Blevins, Scott Eldon & Grace (Birdwell)

Surname Index
Updated: 20 Mar 2009

Daily Oklahoman, The
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 10, 2007, page 19A

Grace Blevins was born August 20, 1910, in Butler, OK to Lola Margaret & Milton Wade Birdwell. She was the youngest of 8 children. She was married to Scott Eldon Blevins for 43 years until his death in 1976. They moved to the Choctaw area in 1953.

She leaves behind her son, Bob Blevins and daughter-in-law Andrea of Jonesboro, GA; 3 daughters, Janet Grant of Gardena, CA, Joann Gray of Moore, OK, & Karen Redding of Ewing NJ; 6 grandchildren, Mark Gray, Rick Gray, Vickie Grant Condit, Kristin Redding Graham, Kelli Redding, Kaci Redding; 6 great-grandchildren, Laci, Micheal, Kyle, Clint, Kaci, Caroline; & 2 great-great-grandchildren: Brookelyn & Devon.

She retired from the Oklahoma State Dept of Human Services in 1974. She was a member of the Choctaw United Methodist Church where she volunteered with Mobile Meals and belonged to the quilting club. She was a member of the Jones Eastern Star where she proudly held many offices over the years. She enjoyed nothing more than spending time with & cooking for her family. She was a beloved daughter, baby sister, aunt, wife, mother, grandmother & friend. She taught her family all they would need to know about love, strength, & what it meant to be a mother. She went on to be with her loved ones who preceded her on October 8, 2007. The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to Faith Hospice & Grace Living Center staff in Norman, especially Twila Gray, for the loving care & kindness they provided during her last year.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 2007, at Choctaw United Methodist Church with interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Choctaw.

Bill Eisenhour Southeast 672-1321, 5005 SE 29th.

[10-19-2007 - search for his obit without luck. seems to be several athletes with this name in the area
12-17/18-2009 again searched for his obit and found nothing - even looking page by page in early Sept 1976.]

Sources: good faith fair use of sources stated above

Compiled, transcribed and submitted by Marti Graham, Oklahoma County, OKGenWeb Coordinator, October 2007 and December 2008. Information posted for educational purposes for viewers and researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.

I believe in random acts of kindness and I believe in sharing genealogy. If you have copies of photos, obituaries, wills, biographies, or stories relating to any of these families or other Oklahoma County families, would you consider sending them my way for publication at this site?

I always welcome comments and corrections.

I live outside Oklahoma City, I cannot personally do any research for you. However I will try to direct you to someone who may help you if you can't find what you want here. Please understand ALL information on this site was contributed by people like you. If it's not on the site, I don't have it. Thanks

I hope you enjoy searching through our web site, as I've spent considerable time on it. If you find other information on the web or elsewhere that might be appropriate for this page, please let me know. I'm am particularly interested journals or other records of movement into Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
Site authored by Marti Graham, Coordinator Oklahoma County, Oklahoma part of the OKGenWeb Project	Visitor: Home Page last updated: 11 Nov 2023 This page updated: 11 Nov 2023
Copyright © 1997-2015. NO PART may be reproduced without author's permission.
You found this information at //www.okgenweb.net/~okoklaho/obit/../_private/xfooter.htm