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Obituary
Maysville Cemetery, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Sue Hearon
April 2, 1999 Burl Willingham, Burl Willingham, 81, of Maysville, died April 2, 1999, at his home in Maysville. Willingham was a well-known and respected man of the Maysville community. He was a member of the Maysville Assembly of God. Funeral services were held Monday, April 5, 1999, 2 p.m., at the Maysville Assembly of God, with Rev. Charles Dean and Rev. Danny Gamble officiating. Burial was in the Maysville Cemetery under the direction of John Williams of Winans Funeral Home, Maysville. Willingham was born April 10, 1917, at Heflin, Ala., to Toliver and Martha Jones Willingham He moved to the Maysville area about 1947 from eastern Oklahoma and went to work for Warren Petroleum. He had over 28 years of service with the company. He was married to Nethleee Bledsoe in 1936 at Milton. She preceded him in death in 1996. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Sanford, Lank, Earnest, Lonnie and Earl and by one daughter, Carol Hasham, in 1984. Willingham is survived by four children, Betty Albright of Maysville, Buck Willingham and his wife, Janie, of Maysville, Martha Willingham of Oklahoma City and Mary Lou Beck and her husband, Kelly, of Maysville; a brother, Virgil Willingham of Poteau; nieces, Midge Bledsoe and Barbara Dodd of Shady Point' grandchildren, Tammy Blanken-ship, Randy Haslam, Richey, Danny and Steve Albright, Misty Willingham and Rod and Luke Richardson; great-grandchildren, Curt and Clint Blankenship, Austin, Savannah and McKinley Albright and Laci and Kali Haslam. |
Obituary
Maysville Cemetery, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Submitted by: Sue Hearon
December 16, 1996 Nethlee [Bledsoe] Willingham Nethlee Bledsoe Willingham was born October 17, 1920, at Calhoun, LeFlore County, Oklahoma to William McKinley "Bill" Bledsoe and Delia [Gamble] Bledsoe. She died Monday afternoon, December 16, 1996, at the Pauls Valley General Hospital. She was 76. Nethlee Willingham has been a long-time resident of the Maysville area. She grew up in LeFlore County near Milton, Oklahoma. She went to school there and on December 15, 1936, she married Burl Willingham. They enjoyed almost 60 years of marriage. The family moved to Maysville about 1947, when Burl went to work for Warren Petroleum, west of town. Nethlee was a 20-year employee for the state of Oklahoma. She worked at Norman for a year and for 19 years at the Pauls Valley State School in the nursery. She was a dedicated employee and loved the little handicapped children at the school. She was a dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Burl Willingham, of the home; three daughters, Betty Albright of Maysville, Martha Willingham of Oklahoma City, and Mary Gunter of Lindsay; one son, Buck Willingham and his wife Janie of Maysville; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ottie Adams of Orville, Calif.; other relatives and friends of the family made through the years. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daugher, Carol Haslam, in 1984, and brothers Harley and Homer and one sister, Naomi. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, December 19, 1996, at 2 p.m. at the Abundant Love Church with Rev. Charles Dean and Rev. Danny Gamble officiating with burial in the Maysville Cemetery under the direction of John Williams of Winans Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation hours at the funeral home are 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. any day. |
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