Class of 1968
1968 Maroon Spotlight
Dickie Pulliam
Track 64-65; Football 65-66; Basketball Manager 64-68; Football Manager 66-68; Baseball Manager 65-67.
1968 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Pulliam, 512 Elm street, are parents of Richard Joe Pulliam, born Dec. 28, 1949, in Pawnee. He previously attended classes in Guthrie. He served as football and basketball manager 1965-68 and baseball manager 1965-67; and was in the senior play cast. Math is his favorite subject and science projects and collecting match book covers is his hobby. He will enroll at Oklahoma Christian college and study to become an aerospace engineer.
Richard Joe “Dick” Pulliam
December 28, 1949 – January 9, 2006
Richard Joe “Dick” Pulliam, 56, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Richard Leon and Deloris (Lawson) Pulliam.
He was born December 28, 1949 at Pawnee, Oklahoma, and died Monday, January 9, 2006, at his home at the Garden Oaks Apartments.
Richard was a graduate of Perry High School and had taken some college courses. A life-long resident of Noble County, he had been employed at the Homeland store in Perry for more than 15 years. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Perry.
He and Diane Flanagan were married and they later divorced but remained friends.
Richard is survived by his mother, Deloris Pulliam, of Perry, Oklahoma; two sisters, Kathy Dianne Montgomery and her husband, Steve, and Diann Marie Owen and her husband, Gene, all of Guthrie, Oklahoma; two nieces, Stacey Parker, of Salvador, Brazil and Trinity White, of McKinney, Texas; and two nephews, Steven Owen, of Blanchard, Oklahoma and Aaron Montgomery, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
His father, Richard Leon Pulliam, preceded him in death.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2006, at the Church of Christ in Perry, Oklahoma. Gerald Stewart and Gene Owen will officiate. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2006, at Highland Cemetery in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.