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Billie Koreen (Williams) Gaines of Canton (Indian name Ceheekuut meaning Lightning), passed away peacefully on May 9, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK at the age of 68 years. Koreen was born July 20, 1955, in Clinton, OK to Kenneth and Ida (Nibbs) Williams.
She was raised in Canton, OK. She attended Canton Schools. She worked at Cheyenne Industries in Fairview, OK. She moved to OKC and while living there she met her husband. She was married to David Gaines Sr. in Oklahoma City on December 22, 1975. She moved to Irving, Texas, and worked as a cafeteria worker for Coppell Schools in Coppell, Texas. She lived there with her husband and seven children for 17 years. Since 1998, she moved back home back to Canton, OK. She served a year as a JOM Coordinator for the Canton/Longdale area. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and the outdoors. She enjoyed making beaded teepees, and wreaths for passed loved ones and was very creative.
She is preceded in death by her husband David William Gaines, Sr.; her parents, Kenneth and Ida Williams; 4 brothers, Seger Williams, Ted Williams, Tim Williams, and William Williams; and 3 sisters, Verna Lou Williams, Ida Mae Williams Little Coyote, and Kathy Williams; nephew Lester Levi Four Horns, Jr. and niece Amy Gould. Surviving family include: 7 children, Monty Gaines of OKC; Melissa Gaines and John of Elgin, OK; Michelle Bullcoming and Aaron of Enid, OK; Markus Gaines and Holly of El Reno, OK; David Gaines Jr. and Jeanine of Sacramento, CA, Sheena Gaines and Russell of Mustang, OK and Silvia Hurlbut and Stephen of Oklahoma City, OK; 3 sisters, Karen Four Horns, Gail Williams, and Anna Williams; 2 brothers, Richard Williams, and Kenny Ray Williams; 12 grandchildren, Alex Gaines, Destiny Berumen, Sabrina Gaines, Hazel Gaines, Harper Gaines, Houston Gaines, Harlem Gaines, Luca Gaines, Landon Gaines, Cynthia Bullcoming, and Baska Koshiway; and special nephew Tyrone Littlecoyote.
An all-night wake service will be held at the Williams homeplace in Canton, OK on Sunday, May 12 at 7 p.m. It will be a Private Funeral ceremony. Interment will be at Canton Cemetery under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Canton. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.piercefuneralhomes.com.
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