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::Amber Cemetery--Amber OK

© The Chickasha Express-Star 22 Dec 2003

Agnes Gwendylon McClain

Funeral service for Agnes Gwendylon McClain, 85, of Chickasha, will 
be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2003, in the Chapel of 
Sevier Funeral Home.

Agnes Gwendylon McClain was born February 10, 1918, in Mountain View, 
Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert Hugh and Verda Lee (Dudgeon) Pearcy, 
and died December 21, 2003, in Oklahoma City.

Not long after she was born, the family moved to a farm near Amber. 
Her grandfather, William J. Pearcy, was one of the first carpenters 
in Chickasha, and he and her uncle, Albert, built many of the finest 
homes in Chickasha. She attended school and graduated from Amber. She 
lived in Grady County most of her life. She and Ray McClain were 
married December 24, 1934, in Chickasha. They lived at Union Hill, 
where Ray worked for George Beeler for seven years; then in 
California, where Ray was employed in the shipyard. They came back to 
Chickasha in 1944. Agnes worked for twenty years in Russell Long’s 
grocery store. She managed the grocery store from 1955-1959. She was 
a member of the First Christian Church. Agnes was a wonderful 
homemaker and helper in the church. In the Bible, the book of Romans 
was a favorite of hers, especially chapter 14:13-15. The Lord’s 
Prayer was also a favorite. Her mother always used to caution her, 
“in this life if you put nothing into it, you get nothing out.” This 
was a sort of motto of hers, and certainly she gave of herself for 
others.

She was preceded in death by: Her husband, Ray McClain; 1 great 
grandson, Justin Pettet; sisters: Darleen Harriet Eichenberger, 
Geraldine Rosa Smith.

Survivors include: 1 daughter, Nadine McClain Baker and husband, 
Wayne, of Oklahoma City; 1 son, Gerald Ray McClain and wife, Muna, of 
Stillwater, Oklahoma; 2 sisters: Emma Lee Black of Ardmore, Oklahoma; 
Mary Louise Pfiffer of Gravette, Arkansas; 3 brothers: Robert Hugh 
(R.H.) Pearcy of Chickasha, Albert Johnson (A.J.) Pearcy of 
Chickasha, Tommy James Pearcy of Chickasha; 5 grandchildren: Nancy 
Hedrick of Oklahoma City, Kathy Pettet of Seminole, Oklahoma, Arron 
Baker of Oklahoma City, Vander McClain of San Francisco, California, 
Zana McClain Torres of Miami, Florida; 4 great grandchildren: Thomas 
Christian Pettet, Kiri Pettet, Manola Ray Torres, Daniela Nicole 
Torres.

Interment will be in the Amber Cemetery under the direction of Sevier 
Funeral Home. Special thank you to the caregivers at Lifeline 
Hospice. Memorials instead of flowers to First Christian Church of 
Chickasha or Lifeline Hospice, 917 S. 4th, Chickasha, OK 73018.
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