Saturday, July 4, 2009

Sibyle Caldwell Clayton Ollie passed to her heavenly home on July 2, 2009 after a brief illness. Sibyle was born February 6, 1920 in Poteau, OK to Fannie Emaline Bone & John Edward Caldwell. She was the eleventh child of twelve. She graduated from Poteau High School in 1938 and married her sweetheart and best friend, James Fred Clayton, on May 28, 1938. She began working with him in the Clayton grocery store, which she did off and on for a number of years. They later moved to El Paso, TX where she worked for the Department of Defense at Ft. Bliss and retired in 1990. After losing her sweetheart Fred in 1979, Sibyle remained in El Paso where she participated in many organizations over the years and was always active in a Baptist church wherever she lived. During the 1980’s she was active in the American Business Women’s Association of El Paso, TX and was named Woman of the Year. In August 1991 she moved to Spiro, OK and married her long-time friend, J.D. Ollie. Sibyle enjoyed playing bridge, sewing, and cooking. Her Cinnamon Rolls were the best! She was most recently a member of First Baptist Church of Poteau and remained a lifetime member of the Order of Eastern Star in Spiro, OK. Sibyle was preceded in death by her parents, her husband James Fred Clayton in 1979 and James David (J.D.) Ollie in 1992, brothers Clyde, Jerry, Cecil, Henry, Jack, and Joe Caldwell, sisters, Lenora Bolding, Mollie Bennett, Fern Hargrove, baby girl Caldwell, and one great grandchildren, Aaron Bailey Atchley. She is survived by one son James Fred Clayton II and wife Elizabeth of Anthony, NM and one daughter Carol Havill and husband Dean of Sarcoxie, MO; seven granddaughters, Phoebe Havill of Richardson, TX, Polly Anna Oliver and husband Kent and family of Elizabeth, CO, Penny Moore and husband Douglas and family of Sarcoxie, MO, Danielle Wills and family of Lakewood, OH, DeAnna Hlousek and husband Brian and family of Springfield, MO, JO Kruzel and husband Bob and family of Grapevine, TX, and Keri Dawn Atchley and husband John and family of Grand Prairie, TX; one sister, Eva Kirk Jensen of North Carolina and one sister-in-law, Lee Oma Caldwell of Hugo, OK; other relatives & loved ones; many beloved friends. Services were held 11 am, Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at First Baptist Church, Poteau, OK with Rev. Phil McGehee officiating. Interment followed in Oakland Cemetery, Poteau with pallbearers John Atchley, Doug Moore, Kent Oliver, & Tyler Oliver. Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, OK

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