J.D. HANEY
ADA-Services for J. D. Haney 82, Ada, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 5, 2010 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Joe Dixon will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada. Full military honors will be conducted at the cemetery by the Combat Infantry Association and the Chickasaw Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Haney died Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at a local hospital. He was born June 5, 1928 at Tishomingo, Oklahoma to John and Susan Mann Haney. He graduated from Tishomingo High School where he played football. He attended Murray Junior College and East Central State University where his major was in education and a minor in business administration. He served in the Korean Conflict with the 45th Combat Infantry Division. He has currently served in the local chapter of the Combat Infantry Division supporting Veterans and their families.
He married Virginia Morris on May 20, 2002. Mr. Haney was in the food service industry for 68 years, from Kirk's Café in Tishomingo and Sulphur, Pendergraft's Café and Cafeteria in Ada to the present location of JD's Café and Cafeteria which he and Georgia Haney opened in 1955.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Haney, of the home; a daughter, Susan Gurley and her husband Jim, Ada; two sons, Doug Haney and his wife Susan, Ada, and David Haney and his wife Dianna, Ada; one step-son, Randy Morris, Branson, MO; four granddaughters, Stephanie Duke, Ada, Taryn Haney, Ada, Monica Maley, Norman and Mandy Simmons, Ada; two grandsons, Shane Gurley, McKinney, TX and Jeremy Haney, Midwest City; two step grandsons, Zane Morris, Ada and Chase Morris, Ada; four great grandchildren, Dallas and LeShayne Duke, Ada, Addison Gurley, McKinney, TX and Devanee Simmons, Ada; one brother, Gene Haney, Tishomingo; and a sister, Geneva Allison, California.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Joe Haney and one sister, Tincie Haney.
Bearers will be J. L. Rhoades, Jack Jones, and the Honor Guard with the Combat Infantry Association.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada