Transcribed Obituary for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma



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	Richard Garland Casey Sr., 61, a lifetime resident of 

Okmulgee and a former member of the Preston School Board, 

died Saturday, January 28, 2006 in Okmulgee. He was born 

Friday, October 6, 1944 to Mose C. and Vernon Lucile 

(Bishop) Clark in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. On June 4, 1965, 

he married Nell H. Helms in Preston, Oklahoma. He served 

in the United States Air Force from 1965 to 1971.  He was 

an employee of OSU-Okmulgee and was an active fisherman. 

Richard was a devoted husband and father and a loving PaPa. 

	

      He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, 

Vernon Casey. 

	

      Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Nell Casey of the 

home; one son: Rich Casey, Jr. and wife, Mandy of Okmulgee 

and one daughter: Becky Casey Alexander and husband, James 

of Okmulgee; one sister: Janice Duke of Wilburton; four 

grandchildren: Peyton Elizabeth and Robert “Cubby” Clark 

Alexander; Richard “C.B.” Garland Casey, III and Sammy 

Thomas Casey; three aunts: Juanita Pipkins, O’Dessa Hale 

and Elizabeth Mitchell. 

	

      Graveside Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 

31, 2006 at the Okmulgee Cemetery with Reverend Jim Waller 

officiating. Burial will follow the service under the direction of 

the Shurden-Kelley Funeral Home of Okmulgee. 

	

      Visitation will be held Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

at the Kelley Chapel in Okmulgee. 

	

Friends may send their condolences to www.shurdenkelley.com