ARLIS RING

ADA-Services for Arlis Robert "Pud" Ring, 87, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Tom Akin will officiate. Burial will follow at Lula Cemetery.

Mr. Ring died Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at his home. He was born July 21, 1921 at Blanchard, Oklahoma to Jesse Lee and Margaret McCurdy Ring. He and his family moved to the Allen area when he was fifteen years old. He attended area schools and Gerty High School.

He married Pauline Rowe July 3, 1941 in Allen, Oklahoma. Mr. Ring was a truck driver for Wilson and Company in Oklahoma City for 29 years and a rancher.

Survivors include his wife, Pauline Ring, of the home; one daughter, Retha Jean Warner and husband Phillip, Garfield, Arkansas; two sons, Robert Mark Ring, Bella Vista, Arkansas and Bradley Mitchell Ring and wife Rebecca, Bella Vista, Arkansas; three grandsons, Robert Ring, Jeffrey Walker, and Joseph Mowdy; seven granddaughters, Susan Richardson, Pauline Elmer, Stephanie McCleskey, Candy Short, Ellen Dry, Milea Ring, and JoAnn Turner; twelve great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and three nephews, Billy Don Ring, Jesse Ring, and Ronald David Ring, all of Oklahoma City.

Bearers will be Chad Short, Ray Dry, Larry Johnson, Ricky Johnson, Richard Roland, and Ezekial Roland.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada