Leta Christine Millikin was born on
December 26, 1947 to Jimmy L. and
Velma M. (Brown) Cooper in Oklahoma
City. She departed this life on
September 9, 2017 in Fayetteville,
Arkansas at the age of 69 years, 8
months and 14 days.
Lee grew up in Jones, Oklahoma. She
later attended school in Tulsa and
graduated from Nathan Hale High
School in 1966. After high school
she attended Rogers State College
and Tulsa Community College and
obtained her associate’s degree. Lee
worked as a police dispatcher…
for eighteen years in both Tulsa and
Owasso. She was also a radio disc
jockey for four years at Rogers
State College and had also worked as
a waitress for twenty years.
Lee enjoyed fishing, knitting,
sewing embroidery and cross
stitching. She also enjoyed teaching
sign language. Above all she loved
spending time with her family. She
loved her family very much,
especially her grandchildren and her
dog, Buddy. Lee was a wonderful
mother, grandmother and friend and
she will be deeply missed by all who
loved her.
She is survived by her children,
Bryan Garrett of Bullhead City,
Arizona, Virginia B. Cannon and
husband Paul of Collinsville and
Thomas Garner III and girlfriend
Renee of Tulsa; thirty three
grandchildren; twenty seven great
grandchildren; her fiancé Lonnie
Monk; her step children from
marriage to A. D Millikin and several
other relatives and friends.
She is preceded in death by her
parents Jimmy and Velma, her husband
A. D. Millikin and her siblings.
