Manela Faye (Golliver) Sutton

November 5, 1923 – October 16, 2010

Manela Faye Sutton, 86 of Ada, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at a local nursing home.

Born in Noble County near Perry on Nov. 5, 1923, she was the daughter of to George Leo and Annie Cockrum Golliver. She attended a one-room school house called Lone Star School, then moved into Perry to live with her grandparents and graduated from Perry High School in 1942. While in high school, she played in the “jazz combo.”

After graduating, she moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma to attended business school. During this time, she became a “Rosie” working in the uniform factory making uniforms for our troops in World War II.

She married Billy D. Farmer. They were married for 25 years and divorced. She later married Earl Sutton in 1971. He preceded her in death on March 29, 1996. They were married for 25 years.

Mrs. Sutton worked as a medical secretary/transcriber and supervisor of the Cardiovascular unit at Valley View Regional Hospital until retiring after 20 years of service. She was a volunteer for Meals-on-Wheels and active in bridge, oil painting and china painting classes.

Survivors include three children, Joe Farmer, Byng, Julie Gillum, Ada, and Janet Peery and husband Larry, Shawnee; step-children, Stanley Sutton, Latta, Brenda Boyles, Byng, and Melinda Staggs and husband Cory of Arkansas; five grandchildren, Christopher Peery and wife Kim, Shawnee, Amanda Dickson and husband Chris, Shawnee, Tildon Gillum and wife Melodie, Shreveport, La./Ada, Shawna Potts and husband Billy, Loganville, Ga., and Ryan Farmer and wife Melissa, Broken Arrow; 18 great-grandchildren; a brother, Mike Golliver and wife Donna, Enid; and a sister, Mae Archer, Danville, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her husbands; her parents; one brother, Bill Golliver and wife Lucille; one sister, Georgia Bratcher and husband Orville; one brother-in-law, Frank Archer; her daughter-in-law, Sharon Farmer; and a son-in-law, Gary Gillum.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada, Oklahoma. The Rev. Vicki Crooks will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada. Those who wish may make memorials to the First Christian Church of Ada, 101 E. 13th, Ada, OK; the First Christian Church of Shawnee for the music department, 1625 N. Broadway, Shawnee, OK 74804; or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Alzheimers research, 825 NE 13th, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.