Funeral service for Thelma Brown, 97, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, September 8, 2014, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Metz, Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Crowley, Texas officiating. Mrs. Brown died Thursday, September 4, 2014, in a local hospital. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. *The family will greet friends from 2 pm till 4 pm Sunday at the funeral home.* Thelma was born March 30, 1917 in Stephens County near Comanche, Oklahoma to Edward Columbus and Fannie (Swanson) Shelly. She married Thomas Jefferson Brown on October 21, 1933 in Lawton. He died June 3, 1958. She was a lady with a heart of gold who always put her family first. She had been employed with the dietary section of Southwestern Hospital for many years. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She is survived by three sons, Thomas J. Brown, Lawton, Robert and his wife Anita Brown, Elgin, and Bill Ray and his wife Brinda Brown, Elgin; thirteen grandchildren and their spouses, Terrie and Gary Metz, Sandra and Jim Helvey, Brenda and Nolan Hartgrave, Connie Russell, Tony Russell, Anissa and Allen Wawak, Shelly and Eric Bilderback, Jaime and Jerrod Lundry, Tamara and Jeffrey Jones, Tracey and Rob Jones, Tanya and Dennis King, Ashley and Chris Hale, and April and Mike Brown; twenty seven great grandchildren; sixteen great great grandchildren; a son in law, Howie "PeeWee" Russell; a sister in law, Pearl "Sissy" Musgrove; and numerous other friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by two sons, Jerry Donald Brown and Gene Irvin Brown and a daughter, Chleota Russell.