Services for Jess Wofford, 90, Lula, are 2 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bill Sluder will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery.
Mr. Wofford died Saturday, June 2, 2012, at an Allen nursing center. He was born Dec. 17, 1921, to Fred and Lottie Sluder Wofford in Atoka County. He attended Harmony School in Atoka County. Mr. Wofford served in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific Theatre and was a retired employee of Pontotoc County District 1.
He and Eva Jean McMeans were married in Sept. 9, 1946.
Survivors include his wife, Jean, of the home; two sons, Doyne and wife Sandy Wofford, Velma, and Leonard Wofford, Lula; a daughter, Sharon and husband Ron Hoeberling, Yukon; six sisters, Nana Lou Click, Arlington, Texas, June Nemecek, Byng, Shirley Jefferies, Ada, Ruby Standridge, Ada, Ruth Shaw, Ada, and Eva Shaw, Ada; two brothers, Clyde Wofford, Lula, and Carl Wofford, Ada; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Gloria Wofford.
Bearers will be Jesse Wofford, Charles Marsh, Scott Williams, Bobby Gray, Charles Cannon and Carl Marsh.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
