Elmer Ray Dillon passed from this life on Wednesday evening, Sept. 10,
2003, after a lengthy illness.
Service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church with Dr.
John McGarey officiating and the Rev. Randy Southerland assisting. Burial
will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Don Grantham
Funeral Home.
A time of visitation for family and friends will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home.
Ray was born Feb. 27, 1922, in Loco, to Elmer D. Dillon and Alice Josie
Rice Dillon. He attended Loco schools.
On Nov. 15, 1941, Ray and his sweetheart, Billie Louise Mitchell, were
married in the minister's parsonage in Countyline. They celebrated 60
years of marriage in 2001. Billie passed away on Sept. 25, 2002.
Ray served on active duty with the United States Navy Seabees in World War
II in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged from the military in
1945 and returned to his native Stephens County where he lived the
remainder of his life. He worked for the then Skelly Oil Company and
subsequently Getty Oil Company in the Velma area for 37 years.
Ray was a "people person" who had many interests and countless friends
throughout his life. He enthusiastically participated in Duncan Masonic
Lodge No. 60, India Temple Shrine, political campaigns, fishing and
hunting. He was an avid golfer and member of Duncan Golf and Country Club.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Duncan for 44 years.
Survivors include three nephews and their wives, Dean Dillon and Gayle of
Duncan, Doug Dillon and Marie of Richardson, Texas and Jack Dillon and
Rhonda of Redmond, Wash. Also surviving are numerous great nephews and
nieces.
Ray was also preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Otis B.
Dillon and Claud "Doc" Dillon.
Bearers will be Bob Jantz, Ed Edmondson, Odell Hooper, Bill Dillon, Steve
Jantz and Gene Kelly. Honorary bearers are Irby Wagnon, Donald Rice, Roy
Lott, Leland Crissman, Mickey Rowell, John Eubanks, Rusty England, Larry
Presgrove, Russell Presgrove, Jerry Emerson and Wayne Holden.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of choice or First
Presbyterian Church, 704 W. Ash, Duncan, OK 73533.
