Service held for Betty J. (Ward) Wilson
Funeral services for Betty J. (Ward) Wilson, a longtime Coal County resident, were held Friday, December 27, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Rev. Ken Brown officiating assisted by ministers Vern Stinson and Jean Brown. Burial was in The Ward Family Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate.
Mrs. Wilson was born August 7, 1930 to Joseph “Jack” and Laura Mae (Snoddy) Ward in Coal County and passed away December 23, 2019 at her home in Coal County at the age of 89 years, 4 months and 16 days. She attended Cairo School and graduated from Coalgate High School in 1947. Betty married Irlan F. Wilson on August 16, 1947 in Denison, TX. He preceded her in death on July 26, 2013. Betty worked as a seamstress at Wrangler, worked as a florist and was a bank clerk for First National Bank and Shamrock in Coalgate, retiring in 2000. She was a longtime member of the Nazarene Church of Coalgate for over 60 years. Betty loved quilting and her church. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her family was her primary focus and joy.
Survivors include her children, Ron and Suzanne Wilson of Eufaula, OK, Gary and Susie Wilson, Jack and Debbie Wilson, Rodger and Robin Wilson, all of Coalgate and Lynda (Wilson) Jones and husband, Marq of Austin, TX; grandchildren, Amy Gore of Seiling OK, Rendy Wilson Shaw of Houston, TX, Melinda Wilson Collis and husband John of Tulsa, Valerie James and husband Bronson, Laura Benedict and husband Mark, Stephanie Bellettini and husband Dario all of Coalgate, Chad Wilson and wife Tiffany of Beggs, OK, Ronnie I. Wilson and wife Emily of Jenks, OK, Courtney Blackmon and husband Jeff of Weatherford, OK, Lindsay Savage and husband Greg of Owasso, OK, Austen Jones of Woodburn, OR, Chelsea Jones of Austin, TX and Brittney Cunningham and husband Zack of Coalgate; great-grandchildren, Hogan and Graham Gore of Seiling, OK, Drew and Danni Shaw of Houston, TX, Gabe Collis of Jenks, OK, Abby, Joley and Delaney James, Jaxie Wilson, Sayde, Abby and Hailey Benedict, Iola and Bovio Bellettini all of Coalgate, Noah and Lexi Wilson of Beggs, OK, Irlan and Kylen Wilson of Jenks, OK, Jett, Jackson and Brooke Blackmon of Weatherford, OK; siblings, Barbara Girod of Glenpool, OK, Maxine Pulliam and husband, Kenneth of Bristow, OK, Jim Ward and wife Carol of Pittsburg, OK, Melva (Ward) Thomas, Doug Ward, of Coalgate, Vernon Ward of Fittstown, OK; sisters-in-law, Murl Ward and Betty (Baskett) Ward of Coalgate.
She was preceded in death by her husband; infant daughter, Helen Beth Wilson; parents; grandmother, Irene Pearl Cope; siblings, Alta Mae Ward, Jack Ward, J. C. Ward, Bill Ward, Mary Cravens, Burney Ward and Donnie Ward; and grandson-in-law, Marty Gore.
Casketbearers were Ronnie Irlan Wilson, Chad Wilson, Austen Jones, Hogan Gore, Graham Gore, and Jett Blackmon. Honorary bearers were Jim Ward, Doug Ward, Vernon Ward, Marq Jones, Russ Girod, Charles Greenfield, Frank Cometti, and Keith Cosgrove.
In lieu of flowers please donate to the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, Dystonia-Foundation.org or Ward Family Cemetery c/o Darla Fleming, 8206 Greendale Rd, Tulsa, OK 74131.
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