Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home
Submitted by: Carol Spear Rice

Carol Anne York, 76, of Gowen, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026, at her home. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the Chaney Harkins Funeral Home Chapel. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 13, 2026, at the Savanna Cemetery Pavilion in Savanna, Oklahoma, with burial to follow. Pallbearers will be Coy Crawley, Ken Montgomery, Oliver Graham, and Eudor Surrell. Carol was born on December 25, 1949, in McAlester, Oklahoma. She married Larry York on May 11, 1984, and together they built a life centered on faith and family. Carol worked as a home health aide, and was a faithful member of Full Harvest Church. Carol will be remembered as a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend who always put others first. She is survived by her husband, Larry York; her children, Shawna Letlow, Sherilin Hobbs, Joneta Rae Hobbs, and Johnnie Hobbs; her grandchildren, Andreas and Steven; nine great-grandchildren; her brothers and sisters, Eudora Surrell, Joyce Harp and husband Ray, Coy Crawley, Patricia Hambrick and husband Steve, Wendell Hobbs, and Paul Hobbs and wife Amy; along with many nieces, nephews, and her church family. She was preceded in death by her mother, Joneta Faye (Adams) Crawley; her father, Edward L. Hobbs; her sister, Doria Heaper; and her brothers, William "Sonny" Hobbs, Alan Ray "Pete" Crawley, and Edward Hobbs.