Barbara Ann Parsons, age 79, a Durant, OK resident, formerly a longtime Atoka County resident, was born on Wednesday, July 21, 1943, to Joseph Dickson and Wilda Elizabeth (Hardin) Walden, at Ft. Worth, TX. Barbara passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022 at Durant, OK. She attended school in Ft. Worth and Atoka and graduated from high school. Barbara was a housewife and homemaker. She married Roy Sam Mattoon Parsons on Tuesday, January 1st, 1963 at Lubbock, TX. They celebrated 49 years of marriage before his passing on July 29, 2012. Barbara was a member of First Assembly of God in Atoka, OK. She enjoyed embroidering on plastic canvas, reading her Bible, and spending time with her family.
Barbara is survived by her daughters, Marion Bicknell and husband Jimmy of Atoka, OK, Elizabeth Parsons of Denver, CO, Sammie Maxey and husband Ronald of Durant, OK; grandchildren, Jeremy Burris of AR, Alicia Burris of Lehigh, OK, Shawn Edwards of Atoka, OK, Crystal Edwards of Atoka, OK, Whitney Williams of Denver, CO, Lashana Williams of Denver, CO, Rihanna Williams of Denver, CO, Charles Bayles and wife Ashlyn of Atoka, OK, Clarence Bayles of Atoka, OK, Wilda Smith and husband Gabe of Sulphur, OK, Brittany Pratt and husband Joe of Tulsa, OK, Robert Stark, Adam Stark, and Josef Stark of Midwest City, Abigail Stark and Paisley Stark of Calera, OK, Kassi McDaniel of Calera, OK, Tracey Miller and husband Brian of Durant, OK; 19 great grandchildren; sister, Donna Moore of MI; along with nieces, nephews, other relatives and many dear friends.
Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Dickson and Wilda Elizabeth (Hardin) Walden; great grandson, Flint Smith; brother, Bill Walden; stepson, Jason Stark.
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DATE OF SERVICES: 10:00 AM, Friday, August 19th, 2022
PLACE OF SERVICES: Brown's Funeral Chapel, Atoka, Oklahoma
OFFICIATING: Rev. John Reuben Clemmestsen
INTERMENT: Fields Cemetery, Porum, Oklahoma
CASKETBEARERS: Ronald Maxey, Jimmy Bicknell, Charles Bayles, Clarence Bayles, Trenton Owings, Perry Scroggins
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