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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Serena Ned Charley
Serena Ned
Charley
March 1, 1908 – March 25, 2009
Serena Ned Charley's Obituary
SERENA CHARLEY
ROFF-Services for Serena Ned Charley, 101, Roff, are 10:00 a.m. Monday at the Pennington Indian Methodist Church in Reagan, Rev. Bill Baker will officiate. Burial will follow at Seeley Chapel Cemetery near Connerville. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.
Mrs. Charley died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at a nursing home in Round Rock, Texas. She was born March 1, 1908 at Connerville, Oklahoma to John and Emely Lewis Ned. She attended Bloomfield Seminary and graduated from Chilocco Indian Boarding School.
She married Eugene R. Charley on July 21, 1946, in Gainesville, Texas. He preceded her in death on March 8, 1973. Mrs. Charley served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) as an Automotive Equipment Operator from September 1943 until 1945 during World War II. She was stationed in Barksdale, Louisiana and Mississippi. She obtained the rank of Corporal and received the American Theatre Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Ribbon and the WAAC Ribbon. Mrs. Charley was a waitress at the Eufaula Boarding School, a hospital orderly and once she retired, she worked with the elderly. She was a member of the Pennington United Methodist Church, the American Legion in Ada, and Chilocco Alumni Association. She moved to Roff, Oklahoma in 1973 from Norman.
Survivors include a daughter, Emily Twila Kay Balch and husband Robert J. Balch, Round Rock, Texas; grandchildren, Shannon E. Balch and wife Shantel, Elgin, TX, Tasha J. R. Narunsky and husband David, Pflugerville, TX, Amy Charley and husband Matthew, Fort Worth, TX, and Mary Charley, Fort Worth, TX; one great grandson, Ian D. Balch, Elgin, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Charley, a son, Edward Charley, four sisters and two brothers.
Bearers will be Shannon Balch, David Narunsky, Matthew Brooks, John Greenwood, Deloyd Hicks, and Daniel Columbus. Honorary bearers will be Charlie Carter, Jimmy Reed, David Brown, Leo Poe, and Benson Alexander.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
ROFF-Services for Serena Ned Charley, 101, Roff, are 10:00 a.m. Monday at the Pennington Indian Methodist Church in Reagan, Rev. Bill Baker will officiate. Burial will follow at Seeley Chapel Cemetery near Connerville. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.
Mrs. Charley died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at a nursing home in Round Rock, Texas. She was born March 1, 1908 at Connerville, Oklahoma to John and Emely Lewis Ned. She attended Bloomfield Seminary and graduated from Chilocco Indian Boarding School.
She married Eugene R. Charley on July 21, 1946, in Gainesville, Texas. He preceded her in death on March 8, 1973. Mrs. Charley served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) as an Automotive Equipment Operator from September 1943 until 1945 during World War II. She was stationed in Barksdale, Louisiana and Mississippi. She obtained the rank of Corporal and received the American Theatre Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Ribbon and the WAAC Ribbon. Mrs. Charley was a waitress at the Eufaula Boarding School, a hospital orderly and once she retired, she worked with the elderly. She was a member of the Pennington United Methodist Church, the American Legion in Ada, and Chilocco Alumni Association. She moved to Roff, Oklahoma in 1973 from Norman.
Survivors include a daughter, Emily Twila Kay Balch and husband Robert J. Balch, Round Rock, Texas; grandchildren, Shannon E. Balch and wife Shantel, Elgin, TX, Tasha J. R. Narunsky and husband David, Pflugerville, TX, Amy Charley and husband Matthew, Fort Worth, TX, and Mary Charley, Fort Worth, TX; one great grandson, Ian D. Balch, Elgin, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Charley, a son, Edward Charley, four sisters and two brothers.
Bearers will be Shannon Balch, David Narunsky, Matthew Brooks, John Greenwood, Deloyd Hicks, and Daniel Columbus. Honorary bearers will be Charlie Carter, Jimmy Reed, David Brown, Leo Poe, and Benson Alexander.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
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