Jeanie Marie Niles

Jeanie Marie Niles obituary, Shawnee, OK

Jeanie Marie Niles

Jeanie Niles Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by McElyea and Owens Funeral Group on Jan. 19, 2026.
Wilma Jean (Jeanie) Massey Niles, age 81 of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2026. She was born on June 22, 1944, in Blytheville, Arkansas to Wilma Lydia Reed Massey and Cecil Demoy Massey. Jeanie was a longtime resident of West Helena, Arkansas, working at Merchant & Farmers Bank for more than twenty-five years.
Survivors include her loving husband, Reynolds W Niles; Children: Gina Renee Devers of Redfield AR (Jeff) and Micheal Wade Bloesch of Bellaire TX (Shannon); Grandchildren: Matt Devers, Jayme Devers Garner, and Sydney, Simon, and Sawyer Bloesch.
Jeanie was preceded in death by her parents, brother Freddy Ray Massey and sister Cleta Faye Selman.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Meals on Wheels - Pottawatomie County via the Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency.

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