Collinsville,
Oklahoma
June 5, 2016 Barbara Jo Willis |
Barbara Jo Willis was born in Exeter, Missouri to Edith and Cecil Dooley in 1936. Barbara died June 3, 2016, at the age of 80. Barbara had three brothers and two sisters. December 12, 1957, Barbara married her love Edward Raymond Willis. After marriage they moved to Florida where Edward was stationed at Homestead Air Force Base. Barbara and Edward had three children: Melodie, Ryan, and Tamsen. After the death of Edward, Barbara and the kids packed up and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Barbara took a job as a Police Dispatcher for Tulsa Police Department. After four years, she moved to her current home in Collinsville, Oklahoma. She retired from the Police Departments and spent her life enjoying her twenty acres and grandkids. Barbara is preceded in death by her husband Edward Raymond Willis, brothers: Gary Dooley, Roy Dooley, and Jack Dooley, sister in law Nadine Dooley, parents Edith and Cecil Dooley, and her grandson Skylar Royall. She is survived by her sisters Karen Hunter, Joyce Hubbard, and her children Melodie Royall and her husband Steve Royall, Ryan Willis, and Tamsen Bowles. Grandchildren, Misty and Megan Royall, Zach, Veronica, Faith, and Juliana Willis, and Nigel Bowles. |
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There will be a memorial service Tuesday June 7 (2pm) at the Collinsville Baptist Tabernacle before burial at Salina, Ks. | ||||
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