She married Cecil E. Standfield in McAlester, Oklahoma, on January 19, 1944. He was killed in action in World War II. On August 9, 1958, she married Burvle "Art" Arterbury at the Northside Church of Christ in Duncan.
She attended Oklahoma A & M, and worked for the War Manpower Commission and the Veteran's Administration. She retired as Executive Secretary from Halliburton Services in 1974. She was a charter member of the Duncan Desk and Derrick Club.
Survivors include five nieces and their husbands, Jimmie Nell Turpin of Gerty, Judy and Gene Cain of Anadarko, Susie and Jackie Brown of Holdenville, Jan and Mark Atkinson of Indianapolis Indiana, Tanya and Peter Johnson of Los Altos, California; one niece-in-law, Mrs. Glen (Mary Lou) Sharpe of Yuma, Colorado; her late husband's stepson and his wife,
Charles and Tena Ward of Bozeman, Montana; also nine great- nephews and five great-nieces; 17 great-great-nieces and nephews; and one great-great-great nephew; one sister-in-law, Frances Standfield Johnson of Arlington Texas; one niece, Patty Ryals Halligan of Lansing, Michigan; and four nephews, Tommy and Jeannie Johnson of Arlington, David and Cindy Johnson of Lewisburg, Tennessee, Richard and Kathy Ryals of Lansing.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Art, on July 18, 1984; her parents; two sisters, Audrey Smith and Thelma Ramsey; two brothers, Harold Ramsey, and twin brother, Gerald Dean Ramsey, and one nephew, Glen Sharpe.
Services were at the Chisholm Trail Church of Christ with Kern Porter officiating and Leonard Keele assisting. Burial was in Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home in Duncan.
She married Cecil E. Standfield in McAlester, Oklahoma, on January 19, 1944. He was killed in action in World War II. On August 9, 1958, she married Burvle "Art" Arterbury at the Northside Church of Christ in Duncan.
She attended Oklahoma A & M, and worked for the War Manpower Commission and the Veteran's Administration. She retired as Executive Secretary from Halliburton Services in 1974. She was a charter member of the Duncan Desk and Derrick Club.
Survivors include five nieces and their husbands, Jimmie Nell Turpin of Gerty, Judy and Gene Cain of Anadarko, Susie and Jackie Brown of Holdenville, Jan and Mark Atkinson of Indianapolis Indiana, Tanya and Peter Johnson of Los Altos, California; one niece-in-law, Mrs. Glen (Mary Lou) Sharpe of Yuma, Colorado; her late husband's stepson and his wife,
Charles and Tena Ward of Bozeman, Montana; also nine great- nephews and five great-nieces; 17 great-great-nieces and nephews; and one great-great-great nephew; one sister-in-law, Frances Standfield Johnson of Arlington Texas; one niece, Patty Ryals Halligan of Lansing, Michigan; and four nephews, Tommy and Jeannie Johnson of Arlington, David and Cindy Johnson of Lewisburg, Tennessee, Richard and Kathy Ryals of Lansing.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Art, on July 18, 1984; her parents; two sisters, Audrey Smith and Thelma Ramsey; two brothers, Harold Ramsey, and twin brother, Gerald Dean Ramsey, and one nephew, Glen Sharpe.
Services were at the Chisholm Trail Church of Christ with Kern Porter officiating and Leonard Keele assisting. Burial was in Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home in Duncan.
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