Jean passed away on December 5, 2022.
She was born on August 19, 1933, near Webb City, Oklahoma, to Carl S. Cole and Lee Opal Warren Cole. She graduated from Central High School in 1951 at age 17 and the next day went to work at National Screen on Film Row in Oklahoma City. She married the love of her life, Earnest O. Barksdale in 1954 and their daughter, Carla, was born in 1958. Jean retired from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1993 and she and Ernie were ready to realize their dream of traveling in their RV for 6 months of each year and spend summers at Lake Eufaula on their pontoon boat. Jean was a member of the Newcastle United Methodist Church. She is so thankful for her church family and her friends there who helped her on her spiritual journey. She is also thankful for her long-time close friends who have been a part of her life. She thanks her wonderful daughter, Carla, for sending so much of her time taking such good care of her. Jean is preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Ernie Barksdale, her father, Carl S. Cole, her mother, Lee Opal Starr, her stepfather, Herman N. Starr, her sisters, Lavonna M. Sapp, and Donna M. Nolen, her nephews, Gary W. Nolen, and Keith Greear, and her brother-in-law Bill Nolen. She is survived by her daughter, Carla J. Barksdale, her niece, Terri O’Bryant, her nephews, Shaun O’Bryant and Kevin Greear.
A visitation for Jean will be held Thursday, December 8, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Sunny Lane Funeral Home, 4000 Se 29th Street, Del City, OK 73115. Funeral services will be held at the Newcastle United Methodist Church on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 10 am. A private burial will be at Sunny Lane Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, if you wish, you may make a donation in memoriam to the Newcastle United Methodist Church food pantry/Blessing Box, P.O. Box 345, Newcastle, OK, 73065.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.sunnylanefuneralhome.com for the Barksdale family.
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