Nadine Carpenter, 82, of
Wister, OK passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 in Wister. Nadine was born August 10, 1933 in Hughes, OK
to Emmett & Lula May (Harris)
Warren. She was the youngest of six
children. She graduated from Hughes
Elementary School & Fanshawe High School in 1950. Nadine was a starter on the 1950 Fanshawe
Lady Grizzlies basketball team that was LeFlore County Champions. She attended Eastern Oklahoma State College,
Wilburton & completed her Bachelor's Degree in 1953 in Secondary Business
Education at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant. Nadine later received her Master's Degree in
Secondary Ed from Southeastern as well.
She taught one year at Addington HS and then in 1954 she began a 44 year
career at LeFlore HS. In 1955 she began
coaching the LeFlore HS girls basketball team and would do so for the next 43
seasons. Her HS teams averaged over 19
wins per season for 43 seasons. When she
retired, her teams had won 831 games.
She was the second highest winning girls coach in Oklahoma and one of
the most winning coaches in the United
States. She also enjoyed great success
as the HS girls softball coach. She gave
the credit for her success to the hundreds of young ladies who played their
hearts out for her and LeFlore High School.
Mrs. Carpenter, a member of the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame, was
awarded a National Girls Coach of the Year Award in 1976. Her softball & basketball teams won
numerous LeFlore County Championships & both made several Oklahoma State
Tournament appearances playing in State Championship games in both sports. Her 7th & 8th grade girls teams once won 103
games over a 4 year period.
On February 11, 1955,
Nadine married Frank L. Carpenter, and they remained together for the next 60
years. Nadine loved her family. She was a wonderful mother, daughter, daughter-in-law,
sister, aunt, and more. Her greatest job
was as Memaw to her grandkids. She was a
rock for her family in every way. She
was a Christian who trusted the Lord throughout her life and was a member of
Bethel Baptist Church in Wister, OK. Finally, she was always a farm girl at
heart. She and Frank had put together a
ranch that she enjoyed and of which she was proud. She had saved countless baby calves by
nursing them to health when their
outlook was bleak. Nadine worked very
hard and would not have had it any other way.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Jessie Thomas;
brother, Johnny Warren.
Survivors include her
husband, Frank of the home; daughter, Teresa DuPree & husband Ronnie of
Clinton, OK; son, Jerry Carpenter & wife Brenda of Wister, OK; 10
Grandchildren, Walker Dupree of Weatherford, OK, Warren Dupree & wife Jenna
of Porter, OK, Melanie Ward & husband Dallas of Wister, OK, Kylee Carpenter
of Poteau, OK, Lane Carpenter of Wister, OK, Kimberlyn Carpenter & Jerret
Carpenter of Wister, OK, Hunter Prock of Seattle, WA, Bailey Adams & Cole
Adams of Wister, OK; great grandchildren, Rylan Tobey of Poteau, OK Tristian
Dupree of Weatherford, OK, Farrah Dupree of Porter, OK, Jerra, Bryar & Bronc Ward of
Wister, OK; 3 sisters, Betty Jo
McAlester of LeFlore, OK, Mary Ross
of Fanshawe (Hughes), OK, Lola Davidson
of Stanton, OR; other relatives, loved ones and friends.
Services will be 2 pm,
Monday, August 31, 2015 at LeFlore High School Gym, LeFlore, OK with Revs. Clyde Steelman, Bryan Fields &
Jim Cook officiating. Interment will
follow in Ellis Chapel Cemetery, Wister, OK.
The family will be at the
funeral home on Saturday evening from 6-8 pm to visit with relatives &
friends.
Janice Kay Scroggins, 67,
of Shady Point, OK passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 in Shady Point, OK. Janice was born December 19, 1947 in Latham,
OK to Norman & Victoria (Hood) Monks.
She was a pharmacy tech. Janice
was preceded in death by her parents, Omer & Victoria Lawson; father,
Norman Monks; husband, Jim; son, James; granddaughter, Summer VanMeter; brother,
Jerry Monks; sisters, Loretha Grigsby& Glenda Tubby.
