Gilbert Bruce Mooney

Shawnee News Star

Gilbert Bruce Mooney, 79, died Saturday, May 5 at Oklahoma Veterans Center, Norman.

The oldest of five children of George and Ruth Simmons Mooney, he was born April 16, 1922, in Walters, Okla.

Mooney was reared in Walters.

He graduated from Walters High School where he played football.

On Oct. 4, 1942, he married Eva Mae Johnson.

He served in the U.S. Army for three years during World War II and was honorably discharged Nov. 12, 1945.

Mooney attended Cameron University, where he played football for two years. He then attended Oklahoma University, where he earned a degree in accounting.

Mooney worked nearly 10 years at Tinker Air Force Base before taking a job with the FAA, where he worked 20 years prior to his retirement.

In 1964, he and his family moved to Newcastle.

He was a member of Newcastle First Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; two brothers, Dennis Mooney and Dan Mooney; and a sister, Rosalie McDonald.

Survivors include his wife of the home; son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Cindy Mooney of Newcastle; daughters and sons-in-law, Cynthia and Jack Ratley of Shreveport, La., and Nanette and Jim Gibbs of Newcastle; sister, Joan Ringwald of Tecumseh; sisters-in-law, Betty Mooney of Hale Center, Texas, and Mickie Mooney of Eureka Springs, Ark.; grandchildren, Trelynda McBride, Tricia Ratley, Richard Holland and Jimmy Copeland; 13 great-grandchildren; and many other relatives.

Services will be 10 a.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Newcastle with burial at 2 p.m. at Walters Cemetery, Walters. The Rev. Bill Gentry will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church in Newcastle.

Shawnee News Star
published May 8, 2001
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