Mary Betsy (Colbert) Gooden 90, a proud citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation and longtime Okmulgee resident, passed away in Tulsa on Sunday, May 26, 2013. She was born to Edmon Colbert and Ellen Perryman on September 13, 1922. She married Rev. Willie M. Gooden on March 7, 1970 at Big Cussetah Church. He preceded her in death on December 24, 2005. She was a LPN and worked at the Claremore Indian Hospital until her retirement in 1984. Mary was a life long member of the Big Cussetah Church and was a past Senior Muscogee Creek Nation Princess. Her loves were her husband Rev. Willie M. Gooden, dog, Caligula, family, reading, old TV reruns, TVLand, writing, and cutting out newspaper clippings. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and a stepdaughter Joyce Ann Gooden Lefthand. The Wake service will be at 7:00 PM Tuesday, and the funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Wednesday both at Big Cussetah Indian Methodist Church, with burial following at the Big Cussetah Cemetery. Rev. David Wilson and Rev. Newman Frank Jr. will be officiating.
Mary Betsy (Colbert) Gooden 90, a proud citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation and longtime Okmulgee resident, passed away in Tulsa on Sunday, May 26, 2013. She was born to Edmon Colbert and Ellen Perryman on September 13, 1922. She married Rev. Willie M. Gooden on March 7, 1970 at Big Cussetah Church. He preceded her in death on December 24, 2005. She was a LPN and worked at the Claremore Indian Hospital until her retirement in 1984. Mary was a life long member of the Big Cussetah Church and was a past Senior Muscogee Creek Nation Princess. Her loves were her husband Rev. Willie M. Gooden, dog, Caligula, family, reading, old TV reruns, TVLand, writing, and cutting out newspaper clippings. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and a stepdaughter Joyce Ann Gooden Lefthand. The Wake service will be at 7:00 PM Tuesday, and the funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Wednesday both at Big Cussetah Indian Methodist Church, with burial following at the Big Cussetah Cemetery. Rev. David Wilson and Rev. Newman Frank Jr. will be officiating.
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