Old Bemmington Presbyterian Church Cemetery (OBPC)

Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma

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Submitted by: Terry Dudley

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Wesley Ervin Barfield

April 11, 1929 ~ June 28, 2023

Wesley Ervin (W.E. or Wes) Barfield went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at the age of 94. He was born on April 11, 1929 to John Ervin Barfield and Almeida Demontolp Nance Barfield (also known as Taultsie, or Granny White).

Wes was born in a tent, in a cedar break, in Menard, Texas. He walked to school for a while until he learned to ride a bike. Then he rode three and a half miles on his bike to school. Wes grew up picking cotton and working on a ranch, where Taultsie cooked for all the ranch hands.

He met the love of his life, Wanda Lou Wright, at a café in Purmela, Texas. Lou wrote “Wash Me” on the back of his 1939 Ford. They wrote letters when Wes was stationed in Korea. Wes and Lou married June 19, 1954, after his first deployment. They had two sons, Kenneth Wesley of Bennington, Oklahoma and Bryan Ervin of Midlothian, Texas. Lou went to Heaven in 2003. At the time of his death, he was married to Mary Wynn Barfield.

Wes was very involved in Kenwood Baptist Church in Oak Cliff, Texas after he accepted Christ into his life. Every year the men would go fishing at Lake Texoma to catch fish for a community fish fry for the church. He was influential in many of the “preacher boys” lives from the church. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Soper, Oklahoma at the time of his death.

Those left to cherish memories of Wes are: his wife Mary Wynn Barfield of the home, his sons Kenneth Barfield and wife Jan of Bennington, Oklahoma and Bryan Barfield and wife Jan of Midlothian, Texas, his stepchildren Bobby Wynn and wife Nelda, Ricky Wynn and wife Mary, Janie Mayo and husband Randy, and Patricia Hatch and husband Gary, as well as his brother L.D. White, of Log Cabin, Texas. His legacy lives on with his grandchildren Jaci Bates of Bennington, Oklahoma, Jay and Sasha Barfield of Bennington, Oklahoma, Jakeb and Jeannie Barfield of Allen, Oklahoma, Jaelin and Dustin Baker of Bennington, Oklahoma, Kelli and Nathan Siegler of Midlothian, Texas, Kyle and Hailey Barfield of Midlothian, Texas, and Kody Barfield and fiancé Kate of Itasca, Texas, as well as his great-grandchildren Rhylar, Jace, Jarret, Jadyn, Davin, Zane, Maddox, Gunner, Westyn, Kole, Kaylie, Emeri, Easton, Eliana, and Evie.

Preceding him in death are his father John Ervin Barfield, mother Almeida White, his loving wife Lou “Mama Lou” Barfield, and his great-grandson Mason Barfield.

Family Hour will be from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, July 2, 2023 at Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home in Durant, Oklahoma. His funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 3, 2023 at Blue River Fellowship in Caddo, Oklahoma with Ronnie Yarber, David McNary, and Tyler Eggalston officiating. Wesley will be laid to rest in Old Church Cemetery in Bennington, Oklahoma following his funeral service.

Those serving as pallbearers are Jay Barfield, Jakeb Barfield, Kyle Barfield, Kody Barfield, Nathan Siegler, and Dustin Baker. Honorary pallbearers are his great-grandsons Jace, Jarret, Rhylar, Kole, Easton, Gunner, Westyn, Davin, Zane, and Maddox.

Services are under the direction of Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home, 121 North 5th Street, Durant, Oklahoma 74701. www.holmescoffeymurray.com