in her cabin in New Mexico.
A woman of immense energy, when Thelma began to complain of a lack of energy she learned the electrical part of her heart would no longer work without a pacemaker. Her pacemaker came with a lifetime warranty and she wondered what exactly that meant for her. So, Thelma departed this life on December 12, 2017, at the age of 84 - obviously the pacemaker failed.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Minna McDaniel, her brother, Fred McDaniel, husband, Duane Smith, and son, Al Smith.
She is survived by two sons and their wives, Ron and Lana Hutchison of Longview, Texas and Scott and Nita Hutchison of Lubbock, daughters, Sherri Hutchison of Arnold, Missouri and Terry and husband Larry Macomber, of Dennison, Texas and daughter-in-law, Stephnie Smith of Dumas. Thelma has many nieces and nephews, but was especially close to her brothers' children, Mike McDaniel of Kerrick and Patti McDaniel of Aurora, Colorado. She is survived by 11 granddaughters, 11 great-granddaughters and 8 great-grandsons.
The family will celebrate a live well lived with one last rendition of "Too Fat Polka" on an accordion.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 16, 2017, at 6th and Meredith Street Church of Christ with Chris Benson and David Bonner officiating. Burial will be in Stratford Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors of Dumas, 500 N. Maddox Ave.
Thelma was always surrounded by a lot of friends. In her later years, she attended many funerals. Following one funeral, she remarked that she was going to have to find some younger friends. She was a member of a troop of senior entertainers known as the Darlin' Ding-a-lings. She made a point of entertaining at all area nursing homes, knowing she would most likely end up in one. She was an active member of the Red Hat Society and a longtime member of the 6th and Meredith Street Church of Christ.
Thelma was once appalled when she learned her nephew, Mike, had placed his beloved dog in a freezer upon the dog's death. She told family members that if she went missing to look for her in the freezer. For years when people inquired about her health she would reply she was just one bark away from the freezer.
Thelma attended primary and secondary school in Kerrick and Stratford, Texas and college in Goodwell, Oklahoma. She always bragged she was first in her 8th grade class in Kerrick. Eventually, her children learned she was the only one in her class.
Thelma enjoyed being around friends and family. She loved going to the farm where she was born and staying in her cabin in New Mexico.
A woman of immense energy, when Thelma began to complain of a lack of energy she learned the electrical part of her heart would no longer work without a pacemaker. Her pacemaker came with a lifetime warranty and she wondered what exactly that meant for her. So, Thelma departed this life on December 12, 2017, at the age of 84 - obviously the pacemaker failed.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Minna McDaniel, her brother, Fred McDaniel, husband, Duane Smith, and son, Al Smith.
She is survived by two sons and their wives, Ron and Lana Hutchison of Longview, Texas and Scott and Nita Hutchison of Lubbock, daughters, Sherri Hutchison of Arnold, Missouri and Terry and husband Larry Macomber, of Dennison, Texas and daughter-in-law, Stephnie Smith of Dumas. Thelma has many nieces and nephews, but was especially close to her brothers' children, Mike McDaniel of Kerrick and Patti McDaniel of Aurora, Colorado. She is survived by 11 granddaughters, 11 great-granddaughters and 8 great-grandsons.
The family will celebrate a live well lived with one last rendition of "Too Fat Polka" on an accordion.
Events
| Birth | 2 Feb 1933 | Dallam County, Texas | |||
| Marriage | 31 May 1970 | Amarillo, Potter County, Texas - Duane Altemon Smith |  |  | |
| Death | 12 Dec 2017 | Dumas, Moore County, Texas | |||
| Burial | 16 Dec 2017 | Stratford Cemetery, Sherman County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Duane Altemon Smith (1928 - 2014) |
| Spouse | Russell Lee Hutchison ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Duane A SmithSex Male
Age 42
Marriage Date 31 May 1970
Marriage Place Potter, Texas, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1928
Spouse's Name Thelma C Mcdaniel
Spouse's Age 38
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1932
Endnotes
1. Texas Marriages, 1966-2010 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTGN-RZL.
2. Find a Grave Memorial 185901385.