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© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma June 4, 2000 February 22, 1911 ~ June 3, 2000 Funeral service for W. Aubrey Finley, 89, of Verden, will be held at 1030 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at the First Baptist church in Verden. W. Aubrey Finley was born Feb. 22, 1911, and died Saturday, June 3, 2000. Services are under the direction of McRay Funeral Home of Verden, formerly the Brown-Binyon Funeral Home of Verden. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Monday, March 27, 2006 January 18, 1917 ~ March 24, 2006 Funeral service for Fay Geneva Finley, 89, of Verden, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 27, 2006, at the First Baptist Church of Verden. Rev. Johnny Wray will officiate and Rev. Edward Whitley will assist. Fay was born the daughter of Alonzo Shields Craddock and Ada Susan Church Craddock on January 18, 1917 in Verden, Oklahoma. She died at her home on March 24, 2006 in Verden. Fay lived in Verden all of her life and attended Verden High School where she was an All-State basketball player. She married W. Aubrey Finley on January 13, 1934, in Anadarko, Oklahoma and they farmed and ranched north of Verden. In 1953, Fay and Aubrey moved to the home they built in town. In the early 1950s, she began working for the Verden Prairie Gin as a bookkeeper and retired in 1978. She was a member of the Verden First Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher. Fay was the matriarch of her family, but was greatly loved by her Verden family and church family. She made the most beautiful handmade quilts which she gave to her kids and grandkids. Fay was also a wonderful cook which she passed along to her kids and grandkids, as well as others. The kids of her church and of Verden loved her and called her "Granny Fay." She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, two sisters, her husband, one infant daughter, Norma Lou Finley, and one son, Aubrey Keith Finley, one son-in-law Max Upchurch. Survivors include: son: Ansel Finley of Anadarko; daughter: Sue Ann Upchurch of Anadarko; daughter & husband: Rosalee & Clifford Nath of Anadarko; grandchildren: Kyle Finley, René Sanders, Debra Harper, Cindi Upchurch, Bret Nath, Tammy Williams, Bart Nath, Bryan Finley, Robyn McLemore, Stacey Bonham; thirty three great grandchildren; nineteen great great grandchildren. Interment will be in the Verden Cemetery under the direction of the McRay's Verden Funeral Home. |
© Steverson Funeral Home Anadarko, Oklahoma February 2012 October 24, 1934 ~ February 12, 2012 He was the son of Willie Aubrey and Faye Geneva Finley, who worked hard on their farm. A year later his sister Sue Ann was born and soon to follow were Rosalee and Keith. Life during the early years was filled with wonder as each new day brought an adventure, applied wisely by a very creative mother. Play was serious work to all of them. Ansel played basketball and ran track at Verden High School, where he graduated in 1952. He attended one semester at OSU, then joined the Army Paratroopers School, where he graduated after two years. Upon leaving the Army he married his high school sweetheart, Reba Jean Singleton and they had two children, Rene' and Kyle. Ansel's broad range of interest and talents introduced him to many jobs, including working mostly as a carpenter, then as an insurance salesman, water tester for the U.S.D.A. Grady County Agricultural Department, mobile home manufacturing plant worker, and finally for several years as a Chemist for PetraFina Chemical Corporation. He retired from Fina and moved to Alvord, TX to live near Keith and set up the Three Possums Ranch. The sudden death of his brother, Keith brought him back to Oklahoma where he experienced his first amputation as a result of vascular disease. During that time his brother-in-law, Max Upchurch died. It was a very difficult time for him, as he recuperated in the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Rosalee & Clifford Nath. When he was ready he moved into his own apartment and lived independently until this past November. During all these years his true love has been various areas of sportsmanship, including archery, bowling, hunting, fishing, horse-racing, golfing, camping and also music. Ansel was awarded many trophies and awards in archery and bowling and golf. The Finley and Craddock families have enjoyed many, many hours playing cards and dominoes and laughing and making music together. He is preceded in death by his father Willie Aubrey Finley; mother Fay Geneva Finley; sister Rosalee Nath; brother Keith Finley; and brother-in-law Max Upchurch. Ansel is survived by his daughter Rene' and husband Scott Sanders of Bethany, OK; son Kyle and wife Diane Finley of Poway, CA; grandsons Aaron, Seth and wife Rachel, Canaan, Bryce and Austin; grandaughters Chelsie and Ashley; great-grandaughters, Teagan Elizabeth Finley and Monroe Marie Sanders; sister Sue Ann Upchurch of Anadarko; brother-in-law Clifford Nath of Anadarko and many nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family and friends. The family would like to extend sincere thanks to those who assisted and suffered with Ansel: Mary Burcham, Sue Upchurch, Clifford Nath, Vonda Neal and staff of the Anadarko Housing Authority, Faith Hospice of Anadarko (especially Danielle Walters, Susan Smith and Chaplain Dennis King), Grace Living Center in Chickasha, Quail Creek Nursing Home in Oklahoma City, Veterans Administration 4th Floor Palliative Care Staff, and Pastor Troy Taylor of Verden First Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held February 16th at the Verden First Baptist Church, under the direction of Steverson Funeral Home of Anadarko. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma May 11, 2001 October 18, 1940 ~ May 8, 2001 Funeral services for Aubrey Keith Finley, 60, of Alvord, Texas, formerly of Verden, Oklahoma, will be held Friday, May 11, 2001, at 11:00 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Verden. Aubrey Keith Finley was born October 18, 1940, in Verden, Oklahoma, the son of W. Aubrey and Fay Craddock Finley. He died Tuesday, May 8, 2001, in Fort Worth, Texas. Keith attended the Verden Public Schools. He graduated from Verden High School in 1958. Shortly after graduation, Keith entered the United States Marine Corps. He served a four-year term. On April 21, 1963, he married Peggy Jackson at the First Baptist Church in Pocasset, Oklahoma. To this union his three children were born. Keith started his life-long career in the manufactured housing industry. He worked 20 years in the industry as a CEO of numerous companies. Keith retired in April 2000 to his farm in Alvord, Texas, where he was raising racehorses at the 3 Possum Stables. Keith is preceded in death by his father W. Aubrey Finley and one infant sister, Norma Lou Finley. Survivors include, his mother, Fay Finley of Verden, Ok.; one son and daughter-in-law Bryan and Tami Finley and their two sons, Riley Keith and Kevin Carter, all of Weatherford, Tx.; daughter, Robyn Finley McLemore and her two daughters, Kara and Mindy, all of Chickasha; daughter and son-in-law Stacey and Steve Bonham and their two children, Logan and Baylor, all of Newcastle, Ok.; one brother, Ansel Finley of Alvord, Tx.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, SueAnn and Max Upchurch and Rosalee and Clifford Nath, all of Anadarko, Ok.; one step-daughter, Sara Kasi Landin of Lubbock, Tx.; and many friends. Interment will be in the Verden Cemetery in Verden, Oklahoma, under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Keith Finley Memorial Ag. Youth Project c/o Southwest Bank, 740 S. Saginaw Blvd., Saginaw, TX 76179 |
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