Funeral service for Florene G. Holybee will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, May 30, 2019 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Florene G. Holybee, age 80, of Elgin, passed away Monday, May 27, 2019 at her home in Elgin.  She was born July 14, 1938 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Otto & Nora Lamb.  She married Harvey Walter Syring in 1956 and they had three daughters together.  She married Sam Carl Mitchell in 1963 and they adopted one son.  She married Robert A. Holybee in 1995.

Florene was a very hard worker who did many jobs. She owned and operated her dairy and farm in Sterling in the 1970s. Florene drove a school bus for the Lawton Public schools for 30+ years.

She enjoyed crocheting, puzzles, being around her family, barrel racing, shopping with her twin sister and collecting dolls. She was a part of the square dancing community for over 20 years. She loved her animals, especially her dogs, horses, cats and turkey.

She is survived by her sister, Marlene Wiles, children, Rita Harrison, Gwyn Riley and her husband, Justin, Wendy Wilkerson and her husband, Jerry and Sammy Mitchell and his wife, Shannon, grandchildren,  Billy Fanning, Scotty Gibson, Tabitha Orr, Jered Wilkerson, Christine Downs, Brittany Hendricks, Shayla Gibson, Loretta Sinor, Reece Mitchell, and Brycen Mitchell, twenty-one great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert A. Holybee, sisters, Pauline Carson, Mildred Sallee, Leona Blackstock, Maxine Dodson and Cleo Baker, brothers,  Homer Lamb, Lonnie Lamb and J.T. Lamb.