Thelma was born in Tuttle, OK. At 6 weeks of age, she traveled with her family via covered wagon to Pittsburg County, living in Haywood, Celestine, Hartshorne and Krebs before her family settled in McAlester. She had lived here from 1924 until 1990, when she moved to Bartlesville to be near her family, Doug and Shirley Drumb. She graduated from McAlester High School in 1929, and worked for S.H. Kress until her marriage to William (Bill) Drumb on Nov. 28, 1931. Her husband was the owner/operator of Drumb's Garage in North McAlester until his retirement in 1978. She took an active interest in every phase of the growth and history of North McAlester, becoming known as the unofficial mayor and historian of the area. She served as president of the Edmond Doyle PTA, where her three children attended grade school. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church, served as the church clerk, was president of the Women's Missionary Union, Sunday school teacher, choir member and officer in its various organizations. She began the first Girl's Auxiliary and Royal Ambassadors programs at the church and took the first group of youth from Second Baptist Church to the Kiamichi Baptist Camp. She later moved her membership to the First Baptist Church of McAlester where she continued attending, singing in the choir and teaching the Adult Women's Class. After raising her children, she completed cosmetology training in 1953, and established her own business, Drumb's Beauty Salon, becoming a member of the "Thunderbirds", a state hair fashion committee organization of qualifying hairdressers and salon owners. She was a longtime member in the McAlester Business and Professional Women's Club and continued working until moving to Bartlesville. She was also a lifetime member in the Rebekah Lodge of McAlester and had held all of the officer's chairs of the lodge during her active years of membership. She organized the Old Town Fair in which the whole town took part with entertaining planned from morning to evening. Then Gov. George Nigh was in attendance and presented Thelma with a plaque recognizing her as "The Woman of the Year". She and her husband were instrumental in starting the annual North Town Reunion Picnic, which began at Juniper Point in 1976, and has now moved to Hutchison Park in North McAlester. The picnic and fair continues to meet in October of each year. She passed away at her home at the age of 94. Survivors include her two sons, Douglass Drumb and his wife, Shirley, of Bartlesville and Donald Drumb, of Sulphur; one daughter, Alice Robinson and her husband, John, of Owasso; two sisters, Mrs. Dain (Jean) Higdon, of San Antonio, Texas and Mrs. Gilbert (Ruth) Weldon, of Bartlesville; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Noel Dell Douglass, of McAlester; four granddaughters, Mrs. Harvey (Kay) Little; Ms. Michael (Donna) Wagner, Mrs. Ron (Tammy) Marshall and Mrs. Mike (Heather) Christian; two grandsons, Mark Drumb and Cole Drumb; seven great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill, on Oct. 31, 1982; her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J.R. Douglass; three sisters, Mrs. Guy (Edna) Frederick, Mrs. Joe (Nell) Young, and Margaret, who died at the age of 18 months, and two brothers, Staff Sgt. C. Noel Douglass who was killed in action April 1944, and Lewis E. (Bud) Douglass. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bishop Funeral Chapel in McAlester with her nephew, Noel Weeks, of Bartlesville, officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery at McAlester under the direction of Stumpff Funeral Home and Crematory.