Jimmie Mae Padgett

Jimmie Mae Cox Padgett of Lindsay, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, October 24, 2011 in Lindsay, Oklahoma, taken suddenly from this life. She was born on November 24, 1935 in Purcell, Oklahoma to James Monroe Cox and Grace (Evans) Cox. She lived most of her young life in the Payne and Wayne areas and later attended and graduated from Purcell High School. Jimmie married Donald C. Padgett on October 9, 1954 in Norman, Oklahoma. She moved to Southern California soon after and began building her family of four children. In 1970, the family moved from San Bernardino, California to Lindsay, Oklahoma and purchased Holt?s Café, renaming it Big "D" Bar-B-Q. Jimmie was a very hard worker and most of her life she spent working in Lindsay and surrounding area restaurants as owner or employee. As long as she was working, she was happy. She later became a fixture in her son?s business, Jake?s Short Stop, where she continued to work until the day she passed. Mrs. Padgett was a generous supporter of the Lindsay Schools, first as a parent, then as a grandparent. She always enjoyed attending sporting events in which her loved ones participated. Mrs. Padgett was preceded in death by her husband, Donald C. Padgett, on July 25, 1985. She is survived by her four children; Vicki Padgett Seftar and her husband Mark of Bethany, OK, Donnell Padgett of Chickasha, OK, Damon Padgett and his wife Jean, Dianna Coffee and her husband Leonard, all of Lindsay, OK. Jimmie is also survived by her two sisters, Wanda Clagg of Lindsay, OK and Norma Beales of Sparks, NV,sister-in-law, Linda Tansel of Edmond, OK, broter-in-law, Larry Joe "Smokey" McKinney, her eleven grandchildren; Kevin, Kyle and Kara Freeman, all of Oklahoma City, Dustin Padgett, RayNelle, Brittany and Tiffany Freeman, all of Chickasha, OK, Laurie Padgett Figueroa, Dewayne Padgett, Cheyenne and Carson Coffee, all of Lindsay, OK, and two great-grandchildren, Dylan and Daniel Padgett of Chickasha, OK. Funeral services for Mrs. Padgett are set for two o?clock p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at the First Baptist Church in Lindsay, Oklahoma with Pastor Randy Allen officiating. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Purcell, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.

Jimmie Mae Padgett

November 24, 1935 - October 24, 2011

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