James Gollihare
ADA-Services for James Leroy Gollihare, 73, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Jarrod Gollihare will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.
Mr. Gollihare died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at a Norman VA center. He was born June 19, 1941 in Allen to Charlie Robert "C. R." and Ella Marie Skidmore Gollihare.
He married Kathy Marvin. Mr. Gollihare was a construction worker and had previously worked for Dick Shelton. He served in the U. S. Army.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy Marvin-Gollihare, of the home; five step-children, Renee Gray, Tonya Garrison, Randy Wasden, Ken Wasden and Tammy Butler, all of Oklahoma City; six brothers, Doug Gollihare, Beaumont, TX, DeWayne Gollihare, Hollis, Dale Gollihare, Broken Arrow, Johnny Gollihare, North Platte, Neb., Eugene Gollihare, Hollis and Charles Gollihare, Byng; two sisters, Lois Roberts, Ada and Linda Prock, Shawnee; and numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers, Richard Gollihare, Gerald Gollihare and Don Gollihare.
Bearers will be his nephews.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada