Funeral Mass for Gladys Labbe' Tennyson, 99 Lawton will be at 12:00 PM Thursday at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, pastor officiating. Mrs. Tennyson died Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Lawton. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. She was born October 15, 1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Aymar Joseph and Verda D. (Terrebonne) Labbe'. She married James Richard Tennyson, Sr. on June 27, 1937 in New Orleans. Mrs. Tennyson worked as a long distance supervisor for Bell Telephone Company in New Orleans. She also worked as a secretary for Conferternity of Christian Doctrine, Archdiocese of New Orleans and secretary for Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans for many years. She was a volunteer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital for many years. She received the St. Louis Service Award for her numerous years of dedicated service to the Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Survivors include three children, Sister Suellen Tennyson, MSC, Burkina Faso, Africa, James R. Tennyson, Jr. and his wife Jenny, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Patricia Downing, Lawton, a brother, George Dupre' Labbe' and his wife Martha, Mobile, Alabama, four grandchildren and their spouses, Suellen Tennyson, Laura and Brady Butler, Kristin and Chad Lassiter and James and Kimberly Downing, and seven great grandchildren, Zachary Richard, Madison Richard, Brennan Butler, Taylor Butler, Levi Downing, Grace Downing and Lillian Downing. She was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers, Aymar Labbe', Raymond Labbe' and Paul Labbe', a sister, Ruth Black and a great granddaughter, Eden Grace Downing. Memorial contributions may be made to the Comanche County Memorial Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 2309, Section 1, Lawton, OK 73502, or to Marianites of Holy Cross Mission Fund, 1011 Gallier Street, New Orleans, LA 70117. The family will greet friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Wednesday at the funeral home.