Tom & Margaret Monks

Margaret Nell Monks, 76, of Panama, OK  went home to meet Jesus on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in Fort Smith, AR.  Margaret was born December 2, 1938 in Buck Creek, OK to Albert & Ailene (Lipsey) Harris.  She was a  grade school teacher in Panama for 28 years  before she retired.  Marg loved to feed the deer and birds and loved to quilt.  She was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents, Della and Robert Pierce.

    Leonard Thomas “Tom” Monks, 73, of Panama, OK passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014 in Panama.  Tom was born April 11, 1941 in Fort Smith, AR to Leonard H. “Bill” & Eveline E. (Ward) Monks.  He served in the National Guard and was a rancher and a retired teacher.  Tom & Marg were married on April 14, 1962.

    Survivors include Tom’s  mother, Eveline Monks of Panama, OK; godson, Kendall Davis and wife Kelly of Phoenix, AZ; her sister, Delores and husband Ernest Duncan; his sister, Donna Sue and husband Ron Hunt; nephews, David & wife Tammie Hunt, Brad & wife Jennifer Hunt; nephew, Lance Duncan; niece Dana and husband John Brooks;  Lori Duncan,  Lana and husband Rob Ellis; great nieces and nephews, Jared, Tyler, & Trey Hunt, Kya Hunt, Zack Foster & Trace Brooks, Candence Adams, Gentry and Addison Ellis, Eric & Chance Duncan; aunt, Wanda and husband Deward Gunter and their children, Keith and Glenda.

    Services at 11:30 am, Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Victory Worship Center, Spiro, OK with Revs. Bryan Fouts and Michael Monroe officiating.  Private family interment at Monks family cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5-7 pm at the funeral home on Friday evening.