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Funeral services to celebrate the life of Gladys Ann (Harp) Kennedy will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday September 22, 2026, at Brown's Durant Funeral Service Chapel. Israel Arnold will officiate. Gladys will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband, Odis Ray Kennedy at Rosehill Cemetery in Calera, Oklahoma. Pallbearers will be Luke Allen, Robert Lummus, Colt Ellis, Zane Kennedy, Nathan Crawford, and Michael Kennedy-Angel. The family will receive friends on Monday evening from 6-7 PM at the Funeral Home.
Gladys was born on September 10, 1938, in Caddo, Oklahoma to parents P.L. "Red" and Gladys (Sarrels) Harp. Her family moved to Sayre, Oklahoma and at the age of 10 her family moved to Sunray, Texas. Gladys graduated from Sunray High School in 1956. She married the love of her life Odis Ray Kennedy in November 1959 and began their lives together. While raising her children, Gladys graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1978 with her bachelor's degree in Sociology and worked as a social worker for the State of Oklahoma for 20 years until her retirement. She also earned her associates degree in biblical studies in 2011. Gladys was a devote Christian and a strong woman of faith. She loved her church family and was a member and elder of the River Church.
Gladys is preceded in death by her husband Odis Ray Kennedy; parents Red and Gladys Harp; siblings Thomas Harp, Harry Harp and Ellen Teel and son-in-law Gerald Lummus.
Gladys is survived by her children Michael Kennedy (Annette) of Bixby, OK, Susan Lummus (Tony) of Durant, OK, and Frieda Tisdel (Steve) of Ft. Worth, TX; sister Janie Kirkpatrick of Durant, OK; grandchildren Michael Kennedy-Angel (Amanda), Anne Engle, Luke Allen (Robyn), Zane Kennedy, Leslie Ellis (Colt), Robert Lummus (Amanda), Lisa Coker, Maegan Crawford, and Nathan Crawford; numerous great grandchildren and extended family and friends.
Arrangements are under the direction of Brown's Durant Funeral and Cremation Service.