Whinery Funeral Service
Sayre, OK
(permission granted)

Charlie grew up in the Cheyenne area. He attended Square Top and Strong City Schools and graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1937. He met Nettie Elizabeth Green while she was teaching at Square Top Schools, as she boarded with his family. They were married on the banks of the Cimarron River on April 22, 1941 with brother Louis as witness. They would be married for 68 years. They moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma where he studied agriculture at Oklahoma A&M University. When World War II began he was drafted but rejected for military service because of flat feet and near sightedness. Instead he was assigned to support the war effort in the petroleum industry. This eventually led to his 37 year career with Phillips Petroleum where he worked as a chemist and later an environmental engineer, after earning a degree at West Texas University. Charlie and Nettie lived in the Texas panhandle for 39 years, most of them in their pink stucco bungalow in Phillips. Charlie's roots were in western Oklahoma where he had enjoyed farming as a young man. After their retirements Charlie and Nettie moved back to western Oklahoma to live on an 80 acre farm between Sayre and Elk City, which they had purchased earlier from Nettie's brother, Robert Green. Charlie farmed many acres of wheat, raised cattle, and had an extensive garden. He also enjoyed golfing, travel, reading and spending time with family and friends. He loved building structures to make his family feel welcome at the Farm and was very passionate and involved in various ministries at Trinity Nazarene in Borger and First Church of the Nazarene in Elk City. In later years he was a board member of Western Oklahoma Family Care Center which helps local families in need. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, 4 siblings, 1 granddaughter and 1 great grandson. 

He is survived by 4 children, Hope (John) Nienhuser, Houston, TX, Dr. Robert (Linda) Sprowls, Amarillo, TX, Dr. Larry Sprowls, Ft. Worth, TX, and Mary (Marty) Cook, Sayre, OK; 10 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren; 1 brother, Louis (Maxine) Sprowls, Oklahoma City, OK; 2 sisters-in-law, Dolly Green, Moore, OK and Elsie Green, Elk City, OK and a host of other relatives and friends.

Memorials may be made to the Western Oklahoma Family Care Center.

Visitation
Friday, September 22, 2017 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Whinery-Savage Funeral Service
403 W. Country Club
Elk City, Oklahoma 73644

Funeral Service
Saturday, September 23, 2017 1:00 PM
Whinery-Savage Chapel
403 West Country Club
Elk City, Oklahoma 73644

Burial will be at Cheyenne Cemetery.

A keepsake video is available through http://www.whineryfs.com

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