Obit of Mrs. Velma Lee Ackley  (a240) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com>  9 Oct 2000
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::Red Hill Cemetery--Hammon OK

Mrs. Velma Lee Ackley 

Funeral services for Mrs. Velma Lee Ackley, 66, of Hammon, Roger 
Mills County, OK were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1982. 
Services were at the First Baptist Church of Hammon officated by 
Rev. Bart Montgomery of the Highland Baptist Church of Albuquerque, 
N.M. and assisted by Rev. J.C. Neil of the First Baptist Church of 
Hammon.

Mrs. Ackley died very unexpectedly Saturday, July 31, 1982 at 
Hillcrest Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK.

Velma Lee was born near Kiowa, OK Oct. 29, 1915 and attended Kiowa 
Country School and gew to womanhood in that area. She was married to 
the late Emery C. Ackley on July 12, 1936 in Strong City, OK. The 
couple made their home in Hammon, OK area and raised their four 
chilldren there. Mrs. Ackley cooked for the Hammon Public Schools 
for many years and was employed there at the time of her death.

Mrs. Ackley was a very faithful member of the First Baptist Church 
of Hammon and attended to the Church nursery for several years. She 
was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge #261 of Butler.

Burial was in the Red Hill Cemetery south of Hammon, OK, Roger Mills 
County under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home of 
Clinton, OK.

Survivors include three daughers: Mrs. Doyle (Floretta Joe) Seright, 
Oklahoma City, OK; Mrs. Leon (Mary Katherine) Gilliland, Cheyenne, 
OK; Mrs. Sidney (Seb) (Alta Ann) Bergeron, Gray, LA; one son: James 
Theordore (J.T.) Ackley, Sayre, OK; one sister: Mrs. Kattie B. 
Ackley (Keirsey), Live Oak, CA

She is also survived by six grandchildren: Katherine Ann Dearman, 
Oklahoma City, OK; David Andrew Seright, Oklahoma City, OK; Leanonna 
Kaye Gilliland, Cheyenne, OK; Jodie Michelle Ackley, Sayre, OK; 
Kristy Lynn Ackley, Sayre, OK; Dustin Paul Bergeron, Gray, LA; two 
step grandchildren: Charles Ross Gilliland, Tulsla, OK; Suzie 
Gilliand Conley, Oklahoma City, OK; two step great grandchildren: 
Angie Gilliland, KS; Brandy Conley, Oklahoma City, OK

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Diebetic Fund of Oklahoma 
Medical Researh Foundation