Marietta Monitor
12 Jul 2002 Page 4

Mrs. Talkington was born in Carter County, the daughter of Walter Everett Bransford and Illva Gertrude Hicks Bransford. She died Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at a local hospital. She and Thomas M. Talkington were married September 10, 1955, in Ardmore. A lifelong resident of Ardmore, Mrs. Talkington moved to Denton, Texas in 1962. She was the co-owner of the T&L Shoe Store. Mrs. Talkington was a graduate of Southeastern State College and received her master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma. She taught school at Springdale, Berwyn, Dickson, Leon and Jefferson School in Ardmore. After she moved to Denton, Mrs. Talkington taught school at Central Elementary in Lewisville, Texas. While in Denton she helped organize the S. Club at Denton High School and was a member of the Soroptimist Club, the American Association of University Women and the Lions Club Auxiliary. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas, of the home; a daughter, Rhonda Iris Talkington of Ardmore; a sister, Sue Bransford Whittle of Ardmore; and a brother, Lowell S. Bransford of Ardmore, formerly of Gainesville, Texas.

Mrs. Talkington was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Billy Rae Bransford and Byron Bransford. Pallbearers were Mike Johnson, Steve Schmitz, Brian Hess, Patrick Shaughnessy, Bob Bransford and Jeff Clifton.

Interment was in the Rosehill Cemetery, Ardmore, under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home, Ardmore.