Services for Winston “Merle” Flanagan, 79, of Ardmore were held at 1
p.m., Tuesday, May 14 in the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel,
Marietta with Bro. Kent House officiating. Interment followed in the
Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta.
Born November 28, 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Ralph and
LaVada Johnson Flanagan, he died Friday, May 10, 2013 at his
residence in Ardmore.
A 1953 graduate of Marietta High School, Mr. Flanagan joined the
United States Navy in August of that year and was based in San
Diego, California. He served 28 months in Japan and was honorably
discharged in August 1957. Merle then lived and worked in Marietta
for several years before moving to Ardmore in 1963. He retired from
the Ardmore Fire Department as captain after 20 years of employment
and then worked 10 years for the Oklahoma Department of
Transportation.
Merle and Lona Pearl Hilton were married in Loves Valley on
September 4, 1954. He had been a member of Ardmore’s Northwest
Baptist Church since 1963.
Preceding him in death were his parents and a special son-in-law,
George Gill.
He is survived by his wife, Lona Pearl of the home; a son and
daughter-in-law, Keith and Sandra Flanagan of Ardmore; two
daughters, Molinda Annette Ross of Healdton and Marilyn Gill of
Ardmore; seven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were Dennis Flanagan, Billy Roy Hilton, Roger
Hilton, Danny Bone, Wayne Vaughn and James Peery. Honorary bearer
was Marion Hilton.
Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home
This obituary included a picture of Mr. Flanagan.
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