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Roy Thomas DeLay 05-16-2012 ©Enid News and Eagle Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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ENID — Going Home service for Roy Thomas “Cotton” DeLay will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2012, at New Covenant Fellowship Church, Goltry, Okla., with Pastor Dale Cummins and Dr. Larry DeLay officiating. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Helena. Memories may be shared at www.lanmanmemorials.com.
Cotton was born Oct. 26, 1924, to Tom and Stella DeLay in Haileyville, Okla., and went to his Heavenly home on Sunday, May 13, 2012, at the age of 87.
He graduated from Haileyville High School in 1943.
He and Vaudie Claudine DeLay, his wife of 61 years, were married Sept. 23, 1950.
Cotton worked at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and moved to Helena in 1957 to work at Helena State School for Boys. He drove a propane truck for Modern Fuel Co.
He and Claudine owned and operated C&C Grocery for 20 years before retiring in 1992.
Cotton was licensed to preach in 1969 and spent 29 years pastoring churches in Freedom, Carmen and Cleo Springs. He was a member of Goltry New Covenant Fellowship Church, Masonic Lodge 298, Order of the Eastern Star and Advisory Committee for the James Crabtree Correctional Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Truman DeLay.
He is survived by his wife, Claudine of the home; daughter, Tommi Berg and husband Gean of Helena; two granddaughters, Jennifer Klingman and husband Chris of Edmond, and Sabrina Diffee and husband Steve of Midwest City; two great-granddaughters, McKenna Mach and Landry Klingman; and one great-grandson, Griffin Klingman.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Circle of Love or New Covenant Fellowship Church.
(Submitted by family)
Vaudie Claudene Carter DeLay 05-16-2012 © Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
© Lanman Funeral Home, Inc.
March 28, 1932 ~ November 28, 2020
Vaudie Claudene DeLay was born to James and Josie Mae Carter on March 28, 1932 in Coweta, Oklahoma. She left this earth for her Heavenly home on November 28, 2020 at the age of 88.
She was one of twelve children and attended school at Coweta and Limestone Gap. She gave her heart to Jesus at an early age and was a charter member of the Lonestar Baptist Church. Claudene married Roy Thomas (Cotton) DeLay on September 23, 1950. They were married for 62 years. They had one daughter Tommi Jean. They moved to Helena in 1957. Claudene worked for Hoyt’s Grocery Store for several years. She and Cotton eventually bought the grocery store and operated C & C Grocery until they retired in 1992. Claudene loved to cook and bake and she read cook books like most people read novels. She had no old family recipes to pass down because she was always trying some new recipe. She was well known for taking her home baked pies to people who were sick or had a death in the family and also to fellowship dinners at church. She never missed an opportunity to go to church. She loved God, she loved her family and she loved listening to music. She was a member of New Covenant Fellowship Church in Goltry, Oklahoma, Order of the Eastern Star and also served as a Helena Election Official.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Roy Thomas (Cotton); sisters, Ellamae, Opal, Helen and Jane; brothers, James Carol, Frank, and Howe King.
Claudene is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Tommi and Gean Berg; granddaughters, Jennifer and Chris Klingman and Sabrina Diffee; great-granddaughters, McKenna Mach and Landry Klingman; great-grandson, Griffin Klingman; sisters, Wilma Holmes, Margaret and Ned Tucker, Louise and Dwain Denton and brother, Phillip and Carole Carter; many nieces, nephews and friends.
Going Home service will be Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at Helena First Christian Church. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery near Helena. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be Tuesday 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. www.lanmanmemorials.com Facebook: Lanman Funeral Home Inc.
Memorials may be made to New Covenant Fellowship Church in Goltry, Oklahoma or the Helena First Christian Church through the funeral
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