DELBERT FAULKNER
ADA-Services for Delbert Gene Faulkner, 77, Ada, are 10 a.m. Tuesday at New Hope Pentecostal Church, the Revs. Charles Dial and Toby Willoughby officiating. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive family and friends 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Faulkner died Friday, May 18, 2012, at a local hospital. He was born August 30, 1934, to Aaron and Alice Coffey Faulkner in Ada. He attended Ada Schools and was employed as a truck driver with Joe Brown until his retirement in 1990. Mr. Faulkner served in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany. He was a member of the Ada Gun Club and River of Life Worship Center.
He and Bertha Mae Cowger were married. She died in Feb. 13, 1982. He later married Betty Lou Bennett Evans. She died Jan. 6, 1996, at Ada. He later married Aileen Logsdon Cothern. She died Sept. 18, 2005.
Survivors include three sons, Delbert Wayne Faulkner, Allen, Archie Dean Faulkner and wife Libby, Ada, David Michael Faulkner and wife Donna, Oklahoma City; two daughters, Wildeanna Mae Webb and husband Michael, Byng, Melinda Sue Hawkins and husband Doug, Blanchard; 20 grandchildren, Re`Anna Faulkner, Delbert Justin Faulkner, Dolly Marie Faulkner, Molly Marie Faulkner, Holly Marie Faulkner, LaKara Mae Sliger, Nicole Lorene Sliger, Reba JaMae Sliger, Angela Brownfield, Kiley Stroud, Mark Whitecotton, Tiffany Wilson, Jillian Mae Faulkner, Trey Posey, William Posey, Melissa Ann Faulkner, LaKisha Mae Faulkner, Jessica Hollis, Derek Davis and Darrel Davis; 28 great-grandchildren, Chayton Maughan, Joshua Maughan, Rose Faulkner, Brodrick Ransom, Dontae Rogers, Zaid Rogers, Carver Rogers, Aranna JaMae Young, Colton Brownfield, Emily Brownfield, Brianna Stroud, Giada Stroud, Noah Wilson, Lexi Wilson, Preston Hollis, Elizabeth Hollis, Jason Davis, Jacob Davis, Jayln Davis, Nathan Faulkner, Samantha Faulkner, Deshawn Faulkner, Moriah Faulkner, Sadie Faulkner, Ava Posey, Evan Posey, Teresa June Hunter and Kaden Hunter.
Mr. Faulkner was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Joy Johnson; and his step-father, Ralph Burns.
Bearers will be Larry Byrd, Larry McClellan, Jon Cross, Michael Webb, William Posey and Kiley Stroud. Honorary bearers are Ruben Orphan, Adrin Snider, Jim Brownfield and Chad Wilson.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada