Funeral service for Gay Celeste Way Cox will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Pastor Jim Roberts officiating.

Entombment will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Gay Celeste Way Cox passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Duncan, Oklahoma at the age of 89. She was born on September 11, 1935 in Lawton to Howard and Mary Oleta Way. As a young child, the family moved to California to help her grandfather with his grape vineyard. Gay graduated from Exeter Union High School in California in 1953. She returned to Lawton and attended Cameron Junior College where she was voted best looking in her class. After 2 years at Cameron, she attended Oklahoma State University where she graduated with her degree in Elementary Education. Mrs. Cox began her teaching career for Lawton Public Schools, teaching at John Adams then Woodland Hills Elementary. Gay served as a deacon of First Presbyterian Church where she was a member of Lydia Circle and the Builders Class for 40 years. She was a past president of the Alpha Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society. After retiring in 1994, Gay enjoyed taking trips with her dear friend, Pat Holmes, attending sporting events for her grandchildren and great granddaughter, and cheering on her OSU Cowboys.

Gay Cox is survived by her daughters, Denise Asbury (Mark) and Janice Stringer (Roger), grandchildren, Jamie Patman (Caleb), Matt Ray, Heather Rawlinson (Justin), and great granddaughters, Kylei, Knoxlynn, and Bristyl.