Funeral services for Ouida M. Gilbert, 78, Lawton, will be at 2:00 pm Tuesday at the First United Pentecostal Church of Lawton with Pastor Rodney Shirel and Evangelist George Malloy officiating. Ms. Gilbert died Saturday in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on Monday at the funeral home. Ouida M. Gilbert was born December 30, 1933 in Fouke, Arkansas to Amos and Willie (Thomas) Gilbert. She grew up in Arkansas and moved to Lawton in 1958. She worked for many dry cleaners until she opened Ouida's Cleaners in 1980 and sold it in 1999 when she retired. Since she moved to Lawton she was a faithful member of the First United Pentecostal Church of Lawton where she taught Sunday School and served as the Sunday School Secretary for many years. She was an avid soul winner and prayer warrior. She enjoyed all types of arts and crafts and had perfected the art of making peanut brittle. Ouida never met a stranger and once she knew you, you were family. She was a compassionate caregiver and mentor to many. Survivors include three brothers, Walter "Bud" and wife Jo Gilbert, Lawton, William Gilbert, Simms, Texas and Michael and wife Bobbie Gilbert, Hooks, Texas; four sisters, Margie and husband Earl Reeves, Sunset, South Carolina, Shirley and husband Ed Wright and Jean Gilbert, all of Lawton and Linda Rayburn, Sierra Vista, Arizona a sister-in-law, Claudine Gilbert, Texarkana, Arkansas; and numerous nieces and nephews. Her parents; two sisters, Evelyn Gilbert and Helen Knott; and a brother, Jack Gilbert preceded her in death.