Rita Kay Howell Reynolds was born September 13, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas to J. D. Howell and Alma Inez Treadaway.

She passed away December 20, 2013 in Wellston, Oklahoma at the age of 66.

Rita was a big hearted person that would give away her last dollar if someone else was in need. She loved to make people laugh and never met a stranger. Often she spent time in ministry on the phone with her sister Pat Phillips and brother-in-law Ronnie Phillips.

While driving a school bus she found children in need and provided them with those necessities such as a warm coat, some candy, and even passes to White Water where she occasionally enjoyed a water slide with those children.

Rita was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dellow Reynolds; and brother, Jerry Howell.

Survivors include her children, Duane Brewer and his wife Susan of Dallas, Georgia; Vicky and her husband Stephen Morrow of Columbia, Tennessee; Teresa Hernandez and Jim Bryant; seven grandchildren, Chris, Sara, and Joey Brewer, Tyler Ross, Cheyenne Munden, Kayla and Michael Hernandez; sisters, Connie Leverich of Wellston, Oklahoma; Pat Phillips of Blairsville, Georgia; brother, Gary Howell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; her best friend Jody Crabtree; and her two little dogs, Tiger and Gracie Mae.

Funeral services will be held at Tuttle First Assembly of God Church on 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 23, 2013.

Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Tuttle.

Services are under the direction of Lehman Funeral Home of Wellston.