EWELL LANCE
ADA-Funeral services for Ewell Lee Lance, 79, of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Chaplain Jeremy Parham will officiate.
Mr. Lance died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at an Oklahoma City hospice. He was born February 17, 1933 in Pontotoc, Oklahoma to James Andrew Lance and Maggie Ethel (Spurlock) Lance. He attended Asher schools and graduated from Asher High School.
He married Reba Deloris Little. She preceded him in death. Mr. Lance worked in the maintenance department for Oklahoma Natural Gas Company until his retirement. Later, he was a truck driver. Mr. Lance served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include a son, James David Lance and his wife Judy of Cimarron, NM; a daughter, Brenda Leigh Taylor and her husband Donnie of Stratford; four grandchildren, Mary Taylor and Michael Taylor and Jennifer Caballero and Kim Peery; three great grandchildren, Patrick Edwards and Dillon Edwards, and Mya Caballero; and two sisters, Evelyn Vought and her husband Travis of Oklahoma City, and Marion Mounger of Oklahoma City.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a son, Michael Wayne Lance; and a brother, Charles Wayne Lance.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada