Mary Frances Paige, age 79, a lifelong Atoka, OK resident, lived in Tushka since 1962, was born on Monday, September 21, 1942, to Otis Lee and Susie Margaret (Grimsley) Faulkenberry, at Atoka, OK. Mary passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Atoka, OK. She graduated from Atoka High School in 1960. Mary worked a number of years at Atoka Hospital and worked over 20 years and retired in 2012 from Wal-Mart in Atoka. She married Jerry Lee Paige on Friday, August 11th, 1961 at Atoka, OK. They celebrated 60 years of marriage in August. Mary was a member of Tushka Baptist Church in her younger years and loved to sing with her sister Joyce Wills and Arvel Hall. She enjoyed taking photos at family celebrations and reunions. Mary loved being a wife, mother and granny, loved to sing, sew, using electronic equipment and gadgets and was an avid QVC shopper.
Mary is survived by her husband, Jerry Lee Paige of the home in Tushka, OK; daughters, Patrica Strader and husband Greg of Sanger, TX, Gina Hall and husband George of Boggy Depot, OK, Brenda Seay of Atoka, OK; grandchildren, Chance Hall and wife Misty of Boggy Depot, OK, Garland Leon Seay and wife Alisha of Hartshorne, OK; great grandchildren, Olivia Hall, Samuel Hall, Liam Hall; brothers, Johnny Faulkenberry and wife Nellie of Lehigh, OK, O.L. Faulkenberry and wife Frankie of Atoka, OK; sisters, Betty Burch of Canton, TX, Margaret Belcher of Kingston, OK; brother in law, Larry Daniel Paige; along with nieces, nephews, other relatives and many dear and loved friends.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Otis Lee and Susie Margaret (Grimsley) Faulkenberry; sister, Joyce Wills; brothers in law, Don Wills, Jerry Burch, Homer Belcher Sr.; son in law, Garland Douglas Seay; sisters in law, Charlotte Poole, Betty Smith; nephew, Billy Wills Sr..
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DATE OF SERVICES: 02:00 PM Saturday, December 11th, 2021
PLACE OF SERVICES: Brown's Funeral Chapel, Atoka, Oklahoma
OFFICIATING: Otis Lee "Buddy" Faulkenberry III
INTERMENT: Tushka Cemetery, Tushka, Oklahoma