Oleta James, 90 year old Checotah resident, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015 in Tulsa. She was born to James Joe and Zelma (Etchison) Williams on Monday, July 28, 1924 in Onapa, Oklahoma. Oleta grew up in the Fame and Brush Hill area and received her education in Onapa, graduating from Onapa High School in 1941. She married Marvin James on April 18, 1941 in Eufaula and became a homemaker and mother. They owned the Checotah Laundry. Oleta was very active in her children’s activities. She played the piano for the Onapa Baptist Church and later became a member of the First Baptist Church of Checotah in 1964. Oleta was a home health provider for Mrs. Jernigan for many years. She went on many church youth choir trips, was in charge of all funeral meals for several years and wrote letters to the drivers for the truck stop ministry. She was a cafeteria manager and cook for several years at Checotah Public Schools. She loved traveling, enjoyed making fried pies for her husband and boys when they would go hunting. She was an excellent cook, known especially for her pies and every Sunday she always had big family dinners. Oleta was a great caregiver and the finest example of a Christian wife, mother and grandmother. She was very proud of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and loved family get togethers. Oleta was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marvin James; brothers, Leo Williams and Joe Roy Williams and sister, Virgie Martin.
Oleta James, 90 year old Checotah resident, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015 in Tulsa. She was born to James Joe and Zelma (Etchison) Williams on Monday, July 28, 1924 in Onapa, Oklahoma. Oleta grew up in the Fame and Brush Hill area and received her education in Onapa, graduating from Onapa High School in 1941. She married Marvin James on April 18, 1941 in Eufaula and became a homemaker and mother. They owned the Checotah Laundry. Oleta was very active in her children’s activities. She played the piano for the Onapa Baptist Church and later became a member of the First Baptist Church of Checotah in 1964. Oleta was a home health provider for Mrs. Jernigan for many years. She went on many church youth choir trips, was in charge of all funeral meals for several years and wrote letters to the drivers for the truck stop ministry. She was a cafeteria manager and cook for several years at Checotah Public Schools. She loved traveling, enjoyed making fried pies for her husband and boys when they would go hunting. She was an excellent cook, known especially for her pies and every Sunday she always had big family dinners. Oleta was a great caregiver and the finest example of a Christian wife, mother and grandmother. She was very proud of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and loved family get togethers. Oleta was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marvin James; brothers, Leo Williams and Joe Roy Williams and sister, Virgie Martin.
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