OBITUARY
June 30, 1940 - October 1, 2005
(As published in the Choctaw County, Hugo Daily News)
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Funeral services for William Ray Hubbard of Fort Towson will be held at 2:00
p.m. Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home
Chapel in Hugo with William Bryce Hubbard and Gregory Thralls officiating.
Interment will be in Fort Towson Cemetery.
Mr. Hubbard died Saturday, October 1, 2005, in Oklahoma City. He was 65.
William Ray Hubbard was born on June 30, 1940 in Pampa, Texas to Floyd Bryce and
Leah Clydus (George) Hubbard. William married Patricia Gayle Nolan on July 7,
1981 at Hugo Lake in Hugo, Okla. He had lived in this area for the past 24 years
after moving here from Pampa, Texas. He was a member of the Frogville Fellowship
Church of the Brethren in Frogville, Okla. He was a retired Mill Wright worker
for Continental Conveyors and he will be greatly missed. He was preceded in
death by his parents, Floyd Bryce Hubbard and Leah Clydus Hubbard, and one
sister, Karen Newman.
William is survived by his wife Patricia Hubbard of the home; two sons, William
Bryce Hubbard and wife, Brenda of Frogville, Okla., and William Earl Clark and
wife, Lena of Bogata, Texas; three daughters, Sharon Leah Hubbard and husband,
Ronnie of Pampa, Texas, Lisa Lavern Reich and husband, Johnny of McAlester,
Okla., and Amy Katrina Ward and husband, Don of Boswell, Okla.; one brother,
John Albert Hubbard of Pampa, Texas; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Chitwood of
Hugo, Okla; eleven grandchildren, Sunny La Sha Thralls, Johnny Ray Reich, Jami
Ann Reich, Jordan Holmes, Nathanael William Holmes, Autumn Faith Lowrance, Jacob
Floyd Reich, Alexia Celeste Ward, Courtney Clark, Keeton Clark and Kole Clark;
and five great-grandchildren.
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A brief eulogy from his daughter, Sharon
Billy Ray's death was not known until a year
after his passing. Attempts to obtain his obituary were not successful;
however, his daughter, Sharon, volunteered this information about her father.
His obituary was in the Pampa News of October 5th 2005, though it was no longer
available.
He was very happy living on his little country farm in Frogville, Oklahoma,
raising cows and watching his grandchildren grow. Christ was always first
in his life.
My brother lived down the road and was his joy in life. He loved watching
the Dallas Cowboys on TV. He was also a huge Pampa Harvesters football fan
and had reserved seats until he moved to Oklahoma in 1975. Even then, he
kept up with them through me. (We now have reserved seats and never miss a
Harvester game). Our son, Billy's grandson, is the assistant
director of the pride of the Pampa band, and my husband, Ronnie, is ''the voice
of the Pampa band'' during half time.
Good luck to your class, and I hope you all have a great reunion!
Sincerely,
Sharon Holmes