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Jimmie Darrell Spillman
Nov 30, 1931 - Jul 17, 2024
Posted by Jo Aguirre

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Jimmie Darrell Spillman, 92, was born November 30, 1931, in Sumner, Oklahoma, the son of Henderson Spillman and Floris (Williams) Spillman. He passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at Somerset Assisted Living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, Perry, has been entrusted with funeral arrangements.
 

Jimmie grew up in Noble County and was a 1950 graduate of Sumner High School. On November 2, 1951, he married Evelyn Stout in Sumner, Oklahoma. He earned an associate degree in surveying. He was employed as a surveyor for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for 30 years and after retiring was self-employed as a land surveyor, a profession he was involved in for a total of 60 years.
 

He loved fishing, panning for gold in Alaska, and metal detecting. He and his wife loved to travel in their motorhome to South Texas and Arizona during the winter months and to Colorado in the summer. He and Evelyn were longtime members of First Baptist Church here in Perry. He enjoyed attending the Monday morning Baptist men’s breakfast meeting at Braums and playing dominoes at the Senior Citizen’s Center. He loved his family and especially enjoyed his grandchildren.


Jimmie was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn in 2022; daughter, Barbara Cook; sister, Doris Morris (Johnny); and brother, Eldon Spillman.
 

He is survived by his children: Mike Spillman of Bothell, Washington, Marilyn Kaufmann (Robert) of Newalla, Oklahoma and Bobby Spillman (Karen) of Tucson, Arizona; grandchildren: Angela Hammons (Stan), Crystal Chilcoat (Troy Long), Jeremy Kaufmann (Erin), Sarah Grooms (Ben), Stephen Burns, David Burns (Vanessa), and Matthew Spillman; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Brenda Spillman; numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.


Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Perry Wheatheart Nutrition grandparents’ club, or the First Baptist Church in c/o Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, PO Box 189, Perry, OK., 73077.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 22, 2024, at the First Baptist Church of Perry. Rev. Kim Hayes will officiate.  

Jimmie will be laid to rest next to his wife Evelyn at Grace Hill Cemetery at a later date.
 

Condolences may be sent to the family via an online guestbook at www.dightonmarler.com


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