Transcribed Obituary for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma



************************************************************************

Copyright.  All rights reserved.  http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

Submitted to: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/okmulgee/okmulgee.html

Submitted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okokmulg/

Transcribed & Submitted by: Shelley Lynch		

************************************************************************



Betty Lou Mantooth, 75, a resident of Okmulgee, 

passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at St. Francis 

Hospital from complications following surgery. 

	

She was born Wednesday, December 18, 1929 in Okmulgee. 

She was the youngest of five children of Don and Lena (Collins) 

Brewer and was the last surviving child. She was a 1947 graduate 

of Okmulgee High School. On February 21, 1948, she married 

Harlan H. Mantooth in Okmulgee. She formerly worked for 

the Okmulgee Wal-Mart in the mid 1970’s as a manager in the 

infant department. 

	

Survivors include: her husband, Harlan of the home; two 

daughters: Karen Hayes of El Paso and Carla Pilkington and 

husband, Jim of Sapulpa; four grandchildren: Allison Hayes 

of El Paso; Lane Pilkington of Sapulpa; Marci Swayze and husband, 

Matt of Okmulgee; and Derek Pilkington and wife, Cheri of 

Sugar Hill, Georgia. 

	

Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 5, 2005 at the 

Kelley Chapel in Okmulgee with Pastor Paul Littleton officiating. 

Burial will follow the service at the Okmulgee Cemetery under 

the direction of the Shurden-Kelley Funeral Home of Okmulgee. 

	

Pallbearers will be Donald Hale, Derek Pilkington, Red Thompson, 

Dennis Smith, Ronnie Robinson and Eural Robinson. 

	

Honorary Pallbearers will be Walter Burkhart, Milton Hale and 

Ernie Honig.