Thomas Mabry Foreman, age 100, died on Monday, September 4, 2023, in Elkhart, Kansas.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM Central Time on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at the New Horizon Church in Felt, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, New Mexico.
Thomas Mabry Foreman was born August 14, 1923, on a farm in Wheeless, OK, to Arthur Cam Foreman and Josie Bell Mabry Foreman.
Mabry and his siblings, A.C., Marcia, and Aubrey faced extraordinary challenges in their formative years growing up in the Oklahoma panhandle, the heart of the “Dust Bowl”, during the “Great Depression.” Their father was unable to do physical work due to emphysema and the oldest brother was disabled. This left the two younger brothers, at just 10 and 9 responsible for the farm work. Like many of their neighbors, they lived off large gardens, livestock,…
