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Willa Lee

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Prigmore

Mar 22, 1918 — Dec 9, 2015

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Funeral service for Willa Lee Prigmore will be 1:30 PM Monday, December 14, 2015 at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Terry Basham, II, senior pastor officiating.   Burial will follow in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.   Willa Lee Prigmore, age 97, of Lawton, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015 in Lawton. Willa was born March 22, 1918 in Wichita Falls, Texas, to William and Mattie (Perrin) Allen. She moved to Frederick in 1924 and was a graduate of Frederick High School. She had worked at the Frederick Army Air Field where she worked as a cashier at the mess hall. In 1949 she relocated to Lawton. She married MSG (Retired) William Henry Prigmore on January 9, 1959 in Buford, South Carolina. He preceded her in death on October 16, 1989.   Willa had worked at Dillard's, Sears and as a hostess and cashier for the Hotel Lawtonian. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Senior Volunteers, past president of the Barstow, California Women's Organization and a member of the Bendix Women's Organization in Barstow as well as being a member of the Pink Ladies.   She is survived by her daughters, Jean Richards and husband Tom, Ft. Worth, Texas and Sharron Newton, Lawton; a son and daughter in law, Robert and Linda Pope, San Antonio, Texas; nine grandchildren and their spouses, Tammy and Philip Mayer, Oklahoma City, Alan and Dani Russell, Elgin, Michael and Lisa Russell, Walters, Kathleen and Mike Davis, New Mexico, John and Lori Rasor, Ft. Worth, Jennifer Rasor-Sitz and Jeff, Ft. Worth, Christopher and Kim Pope, New Braunfels, Texas, Christy and Jeff McCracken, Elgin and Jim and JoAnne Pope, Florida; 33 great grandchildren and many great great grandchildren.   Her husband, parents, a brother, R.H. Allen, sister, Galama Smith, grandson, James Ferrell and a great great granddaughter, Giselle Morris, preceded her in death.

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