In Loving Memory Of

Edith Earlene McElhaney

On September 11, 2007, God sent his angels to take our beloved mother, Edith Earlene McElhaney, home to be in a much better place.

Edith was born July 13, 1938 in Powell, Oklahoma to Samuel James and Cassie Victoria (Owens) Lambert.

Edith is well known for her singing ability and shared her songs with others at places that included the Donihoo-Colley Complex and Churches through out Oklahoma. Edith was a wonderful mother, always taking care of her family and others. She took care of children in her home as if they were her own. She volunteered at Clowns for Christ for the past 10 years.

She was preceded in death by her children's father, Joe McElhaney; her parents, Rev. Sam and Cassie Lambert; her brothers, Dewitt, Thomas and Hancel Lambert and sisters, Oleta and Christine.

Surviving family include her three children, Mike McElhaney and his wife, Cheryl, of Odessa, Texas; Tina Frost and Terry McElhaney both of Pauls Valley; six grandchildren, Cody McElhaney, Taylor and Johnny Frost, Brittany, Jacob and Mariah McElhaney; 1 great-granddaughter, Alexis Frost; a son-in-law, Vernon Frost and a daughter-in-law, Marisa McElhaney; two children raised as her own, Rick McElhaney of Blanchard and Vicki Reiser of Duncan; 2 brothers and their wives, Charles and Linda Maddox of Comanche and Sam and Carrie Lambert of Pauls Valley; and 2 sisters and their husbands, Marie and L. J. Beaty of Pauls Valley and Joyce and John Woods of Norman.

Funeral services will be held Friday, September 14, 2007 at 2:00 pm at Stufflebean Chapel of Remembrance officiated by Rev. Ronnie Beaty and Rev. Braunell Richey. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery under the direction of Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home.