“Eufaula area resident Troy Ray Ware, 81, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 14, at his home in Runaway Bay Estates.
Troy was born March 17, 1924, in Seminole to Rubert and Lena (Lane) Ware.

On April 23, 1945, he was united in marriage to Pat Banks.

He was a member of the North Fork Baptist Church, where he enjoyed working with the builders as they repaired and built churches in surrounding areas.

Troy always had a good story to tell and kept friends and family laughing.

When in his 70s he built his retirement home on Lake Eufaula with the help of his wife, Pat.

Troy was a good man, loved and adored by many and will be missed. He could always bring a smile to your face and a laugh to your heart.

Preceding him in death are his parents; five brothers, Clyde, Roger, George, Ira J. and Lloyd; sister, Florence Smith; nephews, Jim and Johnny Ware, Jerry and Ronnie Smith; two nieces, Kerrie and Angela Jackson.

He is survived by his wife, Pat, of the home; two daughters, Patricia Hall of Flippin, Ark., Lenda Breeding of Shawnee; four grandsons, Troy and Roy Hall and Dad Lowell, Matthew and his wife, Elise, of Moore, Timothy of Norman and Dad, Dan Breeding; sister and brother-in-law, Sharan and Gerald Jackson of Konawa; three nephews, Gene Smith of Bella Vista, Ark., Michael Jackson of Miami, Okla., Steve Ware of Oklahoma City; five nieces, Peggy Bowan of Burbank, Okla., Susan Shipley of Ada, Rita Scott of Eufaula, Debbie Chesser of Holdenville, Sandy Plum of Bristow; two loving sisters-in-law, Grace Brunelle of Red River, N.M., and Nadja Cole of California.

Casket bearers will be his grandsons and their fathers. Honorary casket bearers will be Norman Wagoner, Red Collins, Chas Young and Raymond Foutch.

Visitation will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to noon on Friday at Smith Funeral Home of Checotah.

Service will be 2 p.m. Friday at North Fork Baptist Church with Dr. Bruce Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Mounds under the direction of Smith Funeral Home of Checotah.

Memorial donations may be made to the free clinic at North Fork Baptist Church.”

Source:  Shawnee news-Star, February 16, 2006

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