Maxine Lannom Morton
Services for Maxine Lannom Morton were held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 18, 2022 at Crossway First Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Leveridge officiating. Interment followed at Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulphur under the direction of DeArman Funeral Home of Sulphur.
Maxine was born August 11, 1927 to Robert Moore and Sarah Owens Moore in Sulphur, in her grandparents home, Mr. and Mrs. Owens, where the Murray County Expo Center now sits. She grew up there and attended Valley View School through 7th grade and went into Sulphur High School and graduated in 1946.
She passed away in Sulphur on July 14, 2022 at 94 years, 11 months, and 28 days.
Maxine married Bill Lannom, her high school sweetheart, on July 21, 1945 while he was still in the Navy during World War II. They met through Bob Mobly and his sister, Betts Mobly.
They raised three daughters, Tresa, Jolene, and Janelle. During her first 20 years of marriage, she spent many hours watching her husband pitch softball and baseball. Also, she spent many hours with him and her daughters at football and basketball games and later watched her grandkids and great grandkids play various sports over the years.
She was a homemaker, sewing everything her girls and she ever wore, loved cooking and probably most of you have had a piece of her famous pies or brownies, and enjoyed spending time with her whole family.
Maxine was a very involved member of the OSU Extension Homemakers Club, Murray County Historical Society, Modern Martha Sunday School Class, and a lifetime member of Crossway First Baptist Church. She loved spending time with her church family and enjoyed her role as nursery coordinator for 30 years. Her husband, “Bill,” of 48 years passed away suddenly on December
Her husband, “Bill,” of 48 years passed away suddenly on December 13, 1992. In May 1997, she married Dick Morton, a long-time friend of Hennepin. He died suddenly September 13, 2003.
Others preceding her in death were her father, Robert; mother, Sarah, and step-dad of 50 years, Paul Lemons; her only brother, Leroy Moore and sister-in-law, Pam Moore Barnes.
Those surviving are daughters, Tresa and Lloyd Snow of Sand Springs, Jolene and Rendall Cole of Sulphur, Janelle and Lawayne Gilbert of Sulphur; five grandsons, Heath and Jessica Gilbert, Corey and Carrie Cole, Clete and Kerri Cole, all of Sulphur, Bradley and Lezlie Gilbert of Tahlequah, Curt and Shawna Cole of Whitesboro, Texas, and granddaughter, Brooke and Landon Wood of Sulphur; great grandchildren, Hali and Braden Ruth, Rance, Trentlee, and Rhett Gilbert, Caden, Carter, and Casten Cole, Carlee, Colten, Cooper, and Coby Cole, all of Sulphur, Taber and Carsyn Gilbert of Tahlequah, Maddy and Jenna Cole of Whitesboro, Texas, and Drake and Nate Wood of Sulphur. She had one great-great grandson, Branson Ruth, on the way who she was so excited about meeting; three stepchildren, Ron Morton of Hennepin, Vickie Morton of Davis, LuAnn and Jody Milligan of Hennepin; two nieces, Denise and Tony Duck of Sulphur and LeeAnn and Clint Norton of Sulphur.
Also surviving are six half-sisters, Bobbie Olsen, Patsy James, Lahoma Lindegard, Linda Carson, Karen Groves, and Sherri Eaken; one half-brother, Buddy Moore; brother in law, De and Ruth Lannom of Sulphur; nieces, Deanna and RC Elliott of Sulphur, Amy and Greg Kiser of Ada, Terri Lannom of Ardmore, Linda Boyer, and Gail Anderson, both of Ardmore; and nephew, Jimmy and Bobbye Lannom of Newcastle.