DORA BULLARD
ALLEN-Services for Dora Hildred Bullard, 97, Allen, are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Allen First Baptist Church, Revs. Chad Kaminski and Steve Bullard will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Allen.
Mrs. Bullard died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at a Holdenville hospital. She was born August 1, 1913 near Mena, Arkansas to George and Julia Smithers Boyd.
She married Cecil D. Bullard on July 26, 1930 near Wister, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on March 21, 1999. Mrs. Bullard and her husband operated a grocery store in Centrahoma several years before moving to Stonewall in 1944. While in Centrahoma, they helped found and were charter members of the First Baptist Church in Centrahoma. In Stonewall, they operated the Main Theater then went into the hardware and appliance business after purchasing the McKoy Hardware Store. After retiring, she and Cecil moved to Allen where they remained active in church work and community service. For several years, Mrs. Bullard was the activities director at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Allen.
Survivors include five children, Gerald Bullard, Alliance, NE, Wayne Bullard and his wife Pat, Allen, Sue Herrin and her husband Mark, Ardmore, Kay Rowe of Ardmore, James Bullard and his wife Marilyn of Tulsa; 15 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; and 16 great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Cecil D. Bullard; and 14 siblings including her twin sister Cora (Jane) Ray.
Her family will serve as bearers.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada