Vesta Marie Gregory
November 30, 1924 - December 4, 2021
Our beautiful and beloved mother, Vesta Marie (Cox) Gregory was called home to be the Lord on December 4, 2021. She was born on November 30, 1924, to William Lester “Bud” Cox, and Nora Belle (Hunt) Cox, in the Oak Creek community and she has lived in the Lindsay area her entire life. Marie “Tudy” married Everett Wayne Gregory on January 31, 1948. They were married for 61 years before Everett’s passing on April 13, 2009. Their union produced four children: Reta, Larry, Terry, and Alfred; whom were blessed to have them as parents. Marie was a homemaker who could do just about anything from being a wonderful mother, to cooking, sewing, gardening, canning, quilting, raising chickens, and even working cattle. She was the kindest soul and it truly defined who she was. She was also an active member of the Erin Springs Baptist Church for over 60 years and participated in many church functions. Marie was preceded in death by her husband Everett Wayne Gregory, parents, Bud and Nora Cox, brothers Chester Cox, Lester Cox, and Bee Cox, sisters, Virgie “Put” Engle, Odelia Martin, and Othelia Remy, and great grandson, Brecken Wayne Jeffrey. Marie is survived by her children, Reta Hayes and husband Dennis, Larry Gregory and wife Shirley, Alfred Gregory and wife Pam, and Terry Gregory, her grandchildren, Kees Campbell, Robbie Williams, Levon McCoy, Logan Kanaugh, Hale Deviney, Doc Gregory, Lauren Jeffrey, Kaleb Trammell, Kale Ezell, and Jason Hayes, her great grandchildren, Cason Kanaugh, Creed Kanaugh, Cole and Isabelle Deviney, Aiden, Gavin and Paisley Williams, Addison Jacobs, Kassin Habson, Molly Hayes, Khloe Harley, Lloyd McCoy, Grace McCoy, sisters-in-law, Loretta Gay, Lou Ila Jenkins, and Helen Cox, and many nieces and nephews. A funeral service to honor the life of Marie is set to begin at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at the Erin Springs Baptist Church in Erin Springs, Oklahoma, with Pastor Clay Hicks officiating. She will be laid to rest at the Erin Springs Cemetery in Erin Springs, Oklahoma, following the service.
Our beautiful and beloved mother, Vesta Marie (Cox) Gregory was called home to be the Lord on December 4, 2021. She was born on November 30, 1924, to William Lester “Bud” Cox, and Nora Belle (Hunt) Cox, in the Oak Creek community... View Obituary & Service Information