Funeral service for Gary R. Castleberry will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, September 17, 2018 in the Indiahoma School Auditorium with Les Banks, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Tipton and Rev. Dallas Martin of Afton, Oklahoma officiating.

Burial will follow in Post Oak Cemetery, Indiahoma under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

The gates of Heaven were opened wide to receive Gary R. Castleberry, 75, Indiahoma on Thursday, September 13, 2018 to be with his precious Jesus, whom he spent his life serving and ministering to others.  Gary was born June 1, 1943 in Oakland, California to Melvin and De Ila (Thompson) Castleberry. The family moved to Chattanooga, Oklahoma where he was raised, lived on a dairy farm and graduated from high school. While in high school he met Earleen Webster who would become his wife on December 29, 1961. Gary served in the United States Army from 1961-1966 including a tour in the Vietnam War. Gary and his family moved to Claremore, Oklahoma in 1972 where he and his family joined Memorial Heights Baptist Church where he began his ministry as bus pastor and church deacon. In 1983, after being ordained as a minister he was called to First Baptist Church in Pittsburg, Oklahoma. Over the span of 35 years he pastored at several churches throughout the state of Oklahoma.

Gary is survived by his wife Earleen of the home, daughter, Tammy Wilson and husband Danny of Claremore, son Jeff Castleberry and wife Cassie of Collinsville, daughter, Christy Castleberry of New York, daughter, Nicole Hannabass of Indiahoma, grandchildren, Mandy Wilson, Josh Wilson and wife Sidney, Leighanne Castleberry, Johnathon Taylor, Ben McKnight and wife Casey, Cooper Castleberry, Brya Hannabass, Caleb Hannabass and Ellie Hannabass, honorary grandchildren, Cali, Tristin, Branda, and Jesse Reynolds.

Gary was preceded in death by his parents and his younger sister Doris Dean.