IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Lena J.

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Sapp-Burks

Jun 28, 1916 — Nov 23, 2010

Obituary

Graveside service for Lena J. Sapp-Burks, 94, Formerly of Lawton, will be 1:00 pm Friday at Highland Cemetery with Rev. Mike Teel, Associate Pastor of Cameron Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Sapp-Burks died Tuesday in Prague, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. She was born June 28, 1916, West of Walters to Daniel W. and Alta E. (Shaw) White. She attended Pecan Grove School and Walters High School. She worked from 1941-1944 at Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan during World War II. Mrs. Sapp-Burks returned to Walters where she met and married Elmer H. "Bud" Sapp in 1948. They owned and operated Sapp's Shoe Store in Lawton. He died on November 11, 1964. She then married Charles C. Burks on October 26, 1968. He died on January 1, 2001. She was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter 82 and received her 50th pin in 1997. She was a member of Cameron Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons, Kenneth J. Sapp of Seminole, Oklahoma and Donald E. Sapp of Kinston, North Carolina; a daughter, Patricia J. Mewborn of Kinston, North Carolina, seven grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; and one sister in law, Bette White of Walters. Her parents, two brothers, Ralph and Loyd White, one sister, Maxine White and one grandchild, Craig Mewborn preceded her in death.

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