Donald Ray McCreary

Funeral Services for Donald Ray McCreary, 70, of Milburn, Oklahoma will be held on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Tishomingo with Rev. Darrel Heath officiating, assisted by Rev. Ron Forrest. Interment will follow in the Condon Grove Cemetery in Milburn. Mr. McCreary passed away on Saturday, December 19th, at the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant. Don was born on July 14, 1939 in Kenefic, Oklahoma to Ernest LeRoy McCreary and Stella Lee Lollis McCreary. He grew up in Milburn and graduated from high school there, without missing a day of school. He later graduated from Murray State College in Tishomingo. Don married Carolyn (Carol) Ann Hipp on September 16, 1960 in Milburn and graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant with a bachelor’s degree in Education in August of 1961. He acceped a teaching postion in Perry, Oklahoma and also was a football coach. In 1963, Don made a career change and was hired by the USDA Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Service as a County Executive Director, working until his retirement in November 1993. During his working career they spent time in Durant, Wilburton & Chickasha before settling in Johnston County in 1975. Don was member of the First Baptist Church, the Tishomingo Masonic Lodge #91 and the McAlester Scottish Rite,where he was a 32nd degree Mason. Don was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Roy Wayne & James Ernest McCreary; and a sister, Dorla Jean Buckhanon. He is survived by his wife Carol, of the home; his son Jeffrey Don McCreary of Milburn; his daughter & son-in-law, Gina Kay & Doug Kirkley of Coweta, Oklahoma; her grandchildren, Micah Johnson & her husband Will of Mandeville, Louisiana, Sgt. Jared McCreary, US Army serving in Iraq & his wife Cassy of Durant, Candace McCreary, OSU-Stillwater, Jackson & Mitchell Kirkley of Coweta, step-grandchildren, Justin Mays, serving in the US air force, Shelton & Taylor Mays of Durant; great-grandchildren, McKenzi & Keely Mccreary of Durant; two brothers & their spouses, Clyde & Arleta McCreary of Ada and Jerry& Neva McCreary of Pauls Valley; two sisters & their spouses, Joy & Joe Neely of Broken Arrow and JoAnn & Dale Hobbs of Melbourne, Florida; other relatives and a host of friends.

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Donald Ray McCreary

July 14, 1939 - December 19, 2009