NAME: DESSIE ELIZABETH (LACKEY) WORKMAN, AGE 87, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 4, 1914 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO ALBERT G. AND SARAH ALIVITINE (PRICE) LACKEY. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2002 AT KING'S DAUGHTERS AND SONS NURSING HOME IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BUCKHOLT AND CANEY. MARRIED: AUTHER LEE "LEECIE" WORKMAN ON MAY 11, 1929 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. PRIOR TO THE WAR SHE WORKED ON THE W.P.A. PROGRAM AND SHE WORKED A FEW YEARS AT THE AMUNITION DEPOT IN SAVANNA IN THE 40S. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. DESSIE LOVED BEING A MOTHER. SHE ENJOYED BEING WITH HER FAMILY, TRAVELING AND GARDENING.

SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BESSIE UMSTED AND HUSBAND ROBERT EARL OF CANEY, OK. GENE WORKMAN AND WIFE CAROLYN OF CANEY, OK. GLENDA MCBRIDE OF CANEY, OK. CAROLYN YODER AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF CANEY, OK. DON WORKMAN AND WIFE BRENDA OF TUSHKA, OK. LENIS BOEHME OF CANEY, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN.

NUMEROUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: FLOYD LACKEY OF SAN MARCOS, TX. A. G. LACKEY OF FT. WORTH, TX. SISTERS: IVEY WATSON OF DURANT, OK. PAULINE RAINS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. WILMA MAYO OF FT. WORTH, TX. DESSIE MAY MURRAY OF FT. WORTH, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALBERT AND SARAH LACKEY. HUSBAND: LEECIE WORKMAN ON JULY 13, 1979. INFANT SON: CLIFFORD WORKMAN. SISTERS: LORINE LACKEY, ESSIE GARVIN, AND WANDA GIBBS. BROTHERS: JOE LACKEY, JACK LACKEY, AND J. J. LACKEY. SONS-IN-LAW: BOBBY BOEHME, T. A. MCBRIDE, AND LEE R. FARMER.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK. INTERMENT: PERKINS CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VICTOR COOK. EULOGY: ROBERT EARL UMSTED. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) RICK UMSTED, MICK UMSTED, BRUCE MCBRIDE, RANDY WORKMAN, BART WORKMAN, BOBBY BOEHME, RUSSELL WORKMAN, RON WORKMAN. HONORARY: (GRANDDAUGHTERS) VICKI KIRKPATRICK, RHONDA ROSE, SHONDA THOMAS, DONNA HARDMAN, SHERRI BROWN, JEANA BOEHME.