Whitney Howard

Services for Whitney Rachelle Howard, 29, of Stonewall are 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 11, 2020, at the First Baptist Church, 521 S. Broadway, Ada, OK. Zac Christian will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Howard passed away Friday, January 3, 2020, at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was born December 30, 1990, in Ada to Allen and Carol Moon Bynum. She graduated from Stonewall High School in 2009 and East Central University with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance in 2013.

She married Taylor Howard on September 14, 2013. Taylor and Whitney have one son, Jackson Mark. Jackson was the light of Whitney's life, and her love for him shined through her each time she spoke of Jackson. Whitney worked at Oklahoma Heritage Bank in Ada as an Assistant Vice-President. She loved her job and enjoyed being a valued employee of the bank. In her high school years, she was a competitive softball player who always batted for base hits because, "Base hits score." Whitney never strayed far from her friends, and she continued that trend in college with "the Three Stooges." Whitney was a die-hard OU fan, and she especially loved Sooner football. She enjoyed travelling with her family. Her favorite trip was with Taylor and Jackson when they traveled to Grand Cayman Island, stayed at the Ritz-Carlton, swam with stingrays and sea turtles, and relaxed on the white, sugar sand Seven Mile Beach.

An epitome of a servant leader, Whitney loved life, people, and her boys, and she always cared for everyone else before herself. She was the best wife to Taylor – the two were a perfect match. They shared a passion for Jackson, their families, their careers, and sports, and their love for each other was felt by everyone else in the room. If you knew her, you know that she was "Whitney" and can never be replaced.

Survivors include her husband, Taylor, of the home; her son, Jackson Howard, of the home; her parents, Allen and Carol Bynum, of Stonewall; two sisters, Ashely Horne and husband Matt, and Lindsey Bynum; two brothers, Garth Bynum and Brenden Bynum; her grandparents, Dwayne and Carla Moon; and nieces and nephews, Liam, Lincoln, Braizley, A'mari, and Ja'Ziah.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Frank Bynum Sr. and Mary Ann Stone Bynum; paternal great-grandparents, Oscar Bynum and Nellie Stewart Bynum, and Charlie Stone and Cassie Allen Stone; and her maternal great-grandparents, Clifford Moon and Audrey Carpenter Moon, and Carl Bretz and Alma Montgomery Bretz.

Bearers will be Brenden Bynum, Garth Bynum, Travis Haynes, Matt Horne, Dakota Kinsey, Michael Orozco, and Petey Orozco. Honorary bearers will be Dwayne Moon, Carl Moon, Bruce Cate, Jesse Cate, Clayton Cate, Charles Bynum, Harvey Bynum, David Graham, Brian Graham, Frank Bynum, Jimmy Don Bynum, John Green, Thomas Bynum, Aaron Bynum, Jason Bynum, Dee Kelly, Larry Spangler, Ryan Spangler, Rustin Spangler, Robert Spangler, Jody Howard, John Hargrave, Steve Worth, Chance Branscum, Jess Morrison, and Bryan Penick.

Memorials may be made to the Whitney Bynum Howard Memorial Scholarship online at https://www.ecok.edu/donate/ways-give/online or mail to 1100 E. 14 ^th Str., PMB Y-8, Ada, OK 74820. For gifts of stocks, contact Buffy Lovelis at 580-559-5655; or if you desire, you may choose to donate to the Jackson Howard College Fund Account, contact Edward Jones at 580-436-1632 for more information.