Billie Jean (Gaither) Couser (1927 - 2011)

Born 13 Oct 1927 in Washington Township, Love, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Mar 2011 at age 83 in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

When Billie Jean Gaither was born on October 13, 1927, in Washington, Oklahoma, her father, William, was 36, and her mother, Bonnie, was 31. She married three times and had eight sons and four daughters. She died on March 11, 2011,^[1] in Ardmore, Oklahoma, at the age of 83, and was buried in Marietta, Oklahoma.^[2]

Obituary:^[3]
Billie Jean Couser of Marietta, OK was born October 13, 1927, in Washington Township, Love County, OK, to William Herbert and Bonnie Beulah Gilliam Gaither. She passed away Friday, March 11, 2011 in Lake Country Nursing Center, Marietta, at the age of 83.

A resident of Love County all of her life, Mrs. Couser was a homemaker who especially enjoyed cooking and baking for family and friends. She was of the Protestant faith.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Tommy Rue Couser; two sons, Ricky Barber and Van Barber; three brothers, Paul Gaither, James Gaither and Silas Gaither; and a sister, Maureen Gaither.

She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Suzanne Wilson of Olathe, KS, Jimmy Lee Wilson, Don and Martha Wilson and Tom Wilson, all of Marietta, Nelson and Cindy Barber of Greenville, OK and Don and Bonnie Couser of the Oklahoma City area; daughters and sons-in-law, Shelia and Ray Greenwood of Marietta, and Kay and Billy Manus, Sally and Jimmy Edwards and Carolyn Eldridge, all of the Oklahoma City area; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Daniel and Kitty Gaither of Marietta and Phillip and Kay Gaither of Dallas, TX; 31 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Casket bearers will be grandsons, Nicholas Barber, Jake Barber, Jared Barber, Lin Greenwood, James Greenwood and Javier Garcia. Honorary bearers are Eric Wilson, Shaun Wilson, Joe Guerrero, Scott Ellison, Dewayne Buckhanon and Joe Lamb.

BURIAL^[4]
Lakeview Cemetery
Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Billie Jean Couser
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/260140946611/facts
3. ↑ U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2016; Publication Place: Marietta, Oklahoma, USA; Web edition: http://www.wattsfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/wattsf0/obit.cgi?user=332753Couser
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66953855

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Washington, Love, Oklahoma; Roll: T627_3308; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 43-11

• U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002; Billie J Couser, Residence Years 1997, Residence Place: Marietta, Oklahoma

• U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; Billie Jean Couser, Marietta, 73448-4012 (1996), OK