Services for Delbert Wayne “Polk Salad” Allison, 83, of Overbrook were held at 1 p.m. Monday, January 7 at Christ Tabernacle of Marietta with Pastor Stephen Carroll and Pastor Ronnie Carroll officiating.

Interment followed in the Crinerville Cemetery.

Wayne was born on August 16, 1935, in Simon to Loyd and Ethel “Dutch” Allison. On Friday, January 4, 2019, Wayne, loving husband, father and papa, went to his heavenly home after battling cancer.

He attended and graduated school at Meadowbrook where he enjoyed playing basketball. Wayne worked hard during his life. He remembered riding in the back of the family pickup truck all the way to California in 1947 where they worked in a peach orchard. He assemble boxes for three cents a box and could make $3 per day. Back in Oklahoma he worked in the peanut field, the oil field, and on the ranch. Wayne also drove a truck for Marietta Sportswear for a number of years until his retirement in 1994. During his life he spent many hours on the back of a horse or in the woods with a dog. He was an avid team roper and coon hunter for many years. Throughout his life he has had many lifelong friends, many of whom knew him as “Polk Salad.” Wayne also enjoyed spending time with his family. He especially loved being around his grandchildren who were the joy of his life and could do no wrong. He regularly attended Christ Tabernacle Church and was very proud to be baptized by Pastor Ronnie Carroll on May 1, 2016. He knew he had a home in heaven and reminded his family many times after he became ill.

On May 4, 1973, he and Elsie Harmon were married in Ardmore. Wayne helped raise one son, Troy, and two daughters, Sheila and Tenia. On July 8, 1991, Wayne married Sharon Domoney. He helped raise three daughters, Traci, Shari, and Karen.

Wayne was preceded in death by his father and mother, Loyd and Dutch; wife, Elsie; brother, Harold; sister, Arzella Harper; and granddaughter, Lynzi Hockersmith.

Survivors include his wife, Sharon of the home; son, Troy Harmon and wife Joy of Marietta; five daughters, Sheila Roper and husband Weldon of Marietta, Tenia Spalvieri and husband Jerry of Chandler, Traci Brannon and husband Brent of Decatur, Texas, Shari Hockersmith and husband Lynn of Overbrook, and Karen McGill of Midwest City; two sisters, Betty June Spell of Silsbee, Texas and Patsy Shankles of Burneyville; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

Serving as casket bearers were Troy Harmon, Marshall Harmon, Brent Spell, Kent Shankles, Rodney Spell, and Durwyn Harper. Honorary bearers were Logan Spell, Kyler Spell, Brandon Spell, Clayton Harper, Mike Morton, Frank Lornes, Sonny Mobley, Kenneth Peery, Lester Butler, Mike Steele, JP Hockersmith, Pat Hockersmith, Charles Campbell, and all of his roping and coon hunting buddies.

The family would like to extend a special “thank you” to Cross Timbers Hospice for their many acts of kindness.

Online guest book: wattsfuneralhome.com

A keepsake video is available through the funeral home.