Beatrice A. Herron

Funeral Services for Mrs. Beatrice A. "Bea" Herron, 95, of Ravia, Oklahoma will be held on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 11:00 a. m. in the Ravia Baptist Church with Rev. Roger Hartwell officiating, assisted by Rev. J. D. Leavelle. Interment will follow in the Ravia Cemetery. Mrs. Herron passed away on May 8th, in an Ardmore, Oklahoma hospital. Beatrice A. “Bea” Herron was born on January 14th, 1916 at Dees, Carter County to Joe Gastineau and Martha Elizabeth (Jordan) Gastineau, one of nine children. She attended school at Russett. She later moved to California in 1932 where she met and married Victor Raymond Herron in an Orange Packing House in Piru, California. They were married in Yuma, Arizona on July 20th, 1934. The Herron family moved to Ravia in December of 1946 and began operating a dairy farm and cattle business. Mrs. Herron’s love of cooking for others led her to cook in many restaurants in Tishomingo after their children were away from home. When the Ravia Senior Citizens Center opened in the early 1980s, she became the first cook and even into her 90s continued to make yeast rolls for the public to enjoy with their meals. Mrs. Herron, at age 12 years, was baptized in the Washita River following a brush arbor revival in the Russett Community. She has been a member of the Ravia Baptist Church having served as Sunday School teacher for the Junior, Intermediate and Adult Ladies classes, church song leader and Vacation Bible School director. She passed away at an Ardmore Hospital on Sunday, May 8th, at the age of 95. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 61 years; a daughter, Dr. Helen Bernice Herron-Fagbenle in December of 1989; brothers, Floyd Earl, Claude Ernest “Red”, James Dean (J. D.), and Joe Ray Gastineau; sisters, Mary Jane Hendrix, Sally Elizabeth Gastineau, Ethel Minnie Swanson and Eva Bernice Cantrell. She is survived by two daughters, Marie Niblett and Vickie Luster of Tishomingo; one son, Floyd George Herron of Ravia; her grandchildren, Lynn Niblett of Moore, OK, Sherri Roberts of Rockvale, TN, Lisa Byers of Norman, OK, Mike Niblett of Ravia, Yinka Fagbenle of Broken Arrow, OK, Bimbo Fagbenle of Norfolk, VA, Stacy Hefner-Michalk of Bonanza, OR, D. L. Luster, Jr. of Guthrie, OK, and Holly Herron of Ardmore; great-grandchildren, Kristen & Tara, Alana, Elliott, Cole & Emily; Marley, Christian and Sierra, Regan, Riley & Samantha & Derek; one great-great-grandchild, Sydney Nilbett. PDF Printable Version

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Beatrice A. Herron

January 14, 1916 - May 8, 2011