David Ray Soap

Funeral services for David Ray Soap will be held on Friday, December 4th, 2020, at Noon at Reed-Culver Chapel with his family officiating. His family will have a visitation on Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 beginning at noon until 6:00 Pm at Reed-Culver Funeral Home. He will be laid to rest with his family at Tyler Springs Cemetery in Stilwell, OK. Online condolences for his family may be left at www.reedculver.com.

David Ray Soap was born on August 6th, 1952, in Prairie Grove, AR, the son of George and Sally (Hummingbird) Soap Sr. He grew up in a household of four brothers and four sisters, John, Larry, Samuel, George Jr., Maggie, Narcia, Neva and Sandra. He attended and graduated from Hulbert High School. He would then decide on a career in the entertainment industry while demonstrating his love for the Cherokee traditions. He became an actor and dancer, traveling the Pow Wow circuit all over the continental United States of America, and parts of the world as well. He worked with such known performers as Michael Jackson and Burt Reynolds. He loved teaching people about his beloved Cherokee traditions, dances, and never lost the chance to show them, through his craft. He loved people and especially children. There was something about David that was so easy to talk to and he had the knack of making people smile and laugh. There was always the chance to have a BBQ and watch people eat and enjoy the day. He moved to North Carolina, the Wilmington Reservation , and always looked forward to visiting his family in Oklahoma. He was so very proud of his family and especially his nieces, they were his pride and joy. He is a very familiar face in the movies Perfect Daughter, Dances With Wolves, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Chuck Norris Texas Ranger and danced with his Pow Wow group in Michael Jackson’s video Black or White. He had a deep sense of spirituality, and never lost the chance to pray and meditate. His life’s journey ended on November 26th, 2020 in Tulsa, OK at the age of 68 years. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved this gentle spirit.

He is preceded in death by his grandmother, Rachel Glass, his grandfather, Cornelius Soap, mother and father, two brothers, John and George Jr and two sisters, Narcia and Sandra Soap.

Those left to remember this wonderful man include his two daughters, Raven Soap of Texas and LaDonna Soap of Watonga, OK. He leaves two stepsons, John Compton and Charlie Compton, and two step daughters, Jane Compton and Martha Compton. He leaves two brothers, Larry Soap and wife Renee of Muskogee, OK, and Samuel Soap and wife Kristi of Oklahoma City, OK. There are two sisters, Maggie Soap and companion Farris Easter of Muskogee, OK, and Neva Soap of Muskogee, OK. He lives on in his many nieces and nephews, Tammy Carey and fiancé Mike Exner of Claremore, OK, Michelle Carter of Broken Arrow, OK, Rachel Soap of Muskogee, OK, Christine Soap of Texas, Angie Soap of Texas, Crystal Soap of Texas, Marlin Carey and wife Becky of Hulbert, OK, “Waco” Bobby Jones of Tahlequah, OK,” Little” Paul Scroggins and wife Christie of Oaks, OK, Craig Soap of Perry, OK, Jon Soap Jr. of Shawnee, OK, and Roger Soap of Texas, as well as many cousins and a host of friends and loved ones far too numerous to mention.