Services for Gene Edward Gurley, 65, of Tecumseh, formerly of Pontotoc County are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada, Chaplain Mike McCauley will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors.
Mr. Gurley passed away Saturday, August 11, 2018 at his home. He was born January 12, 1953 at Cheyenne, WY to Alva Lee and Zella Mae Aday Gurley. He graduated from high school in Kansas and received a Bachelor’s degree from Mid America Christian University.
He married Deborah Louise Carr October 31, 1996. Mr. Gurley was in Law Enforcement from 1971 – 2005. He served as a Park Ranger at Lake Thunderbird, as Chief of Police at Stonewall and a CLEET Instructor. Later he served as a Paramedic. Mr. Gurley enjoyed hunting and fishing and had served in the U. S. Air Force.
Survivors include his wife, Debbie, of the home; three daughters, Stephanie Smith, Newalla, Carrie Janke, Oklahoma City and Sara Thompson and husband Jeremy, Norman; two sons, Travis Gurley and wife Alison, Marietta and Adam Gurley and wife Kyla, Earlsboro; 12 grandchildren, Blake, Kamryn, and Kyle Smith; Jade Keene; Nicholas, Brooklyn, and Eli Thompson; Keegan Reid; Kalyn Janke; Lidda Gurley, Alton Gurley and Jaxon Gurley; and a great-granddaughter, Aryabella Dawn Keene.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Jimmy Lee Gurley.
Bearers will be Travis Gurley, Adam Gurley, Jeremy Thompson, Blake Smith, Kyle Smith and Keegan Reid.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
