OK Obits

© Wilson-Little Funeral Home
Submitted by: Ann Weber

Lois Jean (Chandler) Billings

June 13, 1938 ~ January 4, 2020

Lois Billings, age 81 of Washington, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020.

Lois Jean Chandler was born June 13, 1938 in Tahlequah, OK, the 6th of 7 children born to Owen and Katherine Mae (Webb) Chandler. She was raised in the Muskogee and Tahlequah area, and graduated from Muskogee High School. She married her best friend and life partner, Eli Billings, on November 23, 1955 in Muskogee. They first made their home in Moore, before settling in Washington in the summer of 1975. Together they raised two daughters, Robin and Terri. Lois worked for many years as Elementary School Secretary for Washington Public Schools. She was community minded and stayed active supporting the school, her friends and neighbors. Lois’s greatest joy was her family, and she cherished her daughters and her grandchildren. She was a woman of great faith and longtime and faithful member of the First Christian Church in Purcell, where she served in many capacities. The last several years, Lois has battled Alzheimer's. Through its progression, she was courageous and remained positive, and blessed her family and friends. She was the best mother; a loving grandmother, sister, aunt and a true friend. She will be truly missed!

She was preceded in death by:

Her husband, Eli Billings;

Parents, Owen and Katherine Chandler;

2 brothers, Ralph Chandler and Earl Chandler and

3 sisters, Maxine Smith, Helen Young and Betty Beadle.

Lois is survived by:

Her daughters, Robin Curran and husband Tim of Moore and

Terri Hinkle and husband Richard of OKC;

5 grandchildren, Mandy Sykes and husband Brent, Samantha, Richard Ray, Eliot and Sean;

5 great grandchildren, Paige, Elinor, Josephine, Lincoln and Clayton and A host of other family and friends.

Funeral Services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at the Wilson-Little Funeral Home Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to https://alzfdn.org/  

|OK Obits|  |Oklahoma Cemeteries Home|

This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.