Delorse M. Courson

1924 - 2024

Delorse Stanley Courson passed away at her home in Tulsa on Monday, March 4,
2024, she was 99 years old.
Delorse was born in Shirley, Arkansas in 1924 to Wilson and Almira (Sumner)
Stanley. She and her four siblings were all raised in Nuyaka, Oklahoma. Delorse
graduated from Nuyaka High School as valedictorian. She met and married Roy
Austin Courson on May 12, 1443, they lived and worked as grocers for over
twenty years in the Okmulgee community where they raised their son, Charles,
before moving to Tulsa.
Delorse was a devoted wife, mother, and an active worshiper at Garnett Road
Baptist Church where she attended faithfully for over sixty years. She loved the
changing colors of the fall foliage on the bus trips she took with her husband after
their retirement, playing games with her friends in the park, making creamed corn
for her granddaughter's after school snack and singing hymns alongside her fellow
parishioners in the pews at GRBC. Delorse was a dedicated Christian in the truest
sense of the word that loved thy neighbor and cherished her family. She will be
deeply missed.
Delorse is survived by her beloved son, Charles Courson and his wife Tommie
Dale of Stilwell, granddaughter Patricia Wirsum and great-granddaughter Vivian
Wirsum of Chicago. 
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, March 8, 2024, with
Pastor Danny Ketcher.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McClendon-Winters Funeral Home of
Okmulgee. Memories, condolences, photos, and videos may be shared with the
family on Delorse's Tribute Page of our website. www.mcclendon-winters.com