Stella "Louise" Cummins

Stella "Louise" Cummins was born on June 30, 1949, in Terral, Oklahoma, to Wilbert Lee Howard and Evelyn Elizabeth (Lee) Howard. She passed away peacefully at her home in Wilson, Oklahoma, on December 24, 2025, at the age of 76.

Cremation services are being handled by Alexander Gray Funeral Home in Wilson. The family will hold a private service at a later date.

Louise was raised in Enville, Oklahoma, where she completed her education. She married Henry Cummins, Sr. on April 20, 1965, in Marietta, Oklahoma. Louise dedicated much of her life to being a homemaker and served as a bingo teller at Winstar Casino until her retirement.

Louise had a passion for playing bingo and penny machines at the casino. She cherished her role as a grandmother and great-grandmother. Her hobbies included gardening, particularly tending to her flowers, and cooking. She enjoyed watching classic television shows, especially *Gunsmoke* and various westerns.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Henry Cummins, Sr., who passed away in 2015, her daughter Carolyn McGehee in 2024; granddaughter Kayla Cummins in 1993, and several siblings: Bertie Cummins, Henry Howard, Thurman Howard, Eugene Howard, Monroe Howard, and Nadine Williams.

Louise is survived by three of her children and two siblings. A daughter Marilyn Cummins Hawkins, two sons Michael Cummins and Henry Cummins Jr. both of Wilson; a sister Martha Rhodes and a brother Charlie Howard both of Leon. She leaves behind ten grandchildren: Ashley Williams, Jacob Cummins, Tyler Clemens, Layton Hawkins and his wife Alaina, Landon Hawkins and Harley McCutchen, Levi Hawkins, Layn Hawkins, Nathan Peery and James Dietz, Bryan Peery, and Thurman Cummins-Ramon. Additionally, she is survived by 15 great-grandchildren, A. J. Williams, Bryson, Baxton, and Brixxtyn Hawkins, Remington and Laiklyn Hawkins, Saige, Aurora, and Kinchlie Peery, Addisyn, Talyn and Hailyn Peery, Braylon and Josie McCutchen, and Jackson Cummins; sister-in-law Karen Howard (Marietta) whom she adored, and her canine babies Lexie and Isabell.

Louise's life touched many, and she will be remembered with love and fondness by all who knew her.