Hugh "Wayne" Gossett

Hugh “Wayne” Gossett was born on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1946 in Edmond, Oklahoma, to Opal Juanita Gossett and Carl Randolph Gossett. His family moved to Anadarko, Oklahoma, where he worked and played on the family farm and surrounding countryside making fun and interesting memories which he would recount over the years. He graduated from Anadarko High School in 1964 where he excelled as a player on the Anadarko Warriors football team. Many of his fondest memories were of his days in high school where he made life-long friends. He would always get excited when it was time for another class reunion. Wayne married June Louise Tenny on October 16, 1965. They had a daughter, Tracy Lynn in 1967. She was Wayne’s “Baby Girl” and he was her rock. They had a special bond that carried them through good and bad times. Tracy’s good friend Crisa Dausch became like a second daughter to Wayne, and Crisa saw him as a father figure all of her life. June passed away on November 11, 1986. When living in Lindsay, Oklahoma, he met and then married Lila Kay Lindsey on September 10, 1988 at the First Baptist Church in Lindsay. He was the love she had been waiting for. He and Lila had a son, Tucker Dakota in 1997. Wayne, having already raised a daughter, Tracy, now had a son and new hope of having a lineman on the football team. He delighted in Tucker’s every accomplishment, but mostly just loved and enjoyed being with his best buddy. Tucker’s own achievements on the Lindsay leopard football team were some of Wayne’s proudest moments. However, Wayne being not only a husband and father, but also a grandfather and great-grandfather loved and cherished his family. He had a strong relationship with his two brothers, Troy and Carl and his little sister, Nita. The four of them all liked to keep one another laughing; but Wayne was like that with most everyone. He just loved to give people moments of laughter. He also had a tender heart and was not ashamed to shed a frequent tear or to tell loved ones how much, they meant to him. He loved animals, mostly dogs, and his dogs became truly family members. His little dog, Rascal, kept him company after he retired and made him continuously laugh. Wayne worked in many positions throughout his life, but he retired from Hydra-Walk Key Energy in 2010. He enjoyed golfing, vacations and outings with his family, watching Tucker play football and watching football on TV, especially the Dallas Cowboys and the OU Sooners. Wayne departed to his Heavenly home on Sunday, February 7, 2016 surrounded by family and friends at Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 70 years. He left an imprint on the lives of many and he left a legacy of fun and laughter and love to his family. The words you heard most from Wayne were “Have I told you lately that I love you?”. Wayne is survived by his wife, Lila, his daughter, Tracy Lynn Andrews and husband Michael, his son Tucker Gossett, his sister, Nita Tolman and husband Kent; his grandchildren, Travis Wade McCoy and wife Nicole, Whitney June Peach and husband Matthew, and Ashley Andrews. He is also survived by five great-grandchildren: Travis Wayne, Isaac, Jordan, Micah, Courtney, as well as nieces, Gaye McKinney and husband Mike, Cathy Weems and husband Kenny, Ashley Tolman, Dana Gagan and Teresa Mayberry and husband Jerry; nephews: Russell Gossett and wife Jenny, Randy Gossett and B.J. Tolman and wife Tara; and great niece and nephew Ella and Kole Tolman, along with many other family members and friends and his fuzzy buddy “Rascal”. Wayne was preceded in death by his first wife, June Gossett, his parents, his brothers Troy Dean Gossett and Carl Ray Gossett and a sister-in-law, Ruby Gossett. He was also preceded in death by his beloved dogs, J.R. and Happy as well as other family pets. Funeral services for Wayne are set for two o’clock P.M. on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Erin Springs Baptist Church, located South of Lindsay, Oklahoma on Highway 76 with Pastor Clay Hicks officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hill Cemetery in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences may be made to the family online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.

Hugh "Wayne" Gossett

January 1, 1946 - February 7, 2016

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