ELVIN JAQUESS
PICKETT-Services for Elvin Virgle Jaquess, 80, Pickett are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Ada, Revs. David Daniel, Bob Langston, David Sutton and Dr. Roberto Escamilla will officiate. Neal Beasley, a long-time friend will give a personal eulogy. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Jaquess died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at his home. He was born June 2, 1930 at Earth, Texas to Leo Haskell and Frances Joella Bartee Jaquess. Elvin and his family moved five miles west of Ada where he attended Pickett Grade School and graduated from Ada High School.
After graduation, he married his childhood sweetheart, Sue Norvill on December 26, 1950. He graduated from East Central State College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Arts. Next followed a two year stint as a teacher in Union Valley High School (south of Waurika) after which he returned to Pickett and joined Jaquess Brothers Construction Company which was instrumental in developing the Pickett area.
Elvin was a long-time member of the Diamond "K" Kiwanis Club and served as its president for one year. As a Kiwanis member, he loved driving the train and merry-go-round at Wintersmith Park and delivering Meals-On-Wheels.
Elvin and Sue were members of the Ada Hereford Whirlers Square Dance Club for over 20 years. He was active in the Pickett Methodist Church where they were married 60 + years ago. They later joined the First United Methodist Church in Ada. He was a member of the Fellowship Sunday School Class.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Jaquess, of the home; his two daughters, Janelle McKnight and her husband Wayne, Eufaula, and Sharon Butler and her husband Charles, Englewood, CO; two grandchildren, Bonnie Parker and her husband Jon, Aurora, CO, and Allie Murphy and her husband Michael of Tuscaloosa, AL; two great grandchildren, Noah and Eli Parker of Aurora, CO; two sisters, JoAnn Prince and her husband James of Pickett and Linda Brown of Norman.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Haskell and Frances Jaquess.
Bearers will be Phillip Briggs, L. T. Williams, Andy Hood, Tom Hooser, Rusty Jaquess and John Price. Honorary bearers will be members of the Fellowship Sunday School Class.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the First United Methodist Church of Ada, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74821, or to the Scholarship Fund of the Diamond "K" Kiwanis Club of Ada, c/o Andy Hood, 16132 CR 1510, Ada, OK 74820.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada