Wanda Okemah Williams

Wanda Okemah Gray Williams, 91, passed away on May 2, 2015, at her home in Duncan, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be Thursday in the Elk Avenue Church of Christ, 2113 W. Elk Avenue, Duncan, OK 73533 under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Duncan Cemetery. She was born on August 28, 1923 to William Riley and Maude Myrtle (Goodwin) Gray, in Graham, Oklahoma. Wanda spent the first few years of her life in Oklahoma and then moved with her family to Littlefield, Texas, in 1927 where she grew up. Wanda moved to Duncan in 1955 where she lived for the last 60 years. She married Warren "Dale" Williams on March 3, 1973. They were together for 34 years before he preceded her in death on Feb 16, 2006. Wanda and Dale loved to travel. She always enjoyed social activities with family as well as church family. Wanda was a strong and determined person who always kept going. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Her husband Dale, her brothers, Presto, Kenneth, and Calvin Gray, and her niece Cindy Gray Parton preceded Wanda in death. She is survived by her niece and nephews, Preston and (Anita) Gray of Ardmore, Kenneth and (Zo) Gray of Duncan, Marlina and (Mark) Sharp, of Norman. Great nieces and nephews include Lisa and (Gordon) Wilkinson and their two children, Linda and (Craig) MacDonald and their three children, Will and (Julia) Gray and their two children, Emily and (Darrell) Patterson and their four children, Caleb and (Tiffany) Gray, Michael Parton, James Parton and his son, Nicholas Sharp and Lindsay Sharp) two step sons Mike Williams and his wife Susan of Wichita, Kansas and Richard Williams and his wife Peggy of Wacco, Texas. Pall bearers will be her nephews Michael Parton, James Parton, Caleb Gray, Darrell Patterson, Mark Sharp and Nicholas Sharp. Online Condolences may be made at www.bailespolk.com