Services for Ronald Gene, 76 and Patricia Carolyn Myers, 75, formerly of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Ada First Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Mick Shaw will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family from 4:00p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Patricia passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017 in Oklahoma City. Gene passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017 in Oklahoma City. Patricia was born June 27, 1941 in Ada to Jefferson Franklin and Alma Marie Burns Herring, she was reared by her uncle and aunt Earvin and Flossie Burns McDaniel. Gene was born October 23, 1940 in Ada to Charles Heber and Annie Ethel Lawson Myers. They married January 16, 1959 in Ada and were members of the First Free Will Baptist Church.
Patricia attended Ada and Latta Schools. She was a talented writer of poetry and spent much of her life taking care of the home and family. Gene graduated from Latta. He was a high school basketball official and retired from Ideal Cement and Weatherford Oil and Gas.
They are survived by Sons, Michael Gene Myers and his wife Kandy of Yukon, Ronald Dean Myers and his wife Irene of Ft. Worth, TX; Four grandchildren, Gerrod Myers of Euless, TX, Tanner Myers of Midwest City, Olivia Myers of Ft. Worth, TX and Hope Myers of Houston, TX; Patricia’s brother, Charles Herring and his wife Sammie of Edmond; Patricia’s Sisters, Jean Kroth of Purcell and Judy Todd of Ada; Gene’s sister, Velma Wood of Albuquerque, NM; Gene’s brother, Stanley Myers and his wife Joann of Ada. They are also survived by a host of well-loved nieces and nephews.
Gene was preceded in death by his brothers, Vernon and Lloyd Myers; sister-in-law, Shirley Myers and brother-in-law, Clifford Wood.
Bearers will be Kyle Ritter, Cole Todd, Mark Todd, Chad Knight, Gerrod Myers and Tanner Myers.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada