Verlin Lee Stanley

April 8, 1934 – January 10, 2005

Verlin Lee Stanley died Monday, January 10, 2005, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Perry, Oklahoma.

Born April 8, 1934, in Perry, Oklahoma, he was the son of Don E. and Cora Lea (Woodard) Stanley. Verlin attended Perry schools.

In 1952, he joined the National Guard 95th Regiment. He was in the United States Marines from 1954-1957, 20 months of which were served in Japan.

He worked for the City of Perry for five years, Charles Machine Works for eight years, and was self-employed as a mechanic and welder until he retired in 1986.

In July, 1957, Verlin and Etta Louise Warner were married. From this union three children were born. In October, 1987, he and Jo Ann (Wagner) Avants were married.

He is survived by his wife, Jo Ann, of the home; three children, Terry Ronald Stanley, of Covington, Oklahoma, LeEtta Lynn Tilson, of Hays, Kansas, and LaRhonda Faith Elliott, of Orlando, Oklahoma; four step-children, Jonathan Lee Garrett and his wife, Angie, of Madill, Oklahoma, TSgt. Robert James Garrett and his wife, Lori, of Wichita Falls, Texas, Patrick Wayne Garrett, of Madill, Oklahoma, and MSgt. Bruce Eugene Avants and his wife, Lisa, of Mary Esther, Florida; nine grandchildren, Cassie Dawn Kitterman, of Perry, Oklahoma, Santana and Donavan Elliott, of Orlando, Oklahoma, Tesla and Samantha Garrett, of Madill, Oklahoma, Austin, Gage and Summer Avants, of Mary Ester, Florida, and Kyle Garrett, of Abilene, Texas; four great-grandchildren, two sisters, Hazel Johannes, of Moore, Oklahoma, and Lucille Harris, of Perry, Oklahoma; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one sister, Allie Marie Wheeler; and two brothers, Don Junior Stanley and Merlin Dee Stanley.

Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 15, 2005, in the chapel of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home. Rev. Roger Dunn will officiate. Burial will be at Grace Hill cemetery, Perry.