JACK PRESLEY

ADA-Services for Harold Jack Presley, 98, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Charles Murphy will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Presley died Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Ada. He was born February 23, 1911 at Tishomingo, Oklahoma to Harold and Annie Harris Presley. He moved to Ada in 1946 from Tishomingo.

He married Nora Beatrice Nicholas on July 4, 1928 at Tishomingo, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on April 24, 1997 in Ada. Mr. Presley was a mechanic at Service Chevrolet until his retirement. He was a longtime member of the Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church where he served as an Elder for many years.

Survivors include two daughters, Louise Southerland, Roff and Janet McWhorter and husband Harold, Ada; one son, James "Pete" Presley and wife Lahoma, Ada; a daughter-in-law, Emma Lee Presley, Ada; eleven grandchildren, Janie Murphy and husband Charles, Clinton, Judy Davidson and husband Ron, Ada, Sue Moore and husband Butch, Roff, Deb Standridge and husband Paul, Allen, Gail Kirkland and husband Ernest, Roff, June Newberry and husband Terry, Ada, Jean Houston and husband Doy, Ada, Jay Presley and wife Tonya, Ada, Jack Presley and friend, Donná, Kingston, James Presley and wife Janice, Byng, and Joe Presley and wife Teresa, Ada; forty great grandchildren; forty-one great great grandchildren; and a sister, Blanche Carnes, Odessa, TX.

He was preceded in death by his wife, a son, Aubrey Jackson Presley on December 10, 2008, a grandson, Terry Joe Presley, granddaughter, Betty Hembree, one great great grandchild, Patrick Charles Murphy, a son-in-law, Oscar Southerland on January 29, 1996, three sisters, Lou Miller, Della Neely and Jane Bolin, and two brothers, Ezra Shriver and Truman Shriver.

Bearers will be his grandsons and great grandsons, Jack Presley, James Presley, Jay Presley, Joe Presley, Josh Presley and Johnny Brown. Honorary bearer will be Gail Blankenship.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada