Couline Joysline Wickware

1933 - 2024

Couline Joysline Wickware, 91, of Hodgen, Oklahoma was born February 19, 1933 in the Big Creek Community in Heavener, Oklahoma to Harry and Anna Mae (Pinnell) Warford and passed away from this life on March 9, 2024 in Poteau, Oklahoma. She was names by special friends Dooley and Alma Webster.

She is survived by:

One daughter:
Beverly Cox of Hodgen, Oklahoma

One grandson:
Mark Couch of Hodgen, Oklahoma

Numerous cousins, other relatives, and friends

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Anna Mae Warford; her husband of 62 ½ years, C.L. "Hossy" Wickware; a son, Randy Wickware; a brother, Troy Warford; and and a sister, Lola Davis.

Couline was a longtime resident of the area and was a homemaker. She accepted Jesus as her Savior as a child and joined Big Creek Baptist Church. Couline moved to Hodgen in 1948 and married C.L. "Hossie" Wickware on May 29, 1948 in Waldron, Arkansas. They were married for 62 ½ years. In 1955, she joined First Baptist Church in Hodgen, where she taught VBS and was a Sunday school teacher. Couline loved to read and study her Bible. She was a prayer warrior, where she even prayed for people over the phone. Couline thoroughly enjoyed sewing, working in the garden, growing flowers, and taking care of animals. Couline was co-owner of the Hodgen Bait Shop for 26 years and also an Avon Representative for over 40 years. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at the Hodgen First Baptist Church in Hodgen, Oklahoma with Brother John Paul McAlester officiating. Burial will follow in the Hodgen Cemetery under the direction of Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home of Heavener, Oklahoma.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in memory of Couline to Gideon's International or Oklahoma Baptist Children's Home to OBHC, 3800 N. May Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73112.

She will lie in state from 9:00 a.m. until Noon, Tuesday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be: Bud Kelly, Butch Sims, Shawn Keeney, Bud Morgan, Kip Kelly, Cody Eaton, and Denny Kelly.

Honorary Pallbearers will be: Curtis Howze, H. Ray Eaton, Danny Ramsey, Larry Wickware, Chris Wickware, Kelvin Davis, Dwayne Davis, Steve Walden, Stuart Sells, Bill Brown, Larry Milligan, George Dowell, John Kelly, Bob Bowman, Roger Clubb, Wes Wickware, Klent Deatherage, Bobby Bowman, Cody Edwards, Donnie Edwards, Bobby Molholt, Raymond Moholt, Ethan May, Benny Owens, Perry Carter, Clay Metzker, and Jon Mead.

To sign Couline's online guestbook please visit www.dowdenrobertsfuneralhome.com.