Longtime Tecumseh resident Nell F. Cope McCraw, 84, died Saturday, April 29, at a local nursing home.

She was born November 22, 1921, in Beggs, Oklahoma to Lewis Shelby and Abba Francis Klaber Cope.

Her family moved to Pottawatomie County in 1929. She attended school at Earlsboro and Ruggles and had lived most of her life in the Little Axe, Pink and Tecumseh areas.

She was married June 26, 1947, to Thomas Olen Phillips.

They were married sixteen years until his death in 1963.

On October 30, 1964, she married Billly Wayne McCraw. They were married ten years until his death in 1974.

Nell was a member of Romulus Baptist Church.

She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, reading, playing bingo and visiting with friends and relatives. She worked as a housekeeper for various families in the Shawnee area for many years until her retirement in 1983.

She also was preceded in death by her parents, six brothers and one sister.

Survivors include one sister and brother-in-law, Joan and Fred Ray of Midwest City; one sister-in-law, Bessie Cope of Macomb; many nieces, nephews and friends.

Service will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of Walker Funeral Service with the Rev. Mike Craig officiating.

Burial will follow at Tecumseh Cemetery.