Obit of Billye Jean McGahey (m200) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 10 Aug 2002 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ====================================================================== Funeral services for Billye Jean McGahey will be conducted Thursay at 10:30 a.m. from the Martin Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Keith Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Oklahoma under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home. Billye Jean McGahey was born March 3, 1928 in Calrea to William B. and Stella Shelton Pope and died Sunday july 7, 1996 at the age of 68. She was raised and educated in Durant. She married O.J. McGahey on December 23, 1954 in Durant. The McGahey family moved to Midland, Texas in 1992 from Elk City. Billye was active in the Baptist Church. Survivors include her sons: David McGahey and his wife Jody of Austin, Texas, Jay D. McGahey and his wife Anne of Little Rock, Arkansas; one daughter, Brenda Benally and her husbande Ron of Gallup, New Mexico; five grandchildren, Taylor and Carli McGahey, Melissa Storm, Susan Featherston and Michael McGahey; and one great grandchild, Evalina McGahey; one brother, Troy Pope of Farmington, New Mexico; three sisters, Lenora Harper of Durant, Mildred Cooper of Odessa, Texas and Juanita Gilbert of Durant; also several nieces and nephews. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK