Thelma Lee Boles, 96, of Center passed away Sunday, September 3, 2023, in Katy, Texas.

Funeral Services will be at 10 am Friday September 8, 2023 at Watson & Sons Funeral Home, Brother Hayden Wilkes officiating. Interment will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center. There will be a visitation Thursday September 7, from 6 to 8 pm at Watson & Sons Funeral home.

Thelma Boles was born December 16, 1926, in Center, Texas to Coley F. Beckham and Mary Matsler Beckham.

After graduating from Center High School, she married Waylon S. Boles Sr. and they moved to Almeda California where he served in the Navy for the last two years of World War ll and she worked to support the war effort.

After the war they moved to Houston raised a family and had successful careers.

After retirement they moved back to Center to be close to their relatives and friends.

Thelma was a member of the First Baptist Church in Center.  One of her greatest pleasures was being a part of her Sunday School Class at First Baptist.  She became a member in the late 1980’s and remained active until 2015, when she had to go live with her children in Katy due to an injury. Thelma is preceded in death by her Husband, Waylon S. Boles Sr.; Father, Coley F. Beckham and Mother, Mary Matsler Beckham; Brother- in- Law, James Neil Campbell and Sister- in- law Jimmie Louise Boles.

  She is survived by Sons, Steve Boles and wife Terri of Houston, and Waylon S. Boles Jr. and wife Fay of Center; Grandsons Waylon S. Boles lll of Graford Texas, and Kirby Chase Boles of Center.  Granddaughter Izabella Rose Boles of Graford, Texas: Brother-n-law Weldon Boles of Center and sister-n-laws Mary Helen Boles Campbell, and Sandra Wheeler of Center. Numerous nieces, nephews, friends and extended family members.

Our entire family wants to thank Gods’ helping angel Taiwo Sosanya. Otherwise known to us as Tai. She adopted mother in the nursing home, way before COVID, and was our everything right up to the last minute.  No words can describe the wonderful helper and friend she became to mother and our family. Tai blessed mother and our family with her love and selfless devotion. Our prayer is that God bless her with even greater love thru out her life.

In lieu of flowers, the family ask that you make donations to the Alzheimer’s Association. Online condolences & tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfh.com