A funeral service for Thomas “Tommy” Sowles, age 65, will be at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Sherry Shaw officiating.  Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation with the family will be Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

            He was born to Marion Taylor and Ruth Irene (Swanson) Sowles on April 9, 1942, in Enid, and died Sunday, June 10, 2007, at his home in Enid.

            Tommy grew up in Enid, graduating from Enid High School in 1960.   He served in the United States Air Force for four years.   He then served in the Army National Guard, retiring after twenty years.  On April 29, 1967, he married Edna M. Fenton in Shiloh, Illinois, and they made their home in Hunter for twenty-four years.  They moved to Enid in 1996.  He worked for the United States Postal Service for thirty-four years until his retirement in 2003.  Tommy bowled on several bowling leagues.

            He is survived by his wife Edna of the home; two daughters, April Sowles of Owasso, and Glenda Crow of Enid; two sons, Thomas Smith of Enid and Tim Foster of Pensacola, Florida; eleven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

            He was preceded in death by his brother Bobby Gene Sowles and sister Irene E. Fuller.

            Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Circle of Love.