Edith Sutton

Edith Sutton obituary, Ada, OK

Edith Sutton

Edith Sutton Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25, 2009.
MOORE — Services for Edith Rachel Phillips Sutton, 92, Moore, formerly of Ada, are 10 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 4800 E. Franklin Road, in Norman, the Rev. Charles Bigger officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Francis at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home, Ada.Mrs. Sutton died Oct. 22, 2009, in Moore. She was born July 16, 1917, to Ely and Effie West in Francis.She attended school at Cedar Grove and Francis, and worked at the Francis School Cafeteria. She also worked at the Railroad Café.She married Woodrow Phillips in 1935 in Ada. He died in 1971. She married Al Sutton in 1974. He died in 1993.Mrs. Sutton moved from Ada to Moore in 1993 to live with her daughter, Ann Wheeler and husband Delbert. She was active at the Moore Senior Center. She was a life-long Free Will Baptist, attending Cedar Grove, Ada, Moore and Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist churches.She was preceded in death by parents, Ely and Effie West; husbands Woodrow Phillips and Al Sutton; brothers, Troy, Roy and Orvel; and step daughter, Roberta Lewis. She is survived by daughter, Ann Wheeler and husband Delbert of the home; granddaughter, Gina Scott and husband Dale; great-grandsons Brian Scott and wife Alisa, and Andy Scott and wife Jennifer; great-great-granddaughter, Chelsea Ann, all of Moore; a sister, Virgie Jones, Owasso; five step-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.Bearers are Andy Scott, Brian Scott, Dale Scott, Brad Wells, Josh Jones and Jonathan Jones. Honorary bearers are Don West, Lonnie West, David Jones, Willie White, Dub Wheeler and Buddy West.Criswell Funeral Home

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