Nona Miller-Lang © Enid News and Eagle 09-21-2022 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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The memorial service for Nona Miller-Lang will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 24, 2022, in Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Gail Edmison officiating. A private burial will be at a later date in Rose Hill Cemetery, Carrier, Oklahoma.
The daughter of LaFayette and Pearl Viola (Houston) Massingill, Nona was born March 8, 1923, in Bison, Oklahoma.
She graduated from Waukomis High School and attended several colleges. Nona worked at Frank Machine Company, then First United Methodist Church in Enid, followed by Carrier Schools and Phillips University.
She met Clarence Ernest Miller, while working at the Church, when he returned after three years in World War II. They were married Friday, September 13, 1946, and had forty-seven busy years of raising three children, farming, education and politics. While Clarence was serving as Garfield County Superintendent of Schools, Nona served on the Garfield County Republican Women's Committee. Clarence died October 6, 1993. She continued living on the farm west of Enid until February 3, 2001, when she married their long-time friend, Carlos "Chuck" Lang. After a special eighteen months, Chuck passed August 13, 2003.
Nona enjoyed gardening, sewing, quilting and all kinds of handwork. For fifty-one years, she also did genealogical research.
She was a member of the Ruth Chapter #447 (now Enid #36) Order of the Eastern Star, Enid Shriners Ladies, Enid Chapter of DAR, Colonial Dames XVII Chapter, Magna Charta Dames and Barons Oklahoma Division, Mayflower Descendants, Americans of Royal Descent, Sons and Daughters of Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma Historical Society, Enid and Garfield County Library Board, Carrier PTA and 4-H, and Vernon Extension Club.
She is survived by son John Miller and wife Pamela of Newkirk; daughters, Mary Jo Peeper and husband Joe and Ruth Ann Burnett, all of Enid; step-daughter, Stacy Lang Robison of Jeff City, MO; grandchildren, Natalie Miller McBride and husband Glenn, Vanessa Miller, Bill Peeper and wife Autumn, Christie Peeper, Danny Peeper and wife Jennifer, Jennifer Burnett Gilbreath and husband Kenny. Also surviving are great-grandchildren, Jeremy and Cameron McBride, Alexis, BreAnna, Morgan, Zander, Mason, McKenzie and Macy Peeper, Jordan Gilbreath; great-great-grandchild, Kinlee McBride; as well as two sisters-in-law, Jeanne Massingill and Audine Massingill.
Nona is predeceased by both husbands; grandson, John Edward Miller, Jr.; granddaughter, Cynthia Marie Peeper; great-grandson, Caleb Gilbreath; brothers, Hanno Massingill and twins LaFayette "Pat" Massingill and LaFayette "George" Massingill; sisters, Mary Welker, Genevivve McVicker-Followill and Vivian Solorio-Kirkman.
Memorials may be given to First United Methodist Church or the charity of choice, with Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home acting as custodian of the funds.
Condolences at www.enidwecare.com.
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