Donnie Joe Scruggs was born on August 5, 1935 in Rush Springs, OK to Karl Stanford Scruggs and Cora Belle (Curtis) Scruggs. He graduated from rush Springs High School in 1953. After serving in the US Army from 1954- 1956, Donnie graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1961. He married the love of his life Corene Beckman, on June 30, 1961. He then went on to obtain his Master’s Degree from Central State University in 1973. Donnie worked at Tinker AFB until he retired in 1990 and then drove a school bus for Mid-Del for the next 20 years. He was a lifetime member of the Midwest City Masonic Lodge and a member of St. Matthew United Methodist Church in MWC. He is survived by sister Barbara Dell (Kizarr) of Amarillo, TX, three children; Catherine Brooks of Florence, CO, Karl Scruggs and wife Chynna of Moore, OK, Gregory Scruggs of Oklahoma City, OK, six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife Corene Scruggs, brother, Curtis Karl Sruggs and sister, Betty June Rodriguez
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