Minnie Stephenson

Funeral service for Minnie Mae Stephenson, 84, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. Monday, March 8, 2010 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.  She died March 4, 2010 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  Burial will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the Bokchito Cemetery in Bokchito, Oklahoma.

She was born on August 27, 1925 in Poteau, Oklahoma the daughter of James Franklin and Millie Myers Roberson.

She was a Registered Nurse in Fredrick and Durant, Oklahoma.  She was a Teacher’s Aid in Fox, Oklahoma.  She was employed at the Ballard Community Center in the Day Care Center where she retired in March 1996.   She was a member of the United Indian Methodist Church.  She also attended Cornerstone Baptist Church.

She married Robert “Bob” Samuel Stephenson on August 28, 1946 in Sherman, Texas.  He preceded her in death on February 6, 1978.

Survivors include one daughter, Francis Ann Stephenson, Lawrence; Daughter-In-Law, Kathleen Stephenson, Duncan, Oklahoma; two grandsons, Mike Stephenson, and wife, Stacy, Duncan Oklahoma, Scott Stephenson, Ardmore, Oklahoma; two great grandchildren, Hayden and Mikayla, Duncan, Oklahoma.   She was preceded in death by her son, Larry W. Stephenson on April 9, 1996 and one sister, Ora Lee Humphrey.

Memorial Contributions may be made in her name to the Special Olympics and may be sent in care of the mortuary.

Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com