Jimmy Ray Nye, Sr.

Services for Jimmy Ray Nye, Sr., 83, will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Hale’s Memorial Chapel in Davis, with Pastor Willard McCartney, Jr. officiating. Interment, with military honors, will follow at the Dougherty Cemetery.

Jimmy was born December 25, 1938, in Amber, to the late Odisa P. and Mary Bernice (Simmons) Nye. He died on Monday, Feb. 14, in Lawton. Jimmy and the former Ms. Linda R. Pugh were united in marriage on August 14, 1970, in Oklahoma City.

He joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 17, serving from 1956 until 1959. After his service, Jimmy returned to Oklahoma. In 1962, Jimmy started his own company, Nye’s Home Improvements. During his 40+ years in business, he operated in both Texas and Oklahoma, retiring in 2002.

Survivors include his wife, Linda; five sons, Kenny Nye and wife, Celli of Denton, TX, Kevin Nye of Lawton, Jimmy Nye, Jr. and wife, Annette of Amarillo, TX, Justin Nye and wife, Monique of Wynnewood, and Tony Nye and wife, Nicole of Lawton; one daughter, Tami Hawkins of Sulphur; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Peggy Hilty of Duncan.

In addition to his parents, Jimmy was preceded in death by three siblings, TD Nye, Jerry Lowe, and Betty Ann Lowe.

Services are “Entrusted To” Hale’s Funeral Home of Davis, OK. Online condolences may be offered at halesfuneralhomes.com.