NAME: OPAL JUANITA KIRBY A LONGTIME WAPANUCKA RESIDENT. BORN: SHE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 8, 1919 TO OTIS WILLIAM AND VELMA GLADYS(MANN) JENNINGS AT PLEASANT HILL, OK. PASSED AWAY: OPAL PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 IN WAPANUCKA, OK. AGE 89 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN CLARITA, OK AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN STONEWALL, OK. MARRIED TO: OPAL MARRIED FOCH KIRBY ON OCTOBER 22, 1938 AT STONEWALL, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A CATTLE RANCHER AND RETIRED FROM THE BLUEBELL FACTORY IN COALGATE, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION, HOBBIES, AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS: OPAL WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN WAPANUCKA. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR. WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB. SURVIVED BY SON: BILL KIRBY AND WIFE NANCY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. SISTERS: WILMA WOOD AND HUSBAND E.J. OF CLEARWATER, KS. MATTIE BROWN AND HUSBAND DORSEY OF WICHITA, KS. GRANDDAUGHTER: DR. DANA KIRBY OF FT. WORTH, TX. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OTIS WILLIAM AND VELMA GLADYS JENNINGS. HUSBAND: FOCH KIRBY BROTHER: O.V. JENNINGS