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Woodward, Okla. — Michael Bunn-Layfield, 29 year old Woodward resident, died Saturday February 6, 2010 at the Woodward Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday February, 11, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. in the Woodward Seventh Day Adventist Church with Pastor Rick Mercer officiating. Interment will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery of Woodward under the direction of Billings Funeral Home of Woodward.
Michael David Bunn-Layfield was born on September 24, 1980 at Cheyenne, Oklahoma. His parents were Norman and Barbara Anne (Bailey) Layfield. He grew up in Woodward where he attended school. Michael enjoyed attending the local Baptist churches in Woodward.
He loved to play basketball and football, and was a huge fan of the Dallas Cowboys. He enjoyed spending time with his family and always looked forward to family gatherings. Michael had one son, Kaidden Ray Razien, whom he dearly loved. They spent a great deal of time together and were best of buddies. Michael would tell his family that during difficult times, to compare life to a glass when it is half full, as not being half empty but instead as being half way full.
Michael is survived by his son, Kaidden Ray, his parents Norman and Barbara Layfield all of Woodward; his brothers, James Stephen Bunn of Fort Drum, New York, Gary Donn Bunn of Enid, Oklahoma, Homero Munoz Herra of New Jersey, Derrek and Darren Gowdy both of Cannon City, Colorado; his sisters, Mary Ane Tollison of Lubbock, Texas, Misty Ann Lungrenne of Cannon City, Colorado, Maria Anne Gibb of Fayetteville, Arkansas and Rebekah Anne Adams of Woodward; also several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and numerous friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Laura Gibson and his aunt, Teena Gowdy.
Remembrances may be shared online at www.billingsfuneralhomewoodward.com.
The Woodward News
28 Feb 2010
Police looking into man's deathRoywnn Ricks, Woodward News
Woodward, Okla. — Woodward Police detectives are investigating the Feb. 6 death of a 29-year-old Woodward man.
According to his obituary, which was published in the Feb. 9 edition of The News, Michael Bunn-Layfield died at Woodward Regional Hospital.
Lead investigator Det. Sgt. Billy Parker noted “the report said he fell over dead; he went to the bathroom, they heard a thump and went to check on him and found him dead.”
Parker didn’t say who “they” were that found Bunn-Layfield in the bathroom.
The detective explained that the police are looking into the death because when “someone that young dies like that, it makes you wonder.”
He noted that police “had been told by talk that there was a big fight” that preceded Bunn-Layfield’s death and might have been related to the death.
However, he said when Bunn-Layfield was taken to the hospital, “the doctors here said there were no (visible) signs of trauma.”
So at this point, Parker said police don’t believe the alleged fight led to Bunn-Layfield’s death, but are still waiting on a report from the state medical examiner’s office.
“We’re not medical people, and we can’t look under the skin,” he said, noting that the police won’t know if there were signs of internal trauma or some other physical cause of death “until we get the ME’s report.”
But the detective isn’t sure how long that might take.
“With everything going on down there, I don’t have any idea,” he said, adding “it took 7 months on the last non-suspicious unattended death we had.”
Parker said that “if I don’t get it (the medical examiner’s report) back in a month, I will call down and get an initial report.”
He explained that while the medical examiner office may not be ready to release an official report, with an initial report, “usually they’ll tell me over the phone whether or not it’s something I need to look into.”
Parker explained that Bunn-Layfield’s death is currently unclassified, but isn’t considered suspicious at this point because “as far as we know right now there is no evidence that there was any foul play.”
But while “right now we don’t suspect anything foul,” he said, “we don’t want to close the case and then find out later that it was.”
“We always keep (death cases) open until the medical examiner tells us that nothing is suspicious about the death,” Parker said.
Besides not hearing anything yet from the medical examiner, the detective said “no one (from the community) has come forward with any information” that would lead him to think the death was suspicious.
However, he said he would welcome any additional information or evidence should someone in the public have some.
“If anyone has any information or reason to suspect foul play, I’ll be glad to hear from them,” he said.
Parker can be contacted at the Woodward Police Department by calling 254-8518.
Note: No other information available at this time. Nothing more published in the local newspaper.
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