Obit for Clark-Leighton, Juanita Mae - Caddo County OK

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::Memory Lane Cemetery--Anadarko OK

© The Chickasha Express-Star 09 Jan 2004

Juanita Mae Clark-Leighton

Juanita Mae Clark-Leighton was born July 6, 1917 near Apache, Oklahoma, to 
Charley and Angie (Knipfel) Moran, and passed from this life on Tuesday, 
January 6, 2004, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, at the age of 86 years and 6 
months, following a lengthy illness.

Juanita grew up in Apache and graduated from Apache High School. She 
attended business college in Anadarko for 2 years. She married Lloyd Clark 
of Anadarko, and they lived all over Texas and New Mexico with Phillips 
Petroleum Company. They moved back to Anadarko in 1965 from Grants, New 
Mexico, where Juanita had worked as a bank teller. She went to work at the 
Anadarko Bank and Trust as a teller in 1965 and retired in 1979. She and 
Richard Leighton were married on February 11, 1977, in Wichita Falls, 
Texas. They were members of the Twilighters Club and for several years 
enjoyed traveling with them and going camping. Juanita liked to sew, and 
enjoyed her flower gardens. She also loved birds. She was a member of the 
First United Methodist Church of Anadarko.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and by Mr. Clark and Mr. 
Leighton. Survivors include her son, Gary Dean Clark and his wife Sharon 
of Tuttle, her daughter, Anita "Susie" Slater and her husband Roger of 
Anadarko; stepdaughter Betty Mackey and her husband Burl of Stroud, 
Oklahoma; stepson Neil Leighton and his wife Betty of Mountain View; 
grandchildren, Garret Dean Clark and his wife Tiffany of Del City, April 
Franklin and her husband Russell of Oklahoma City, Ronnie Davidson of 
Tuttle, Chance Slater and his wife Robin of Elgin, Terry Slater and his 
wife Trish of Vernon, Texas; step-grandchildren, Kathy, Greg and Mark 
Mackey, Bethany, Brian and Brennan Leighton; 17 great grandchildren; two 
sisters, Mildred Farmer of Chickasha and Melvina Coleman of Baltimore, 
Maryland; numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and loving friends.

Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, at the First United 
Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. Chuck Gilbert, officiating, with 
Rev. Burl Mackey assisting. Burial will follow in Memory Lane Cemetery 
under the direction of Steverson Funeral Home.
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