Earlene Talley

Earlene Talley died on May 28, 2007, at the age of 86. She was born June 30, 1920 in Devol, OK, to Earle Wilson Pine and Velma Manning Coe. She attended Mustang Schools. She contributed to the early growth of Midwest City by, among other things, being a charter member, secretary/ treasurer, and president of the Japonica Garden Club. She was elected district secretary of the Northwest District of the Japonica Garden Club. During this time she was trained as a flower show judge. Earlene was certified as a dental assistant and worked for many years for an Oklahoma City orthodontist and later an oral surgeon. Earlene enjoyed needlework and won numerous awards at the Oklahoma State Fair. In 1969, she was featured in the Golden Thimble column in the Daily Oklahoman for her three-dimensional, crewel-work nativity. The nativity won a blue ribbon at the Oklahoma State Fair, and the nativity has been displayed and enjoyed at churches and libraries. She also enjoyed travel and traveled the world extensively. Earlene was an avid reader. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Jenice Taylor; her step-daughter, Sue Moutrie and her grandson-in-law, Jeffrey Lance Proctor. She is survived by her husband, Jack Talley, Bethany, OK; her brother and sister-in-law, Bud and Cindy Reynolds, Borger, TX; her daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Don Bourns, Bethany, OK; her step-son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Jeanette Talley, Angleton, TX; granddaughters, Dana Sue Bourns Proctor, Bethany, OK, Donita Carol Bourns Douglas, OKC, OK; step-granddaughters, Julie Lynn Norton, Houston, TX, Carrie Sue Barnett, Comfort, TX, Rhonda Lee Butzow, Austin, TX, and Lauren Talley, Angleton, TX. She has thirteen great-grandchildren. 'We cannot tell what may happen in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens with us...how we take it and what we do with it. That is what really counts in the end, how to take the raw stuff of life and make it a thing of worth and beauty... That is the test of being." - Joseph Ford Newton. Services will be 10 a.m., Thurs. May 31, 2007 at Mercer-Adams Chapel with interment at 1p.m. in Hillside Cemetery, Purcell, OK. Visitation will be 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wed. May 30. MERCER-ADAMS