Betty Lou Sikes, age 87, a Atoka, OK resident. She was born on Monday, June 15, 1936, to Bert Wilke and Thelma Ethel (Goad) Harper, at Seminole, OK. Betty passed away on Friday, July 21, 2023 at Atoka, OK. She attended Shawnee Public Schools, where she graduated in 1954. Betty went on to receive an Associates  Degree from Neff Business School. Betty was a Secretary at the Atoka State Bank and Dr. Rippee's office, as well as the owner of Ray's Diner for 25 years. She married DW Sikes on Friday, March 18th, 1955 at their home in Shawnee, OK. Betty was of the Baptist Faith. She liked arts and crafts, traveling, trips to Branson, shopping anywhere, going to the movies, and hanging out with family. She was a good cook.
Betty is survived by husband, DW Sikes of the home in Atoka, OK, daughter Sindy Newberry and husband Jeff of Atoka, OK, grandsons, Cody Newberry and wife Jeanne of Coalgate, OK, Brandon Newberry and wife Kelsey of Caddo, OK, great granddaughters, Emma Newberry of Coalgate, OK, Layni Newberry of Caddo, OK, Rainey Davidson of Coalgate, OK, great grandsons, Callen Newberry of Coalgate, OK, Hunter Davidson of Coalgate, OK, Briar Davidson of Coalgate, OK.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Bert and Thelma Ethel (Goad) "Harper"-Dorris, step father, Ray Dorris.
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DATE OF SERVICES: 10:00 AM Monday, July 24th, 2023
PLACE OF SERVICES: Green Meadows Cemetery, Atoka, Oklahoma
OFFICIATING: Cody Newberry, Claude Lovett
INTERMENT: Green Meadows Cemetery, Atoka, Oklahoma
CASKETBEARERS: Jeff Newberry, Cody Newberry, Brandon Newberry, Curtis Southern
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