Florence Ellen Simmons Stoker, Carney, died Wednesday in Ripley, Oklahoma. She was 77.

Mrs. Stoker was born February 6, 1923, in Dardanelle, Arkansas to Benjamin Franklin and Julia Ann Scroggins Simmons.

She grew up in Oklahoma City and moved to Carney in the late 1950s.

On March 26, 1948, she married Thomas William Stoker in Oklahoma City.

She worked at the Oklahoma State office of personnel management and the Oklahoma State University residence halls and library.

Mrs. Stoker was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Carney and the Carney and Wellston chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star.

An artist, Mrs. Stoker was past member of the Stillwater Art Guild and the Stillwater Mineral and Gem Society. She also supported the Carney 4-H and Carney Round-Up Club.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas William Stoker, Carney; daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and Bobby Collins, Ripley; Barbara Beaty-Johnson and Danny Johnson, Moore; son, Herman Lee Price, Newalla; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; as well as other loved ones and numerous friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and two sisters.

Services will be 2:00 p.m. today at Carney Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service, Chandler, with the Rev. Joe Merrell officiating.