The family will require masks to be worn during the service.
Reception to follow at Agent Mallory Funeral Home, 123 S Wheeler Ave, Sallisaw in the Homeplace Building.
Becky, who was a long-time resident of Sallisaw, was born on April 20, 1943, in Fort Smith, Ark., to Major Oscar Stegall, Jr., and Julia Speer Johnston Stegall. She passed away in Norman on Thursday, April 8, 2021.
Becky graduated from Sallisaw High School in 1961. She attended Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO, then attended the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education, specializing in special education.
Becky’s career as a special education teacher spanned many decades and numerous states, including Homestead, Florida; El Paso, Cypress, and Katy, TX; Norman, Oklahoma City, Sallisaw, and Muldrow, OK; and Manteca, Long Beach, and Downey, CA.
Becky was also an after-school tutor and volunteered as a chaperone and judge for high school speech tournaments, as the “Mom” nurse at Dwight Mission Presbyterian church camp, as a children’s assistant with Family Alliance, as a crisis hotline counselor for the Sequoyah County Crisis Intervention Program, and at Stanley Tubbs Public Library.
Becky grew up in the First Presbyterian Church in Sallisaw, OK, and was a Sunday School teacher, choir member, elder, substitute organist, member of the United Presbyterian Women, as well as helping organize and participating in the Living Nativity scene at Christmastime.
When Becky’s daughter Molly joined Phi Mu fraternity, Epsilon Beta chapter, at the University of Oklahoma, Becky also joined and was inducted as an alum, serving as a substitute House Mother.
Becky is survived by her three daughters Debbie Parsons (David) of Marietta, GA, Cathy Lansdowne (Rob) of Marietta, GA, and Molly Raney of Norman, OK, and by her six grandchildren Brandon and Katie Parsons and Harrison, Griffin, Lucy, and Eli Lansdowne.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the International Myeloma Foundation or the First Presbyterian Church of Sallisaw, OK.
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