TOM BOATWRIGHT
ADA-Services for Thomas E. Boatwright, 84, of Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church, Revs. David Daniel and Bob Langston will officiate. A Committal service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Boatwright died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at a local hospital. He was born February 3, 1928 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Jim and Georgie Batt Boatwright. He graduated from Ada High School in May, 1946. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from East Central University July 1950. Mr. Boatwright served in the U. S. Army from 1950-1952 during the Korean War and was stationed in Japan.
He married Merle Upchurch on December 21, 1950. In 1953 he started his career at the First National Bank where he was a Vice-President and Auditor. In 1980 he worked for the Chickasaw Housing Authority in their Financial Department. From 1984-1991 he served as the President of Pontotoc County Bank in Roff. From 1991-2000 he concluded his banking career at the First National Bank of Ada as a Vice-President. Mr. Boatwright was active in the First United Methodist Church where he served as past chairman of the Administrative Board and was a member of and chairman of various committees. He was a member of the Fellowship Sunday School Class. He was also past member of the Men's Club, member of the First United Methodist Church Foundation, Charter member of Kiwanis Club of Greater Ada, and past president and former member of the Ada Rotary Club. He was also a member of the Pontotoc County Cattlemen's Association.
Survivors include his wife, Merle U. Boatwright, of the home; his son, Thomas Dale Boatwright and his wife Marcia of Ada; his granddaughter, Mindy Ahrend and her husband T. S. of Temple, TX; his grandson, Brent Thomas Boatwright and his wife Amy of Ada; and great grandchildren, Bo and Baylee Boatwright and Marlea and Stella Ahrend.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jim and Georgie Boatwright; and one brother, Jimmy Boatwright.
Bearers will be Carlton Tilley, Wayne King, Dr. Bill Chapman, Jim Hamby, Roy Hanson, Duard Thomas, Denny O'Dell, Zane Bowman, and Ken Johnson. Honorary bearers will be the Fellowship Sunday School Class Members of the First United Methodist Church.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Sunday School Class, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74821.
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Criswell Funeral Home, Ada