Donna Arlene Spaulding

Donna Arlene Smith Spaulding is Coming Home
Services for Donna Arlene Smith Spaulding, 93, will be held at 10:00am Saturday, March 15th, at the Caddo Nation Complex with Tom Worcester, pastor of the First Caddo Baptist Church in Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at the Binger Cemetery and lunch at the Caddo Nation Complex. Visitation will be held Friday, March 14th, from 4pm to 6pm at the Smith Funeral Home in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Donna was born February 8th, 1932, in Binger, Oklahoma, and recently died March 6th, 2025, in Houston, Texas, where she had been receiving medical treatment.
Donna is the granddaughter of the late Ellen Murrow and great granddaughter of Mrs. Whitebread. She grew up living on a farm and was active in the Caddo community including playing basketball for her school in Binger, riding her horse Billy in the Anadarko Exposition Parade, and served as the Caddo Princess at the Anadarko Exposition in 1947 and 1948. Donna graduated from the Oklahoma Women's Business School in Oklahoma City and worked as a secretary for many companies in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa. During her time in Tulsa, Donna met her late husband of 40 years, Ed Spaulding. Upon their retirement, Ed and Donna returned to Gracemont, Oklahoma, to live on the farm she inherited from her late parents, Jesse and Myra Smith. Donna, along with her husband Ed, became active in the Caddo community and was passionate about participating in archeological digs, attending traditional dances, traveling with the Caddo Culture Club, and serving on the Caddo Museum Board.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse and Myra Smith, one sister, Dorla Jean Pleasant, her husband Ed Spaulding, and one son, James Philip Ulman, Jr.
Survivors include one daughter, Susan Buck of Houston, Tx., one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Lacy Ulman of Sulphur, Oklahoma, five granddaughters, Jessica DiSilvestro of Boston, MA., Bianca Buck of Los Angeles, CA., Sophia Ulman of Dallas, TX., Mariah Hostetter of Waxahachie, TX., Faith Jackson of Cardwell, MO., three grandsons, Justin Buck of Los Angeles, CA., Harris Ulman of Dallas, TX., Marshall Liles of Waxahachie, TX., three great granddaughters, Madison DiSilvestro of Boston, MA., Kylie Disilvestro of Boston, MA., Athena Jackson of Cardwell, MO., and four great grandsons, Cooper Hostetter of Waxahachie, TX., Oden Jackson of Cardwell, MO., Cason Hostetter of Waxahachie, TX., and Orion Jackson of Cardwell, MO.
Burial will be under the direction of Smith Funeral Home in Anadarko, Oklahoma.