Funeral service for Rita Naomi (Smoot) Runnels Swick will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2024 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Hubbard, Associate Pastor of Lawton First Assembly officiating.

Burial will follow in Cache Cemetery, Cache, Oklahoma.

The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Rita Naomi (Smoot) Runnels Swick, 86, of Lawton, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, February 25, 2024 in Lawton. She was born July 22, 1937 at her home in Faxon, Oklahoma to Notley and Bertie Mae (Glasgow) Smoot. Rita attended Faxon Public Schools, where she played basketball and met the love of her life, Jackie Lee Runnels from Chattanooga, Oklahoma. Rita pursued two years of college while residing in Pilot Point, Texas. Rita married Jackie on September 4, 1953. Jackie passed away July 15, 1978. Rita later married Delbert Boyd Swick in 1981. Rita and Delbert resided in Lawton for the entirety of their marriage. Rita was employed by the Civil Service at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Delbert relocated from Topeka, Kansas to Lawton, Oklahoma with Goodyear Tire and Rubber where he retired as a supervisor. Rita was an Eastern Star member along with being a member of the Red Hat Society.

Rita was an accomplished seamstress who could create dresses overnight for her young daughters. She had a love for baking and was known for her homemade pies, Rita's hobbies included square dancing, camping, watching her favorite tv show, The Young and the Restless, playing dominoes, cards, visiting with friends and watching her OKC Thunder Basketball.

Rita considered her grandchildren, and great grandchildren, the greatest blessings of her life.

Survivors include three daughters, Debbie Schacher of Lawton, Oklahoma, Tammy Haltom and husband Buzz of Oklahoma City, Kim Warren and husband Perry of Lawton, grandchildren, Cody Haltom of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Hunter Haltom and wife Jordan of Oklahoma City, Taylor Ryans of Lawton, Blake Warren and wife Tessa of Granite, Oklahoma, great grandchildren, Harper and Jett Haltom of Oklahoma City, Ryker Richard of Lawton, and Madilyn Warren of Granite, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Rita is preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, sisters, Jewel Fisher, Lois Page, Jean Temple, and Joyce Byrd.