ALETHA WOODARD McGUIRE, 67, passed away on Oct. 2, 2005, after a courageous battle with lymphoma. Aletha's love for her family and friends gave her strength to fight that battle.
Services were held Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Bethel Assembly of God Church in Duncan, conducted by her brother-in-law, Rev. Bob Towell, the Rev. Loy Elkins and Rev. Ray Ledbetter, and her Pastor, the Rev. Ron Meador. Burial was held at Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home in Duncan.
Aletha was born in Duncan on Feb. 10, 1938, to Roy and Laura Woodard. Aletha married Jeff McGuire on July 31, 1954, and they were married for 51 years.
Aletha is survived by her husband, Jeff; her three daughters and sons-in-law, Becky and Mike Lightner, Tammie and Danny Deaton, and Misti and Darren Southerland; 11 grand-children, Nikki and John Wiese, Tori and David
Marsh, Michael Lightner and Lindsey Abbott, Chance and Chelbe Deaton, and Sidni, Tanner, and Trey Southerland; four great-grandchildren, Karisa Cooper, Ryder Wiese, and Ashlyn and Kallie Slate; two sisters, Ladonna Chasteen and Velda Towell; a brother, Roy Woodard; many nieces and
nephews; and many friends who helped during the trials of the past year and a half.
Aletha was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, O.L. Woodard; and a sister, Eudora Dixon.
Pallbearers were her son-in-laws and her grandsons; honorary pallbearers were her nephews.
ALETHA WOODARD McGUIRE, 67, passed away on Oct. 2, 2005, after a courageous battle with lymphoma. Aletha's love for her family and friends gave her strength to fight that battle.
Services were held Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Bethel Assembly of God Church in Duncan, conducted by her brother-in-law, Rev. Bob Towell, the Rev. Loy Elkins and Rev. Ray Ledbetter, and her Pastor, the Rev. Ron Meador. Burial was held at Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home in Duncan.
Aletha was born in Duncan on Feb. 10, 1938, to Roy and Laura Woodard. Aletha married Jeff McGuire on July 31, 1954, and they were married for 51 years.
Aletha is survived by her husband, Jeff; her three daughters and sons-in-law, Becky and Mike Lightner, Tammie and Danny Deaton, and Misti and Darren Southerland; 11 grand-children, Nikki and John Wiese, Tori and David
Marsh, Michael Lightner and Lindsey Abbott, Chance and Chelbe Deaton, and Sidni, Tanner, and Trey Southerland; four great-grandchildren, Karisa Cooper, Ryder Wiese, and Ashlyn and Kallie Slate; two sisters, Ladonna Chasteen and Velda Towell; a brother, Roy Woodard; many nieces and
nephews; and many friends who helped during the trials of the past year and a half.
Aletha was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, O.L. Woodard; and a sister, Eudora Dixon.
Pallbearers were her son-in-laws and her grandsons; honorary pallbearers were her nephews.
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McGUIRE
Jeff R.
Jan 19, 1936
Jan 6, 2015
Aletha L.
Feb 10, 1938
Oct 2, 2005
Married July 31, 1954
And now these three remain:
faith, hope & love, but the
greatest of these is love.
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