Services for James Gary Bloomer, 76, of Seminole, were held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 28 at the First Baptist Church in Prague with Bro. Tim Emmons officiating. Interment followed at Little Cemetery in Seminole County.
Born July 9, 1941, at Courtney, the son of James Ralph and Essie Cleo Martin Bloomer, he died Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Oklahoma City.
He was a resident of Seminole since 1970. Gary and Linda Montgomery's story together starts in 1968 in Marietta, when Gary came home from serving in the Army in Germany. After about five months of dating and seeing each other at church, they were married in Marietta on July 6, 1968. About three months before the wedding, Mr. Tup Robertson asked Gary how he would like to have his own store (Robertson's Hams). Well, needless to say, Gary said he would love to, but didn't have the money to do anything like that. Mr. Robertson told Gary if he was serious he would work all of that out and see that Gary and Linda could get a store.
After much thought and traveling around north and then east of Oklahoma City, God showed Gary the right place. "When he pulled up on the 200 exit off I-40, he just knew this was the right location," Linda said. Mr. Robertson told the couple they ended up with one of the better locations of all the stores. He, being a Christian friend, also told them that being closed on Sunday was what he would recommend. "If you can't make it on six days of business, one more day won't make a difference," Mr. Robertson told the Bloomers.
Gary graduated from Turner High School with the class of 1959 and earned an associate's degree from Seminole State College. Gary and Linda have been members of the First Baptist Church in Prague where the taught Sunday School for many years. The couple opened their business on Highway 99 just south of the I-40 mile marker 200 exit over Labor Day in 1970.
Preceding him in death were his parents; mother and father-in-law, Melvin and Hazel Montgomery; son, Gary Keith Hicks; and sister, LaVerda Bloomer.br>
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Linda Montgomery Bloomer of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Randy and Kim Bloomer of Salado, Texas and Lance and Susan Bloomer of Seminole; daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Richard Yeager of Enid; daughter-in-law, Ann Hicks of Tecumseh; sisters and brother-in-law, Gloria Sue Stephens of San Antonio and Joy Ellen and Ron Farve of Ardmore; sister-in-law, Martha Reddout and husband Terry of Oklahoma City; grandchildren, Terra and Michael Kubilis, Cody and Stephanie Yeager, Alexis Bloomer, Jake Bloomer, Kristin and Lance Underwood, Ty and Summer Hicks, Elijah Bloomer, Isaac Bloomer, and Bethany Hicks; and great-grandchildren, Taylor Yeager, Alexander and Camilla Yeager, Cicily Anderson and Hunter Underwood.
Donations may be made in Gary's honor to Prague First Baptist Church, the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.
Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Prague
