George Lee Seaton

Services for George Lee Seaton, 91, a longtime resident of Ada are at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will precede the service at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mr. Seaton died on Sunday, June 9 in Norman. He was born June 25, 1921 near Elmore City, OK to James Owen and Etta Wilson Seaton.

He graduated from Clarendon High School (TX) and Clarendon Jr. College. Mr. Seaton also earned his Bachelor's Degree in Education from East Central State College (1946) and a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Oklahoma (1953).

Mr. Seaton enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942. His support group participated in the Normandy Invasion on Omaha Beach and then went to the Pacific to prepare for the invasion of Japan. He was discharged to Inactive Duty in 1946 with a rank of Lieutenant (j.g.). After discharge from the Navy he returned to East Central to complete his college education and he met his future wife, Elva Hardage, there. They were married on July 12, 1946.

Mr. Seaton was a teacher, elementary school principal and superintendent at Elmore City, OK from 1946 to 1957. He then worked for the Vocational Rehabilitation division of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services from 1957 until his retirement in 1986, with offices in Ardmore and Ada. Mr. Seaton was very active at the First Baptist Church of Ada, serving as a deacon and as the Adult Men's Sunday School teacher for 37 years. He was also active in the Ada Kiwanis Club and the Ada Primetimers.

Survivors include four children: son Derry Seaton and wife Jeanne of Claremont, CA, daughter Debbie Deering and husband David of Norman, OK, daughter Gail Dale and husband Jas of Moscow, KS, and son Brent Seaton of Irvine, CA; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mr. Seaton was preceded in death by his wife Elva in 2007.

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Criswell Funeral Home, Ada