Erna Mae Tannehill

August 30, 1928 - June 10, 2022

Erna Mae Tannehill was born August 30, 1928, to Earnest and Florence (Ozment) Wood. She passed away on June 10, 2022, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma at the age of 93. Erne Mae was a resident of Lindsay, Oklahoma her whole life. In 1945, she was saved at the age of 17 in Cox City, Oklahoma and was baptized by Reverend Lindsey. Erna Mae was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lindsay. She helped in the pre-school Sunday school class for many years. She loved Jesus and her church family. Erna Mae married Don Tannehill in Lindsay, Oklahoma on November 6, 1971. They celebrated forty-seven years of love and companionship until his passing. Erna Mae was a long-time member of the Erin Springs Extension Club. She was an excellent seamstress and had numerous hobbies such as crocheting, tole painting, and arts and crafts. Erna Mae is survived by her sisters, Catherne Martin and Betty Coffee of Lindsay, Oklahoma, stepchildren, Beverly Mitchusson and Joie Tannehill of Ninnekah, Oklahoma, grandchildren, Paula Cudd, Mark Miles, Melinda Watson, Kandra Lum, Allen Mitchusson, Chris Mitchusson, Dustin Richards, Nic Richards, Dallas Scavezze, Kyle Winters, Cody Johnson, Dessie Russell, sister-in-law, Helen Badertscher, brother-in-law Joey Tannehill, and numerous nieces and nephews. Erna Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Don Tannehill on February, 10, 2019, her parents, Earnest and Florence Wood, her daughters, Sharon Shepard and Verna Sue Parker, her grandson, Michael Logan, and her brothers and sisters, Clyde Wood, Carl Wood, Mary Ruth Delay, Johny Ray Wood, and Glen Harold Wood. Visitation for Erna Mae will be held Sunday, June 12, 2022, from 1:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. and Monday, June 13, 2022, from 9:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. and from 1:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. A funeral service to honor the life of Erna Mae is set to begin at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at the First Baptist Church in Lindsay, Oklahoma. She will be laid to rest at the Green Hill Cemetery in Lindsay, Oklahoma, following the service. Services are under the direction of Scott and Angel Wilbourn of Wilbourn Family Funeral Home in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences may be made to the family online at www.wilbournfamilyfuneralhome.com