DR. DONALD J. NOBLE
ADA-Services for Dr. Donald James Noble, 83, of Ada are Tuesday, August 12th at 2:00 p.m. at the Ada First Baptist Church. Rev. John Haynes and Rev. Jerry Wells will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada.
Dr. Noble died Friday, August 8, 2014 in the Sulphur, Oklahoma hospital. He had been a resident of the Veterans Center in Sulphur since April 2014.
Donald was born to Walter Marcus Noble and Margaret Louise Hopkins Noble on March 13, 1931 in Krebs, Oklahoma. He attended Krebs Elementary School and graduated in 1950 from McAlester High School.
Donald James Noble and Helen Ann Tinker were married November 27, 1958 in Richville Baptist Church where they were members. Donald attended George Washington University and the University of Oklahoma. He completed his Bachelor of Science Degree at East Central State College in 1959. He earned his Master of Science and PhD degrees at Oklahoma State University. He taught science classes in Marietta, Oklahoma High School and the Muskogee, Oklahoma High School. In August 1965, Donald began a 30-year teaching career in the Biology Department of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. He was, for many years, the faculty advisor to the Medical Technology majors at ECU. Dr. Noble was a member of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. He had been a State Meet Director of the Oklahoma Academy of Science and served in many other areas of the OJAS. He was a Phi Kappa Phi member and a member of the Oklahoma Retired Teachers.
Dr. Noble was a member of the United States Marine Corps from 1953-1957, serving during 1956 and 1957 with the Corps at the 8th & I Barracks in Washington, D. C. He had the special honor of serving details at Arlington National Cemetery, Camp David and at the dedication of the Iwo Jima Memorial. Following his discharge from the USMC, Donald completed his military obligation through the 45th Oklahoma National Guard.
Dr. Noble was a long time member of the Ada First Baptist Church. He served as a deacon, had been a Royal Ambassadors leader, a bus ministry worker, Sunday school teacher and a member of various committees.
Survivors include his wife, Helen, of the home; son, Joe Donald Noble and wife Debra of Gaar Corner; daughter, Mary Margaret Hatcher and husband Darryl of Ada; grandchildren, Justin Noble and wife Katie, Sarah Noble and Emily Noble, Anna Hatcher and Gage Hatcher; step-grandchildren, Michael Holloway and wife Ashlee, their children, Braxton, Braydon and Addison, Markus Holloway and wife Lisa and their children Alice and Lucy; and two sisters, Maxine Ramey and Juanita Gibson, both of Blocker.
Donald was preceded in death by his parents and by siblings, Walter, Jr., Frank, Lloyd, Billy Mac, Gary Allan, Ralph, Joy and Margarite.
Bearers will be Joe Donald Noble, Justin Noble, Darryl Hatcher, Justin Landreth, Tung Nguyen, and Danny Coats. Honorary bearers will be members of the Jerry Wells Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church, Dr. Elmer Brown, Bob Hatcher, Don Shores, Kenneth Brady, Bill D. Smith and Tin Nguyen.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any gift be made to a Christian organization or to the ECU Biology Scholarship Fund.
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Criswell Funeral Home, Ada