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Carol Ray Chaney, Sr © Burckhalter-Highsmith Funeral and Cremation Services Submitted by: Sharon
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Carol Ray Chaney, Sr
September 27, 1939 - September 4, 2026
Carol Ray Chaney, Sr., 86-year-old Ketchum area resident, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2026, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 27, 1939, in Vinita to James Carl "Bud" Chaney and Lydia Bell (Wright) Chaney. Carol was a 1957 graduate of Ketchum High School. Carol married Elleanor Haddock in September of 1960, she preceded him in death in 2002. On March 19, 2003, he was united in marriage to Carolyn (Anderson) in Arkansas. Carol worked several places over the years, including ranches, Craig County as a grader driver, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, done some construction, and was a reporter for the Vinita Daily Journal at one time. He became involved in law enforcement, serving as a deputy and under sheriff for Sheriff Jess Walker, later he went to work for the Oklahoma Forensic Center in Security, working there until he retired in 1997. Carol enjoyed working on his farm, raising animals, and supplying eggs to friends and neighbors with his mission work. He had anything from goats, chickens, cattle, and horses around the farm. Carol was a member of the Ketchum Seventh Day Adventist Church; he loved his church family and being with them.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bud, and Lydia Chaney, his first wife Elleanor in 2002, his son Kenneth D. Chaney in 2006, his sister, Wanda Goins in 2020, and his grandson, Cole Chaney in 2008.
The family includes his wife Carolyn of the home; his children, Carol R. Chaney, Jr. and wife Trish, Donna Arlene Messer, Crystal Goforth and husband Ray, all of rural Vinita; his brother, Clyde Chaney and wife Nancy of Langley; brother in law Frank Goins of Vinita; twelve grandchildren and twenty-six great grandchildren; numerous other relatives and friends.
The family will hold a private graveside service at the Military Cemetery near Pensacola. Online condolences may be made at www.highsmithfh.com or the funeral home Facebook page. Arrangements are in the care of the Burckhalter-Highsmith Funeral and Cremation Services of Vinita. "Vinita's only locally family owned and operated funeral home."
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