Blanquita Dye

B: January 3, 1926
D: February 24, 2013

Services for Blanquita Dye, 87, of Oklahoma City were held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, February 27 at Spring Creek Baptist Church, Oklahoma City. Interment was at Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City.

Born January 3, 1926 in Burneyville, the daughter of Varney and Ruby Davis, she passed from her earthly home at Fountains at Canterbury to her heavenly one on February 24, 2013 after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer.

Blanquita graduated from Burneyville High School in 1943. There she embraced what would become a lifelong love of basketball. She played basketball in high school, later on the driveway with her children and found pure joy in watching the Oklahoma City Thunder games until the end.

After graduation, Blanquita moved to Oklahoma City and worked at Tinker Air Force Base during World War II. After the war she married her high school sweetheart, Lloyd Elwood Terrill on February 16, 1946 in Gainesville, Texas.

The couple lived in several Oklahoma towns including Jimtown, Marietta and Pauls Valley before moving to Oklahoma City in 1961 where she lived for the rest of her life. Blanquita worked at Little Giant Pump Company for a number of years before accepting employment with Western Electric as an electronics tester in 1965. She remained there for 22 years before retiring on October 16, 1987.

Elwood and Blanquita had seven children. They enjoyed gardening and family trips back to the Terrill family farm at Jimtown on the edge of the Red River. There they enjoyed playing dominoes and eating freshly fried catfish surrounded by extended family. Elwood preceded her in death on December 8, 1986.

Blanquita married Lewis O. Dye on December 21, 1990. They traveled together to many beautiful places and danced many dances. They shared a love of music, family and church. They were members of the Spring Creek Baptist Church. They both lovingly embraced each other's children and grandchildren. Lewis preceded her on death on February 26, 2009.

Blanquita found strength throughout her life from her unwavering faith and daily talks with Jesus. She was ready to go Home to be with her Lord and see Him face to face. Although we will miss her here on earth, we look forward to being reunited for eternity.

She's an angel-LET HER FLY!

Survivors include daughters, Juanella Fahey and husband, Bill of Edmond, Marquita Madewell and husband, Darrell of Moore, and Francy Strunk and husband, Bob of Edmond; a son, John Terrill and wife Bonnie of Spencer; 12 grandchildren, Jason, Brent, Susan, David, Tonja, Kevin, Darrel Jr., Mark, Amber, Chad, Dillon and Tanner; 13 great-grandchildren; five stepchildren, Richard, Mimi, Bet, Dana and Darby; two brothers, Joe Davis and P.J. Davis; two sisters-in-law, Ellie Hicks and Lynnita Terrill and numerous nieces, nephews and endearing friends.

In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents, Varney and Ruby Davis; mother and father-in-law, Emery and Christine Terrill; three children, Randle Lee Terrill, Janette Marie Roberts and James Emery Terrill; her twin sister, Marquita Davis who died at nine months of age; brother, McDonald Davis; sister, Mildred Parten; and brothers-in-law, James Hicks and Archelowe Terrill.

This obituary included a picture of Mrs. Dye at various ages of her life.