NAME: EVA ETHEL (TIGERT) WORKMAN WILLIS, AGE 82, A LIFELONG CANEY-VOCA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 23, 1924 AT CANEY, OK TO WILLIAM BUD AND LAURA LEONA (WHITE) TIGERT.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006 AT THE OAKRIDGE MANOR IN DURANT, OK

AGE: 82 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ETHEL ATTENDED BUCKHOLT AND CANEY SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: JAMES ROBERT WORKMAN ON JANUARY 2, 1945, he preceded her death.

HAYDEN WILLIS IN 1972 AT SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION: ETHEL WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE LOVED BEING A HOME HEALTH AND CHILD CARE PROVIDER. SHE ENJOYED HER FLOWERS, GARDENING, QUILTING, AND FEEDING HUMMINGBIRDS.

survived by

CHILDREN: JAMES RAY WORKMAN AND WIFE REVA OF CANEY, ok.

RETA MATTISON AND HUSBAND HARVEY OF CANEY, ok.

MARIE GOSSETT AND HUSBAND LAYTON OF CANEY, ok.

AL WORKMAN AND WIFE LINDA OF CANEY, ok.

ANN RICHARDSON AND HUSBAND ROGER OF CANEY, ok.

PATT DUNCAN AND HUSBAND LEVI OF MEAD, ok.

MIKE WORKMAN AND WIFE CARLA OF CANEY, ok.

MARY HOOPER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF BENTLEY, ok.

ZENI WORKMAN OF DURANT, ok.

SUSAN BAUGHER OF DURANT, ok.

BOBBY WILLIS AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF VERNAL, UT.

WAYNE WILLIS OF VERNAL, UT.

EDDIE WILLIS AND WIFE DONNA OF CANEY, ok.

TERRY WILLIS AND WIFE DAWN OF CANEY, ok.

OSCAR WILLIS OF ADA, ok.

SISTERS: INEZ JACKSON OF CANEY, ok.

MARY CROSSLAND OF CALERA, ok.

29 GRANDCHILDREN, 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

NUMEROUS STEP GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

preceded in death by

HUSBAND: JAMES R. WORKMAN IN JUNE 1968.

PARENTS: BUD AND LAURA TIGERT.

BROTHERS: ROY, WILLIAM AND JAMES TIGERT.

SISTERS: ELOISE HILL, LILLIE ALFORD, LETHA DODD, AND MAMIE CHILDERS.

GRANDCHILDREN: SARAH MARIE GOSSETT AND SONNY WILLIS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH.

PLACE OF INTERMENT: PERKINS CEMETERY ~ caney, ok.

OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM.

ASSISTING: REV. SAMMY VAUGHN.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JAMES WORKMAN, CLAY GOSSETT, MATT WORKMAN, RYAN RICHARDSON, BRADY RICHARDSON, STEVEN MATLOCK, CURTIS MATLOCK, AMOS WORKMAN, STEPHEN KEENY, LOGAN WALSTON, BEN WALSTON, JERRY TUCKER, NICK LOVE, will love.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES TIGERT, BOB ALFORD, PAUL RHINES, BILL WORKMAN, DON ALFORD.

FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY EVENING 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.