Winston "Skeeter" Dennis

1930 - 2013

Winston "Skeeter" Dennis passed from this life Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at his home in Aledo at the age of 83. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Ryan, Okla., with Rev. Bryan Spivey officiating. Interment: Oscar Cemetery under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home in Ryan, Okla. Visitation: 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Dudley Funeral Home. Memorials: May be made to the United Methodist Church of Ryan, Okla. Winston "Skeeter" Dennis was born July 10, 1930, in Denton to Scott and Essie Agnes Howard Dennis. He grew up in Grady, Waurika and Ringling, Okla., and graduated from Ringling High School. He and Sue Seay were married Nov. 20, 1950, in Carlsbad, N.M. He was a lifetime rancher with Dennis Ranch in Oscar, Okla., and in Aledo. He was a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association, the National Cutting Horse Association and American Hereford Association. He and Bob and Billy Jack Wills co-wrote "Faded Love." He was a member of the Ryan United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Steve. Survivors: He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sue Dennis; children, LaDonna Dennis Davis and husband, Jerry Dan, Cindy Phillips and David Dennis; brother, Don Dennis; grandchildren, Zachary Dennis and wife, Sommer, Tyler, Binion and Dakota Dennis, and Courtney Savage and husband, Lyndle; great-grandchildren, Skyler, Bayler, Braxton and Brooklyn; several cousins; and his wonderful caregivers, Barbara, Judy, Rae Lynn, Brandi, Sedrick and Lana.