Derrell Plummer, 87 of Idabel, OK
Services for Derrell D. Plummer will be 10 am, Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Evans Chapel of Memories, Poteau with Rev. Jim Cook officiating. Derrell will be laid to rest at Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home. The family will be at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 6-8 pm to visit with relatives & friends.
Derrell died Sunday, July 17, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa seven days following the death of his wife, Ophelia.
The son of Edd & Elsie (Young) Plummer Derrell was born September 30, 1923 in Oliver, AR. The family moved to Poteau where Derrell attended school and graduated from Poteau High School. Several years ago he was inducted into the Poteau Football Hall of Fame. In high school he met the love of his life, Ophelia Latta, and they married November 7, 1942. This November would have been their 69th wedding anniversary.
Derrell served in the United States Navy for three years during World War II. After leaving the service Derrell & Ophelia moved to Durant to continue his education. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Southeastern State College, Durant and his Masters & Doctorate work at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Derrell was a member of the OSU Alumni Association & Masonic Lodge #23 in Hilton, Oklahoma.
Derrell worked in the education field in Smithville, Talihina, 2 years teaching for an oil company in Venezula, Duncan, Fox & worked 30 years with Vocational Rehabilitation in Idabel.
Derrell was preceded in death by his wife, Ophelia; daughter, Connie Sue; his parents, & his sister, Dorothy Jean Curtis.
He is survived by his brother, Bob Plummer & wife, Wanda of Claremore, OK; sister-in-law, Jean Shaw of LaFayette, CO; numerous nephews, nieces, and dear friends, O.L. & Joyce Childs & Leon & Barbara Blake.
Pallbearers will be Brian Plummer, Bruce Plummer, Jim Price, Leon Blake, Lee Curtis, Garry Skinner. Honorary pallbearers will be O.L. Childs & Lewis Schwartz
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Arrangements under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, OK