Billy Ray Courtright Sr., 64, died Friday, Aug. 23, 2002, at his home in Pawnee. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the United Methodist Church in Glencoe with the Rev. Fernando Padillo officiating. Poteet Funeral Home is directing the arrangements.
Courtright was born Feb. 4, 1938, in Mehan to Edward Harold and Bessie R. Redfern Courtright. He had always lived in the Pawnee and Payne counties area and was a member of the United Methodist Church in Glencoe.
He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany from 1958 to 1959.
He married Melinda Beaver Hixson on Dec. 5, 1988, and they made their home in Pawnee. Courtright worked for Shelton Lumber Co. in Stillwater for 25 years and for Mercury Marine for several years before becoming an independent truck driver for New Prime Inc. He was a member of the National Trucking Association and was awarded the association's Million Mile Safe Driver Award.
After retiring, he became interested in beekeeping and was a member of the Northeastern Oklahoma Beekeepers' Association. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family and friends.
He was predeceased by his father.
Courtright was born Feb. 4, 1938, in Mehan to Edward Harold and Bessie R. Redfern Courtright. He had always lived in the Pawnee and Payne counties area and was a member of the United Methodist Church in Glencoe.
He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany from 1958 to 1959.
He married Melinda Beaver Hixson on Dec. 5, 1988, and they made their home in Pawnee. Courtright worked for Shelton Lumber Co. in Stillwater for 25 years and for Mercury Marine for several years before becoming an independent truck driver for New Prime Inc. He was a member of the National Trucking Association and was awarded the association's Million Mile Safe Driver Award.
After retiring, he became interested in beekeeping and was a member of the Northeastern Oklahoma Beekeepers' Association. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family and friends.
He was predeceased by his father.
Billy Ray Courtright Sr., 64, died Friday, Aug. 23, 2002, at his home in Pawnee. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the United Methodist Church in Glencoe with the Rev. Fernando Padillo officiating. Poteet Funeral Home is directing the arrangements.
Courtright was born Feb. 4, 1938, in Mehan to Edward Harold and Bessie R. Redfern Courtright. He had always lived in the Pawnee and Payne counties area and was a member of the United Methodist Church in Glencoe.
He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany from 1958 to 1959.
He married Melinda Beaver Hixson on Dec. 5, 1988, and they made their home in Pawnee. Courtright worked for Shelton Lumber Co. in Stillwater for 25 years and for Mercury Marine for several years before becoming an independent truck driver for New Prime Inc. He was a member of the National Trucking Association and was awarded the association's Million Mile Safe Driver Award.
After retiring, he became interested in beekeeping and was a member of the Northeastern Oklahoma Beekeepers' Association. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family and friends.
He was predeceased by his father.
Courtright was born Feb. 4, 1938, in Mehan to Edward Harold and Bessie R. Redfern Courtright. He had always lived in the Pawnee and Payne counties area and was a member of the United Methodist Church in Glencoe.
He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany from 1958 to 1959.
He married Melinda Beaver Hixson on Dec. 5, 1988, and they made their home in Pawnee. Courtright worked for Shelton Lumber Co. in Stillwater for 25 years and for Mercury Marine for several years before becoming an independent truck driver for New Prime Inc. He was a member of the National Trucking Association and was awarded the association's Million Mile Safe Driver Award.
After retiring, he became interested in beekeeping and was a member of the Northeastern Oklahoma Beekeepers' Association. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family and friends.
He was predeceased by his father.
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