Carol Sue (Puckett) Truitt Obit

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Carol Sue (Puckett) Truitt
Oct 30, 1944 - Jun 11, 1989
Submitted by: Glenn

Enid Morning News
11 June 1989

Cleo Springs – The funeral for Caroll Sue Truitt, 44, will be at 2 PM Wednesday in First Baptist Church of Fairview, with the Rev. Dave Bryan officiating.

Burial will be in Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Fairview Funeral Home. She died Sunday at her home.

She was born October 30, 1944 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to Vearel and Lucyle Puckett. She came to Oklahoma from Garden City, Michigan, when she was two years old. Truitt lived in Drummond until 1978.

On June 10, 1978, she married Robert Truitt. They moved to Williams Boy Scout Camp near Cleo Springs. She was a computer operator at Coast-to-Coast stores.

She was a member of First Baptist Church and was Church Treasurer for three years and a member of a number of church committees. Truitt also was Vice President of the Women's Chamber of Commerce in Fairview.

Survivors include her mother, Lucyle Wehrenberg, Kingfisher; her husband; a son, Robert Christmas, Enid; two step sons, Robert Truitt, Enid, and Mike Truitt, Oklahoma City; a daughter, Jackque Christmas, Enid; two step daughters, Susan Buller and Brenda Truitt, both of Enid; and a granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by her father, stepfather, a brother and a son.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Fairview, with the funeral home as custodian.

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Fairview woman killed in freak mowing accident

Fairview – A Fairview woman died Sunday after a tree limb about 4 feet high knocked her off a tractor and mower and possibly asphyxiated her, Major County Undersheriff Cal Davis said Monday.

Dead is Carol Truitt, 44. Truitt's husband, Bob, and an unidentified worker, found the body about 4:30 PM, Davis said.

The accident happened at Williams Boy Scout Camp, about 8 miles northeast of Fairview near U. S. 60, Davis said. Truitt's husband is camp caretaker.

Davis said the tree limb was about a foot in diameter. According to an investigation, the rollbar of the tractor apparently broke the limb.

It knocked her off the back of the machine then fell on her neck, according to Davis.

"The limb did fall on her and that's what we think killed her," Davis said.

After the accident, it looked as if the tractor went out of control and hit a tree, Davis said. The tractor did not roll over the woman.

Davis said Truitt was pronounced dead at the scene by the Major County medical examiner.