James Francis Lockett Sr.

SERVICES: 11:00 AM Friday, November 16, 2007, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa, Texas, with Rev. Carl Novian, associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Pampa, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Lockett was born September 23, 1915 in Palisade, Nebraska to Rufus Anderson Lockett and Nora Winchell Lockett. His mother died when he was nine years old and he was reared in Missouri by his grandparents. He married Margaret Nadean Randall on November 17, 1936, and they were married 63 ? years when she passed away on July 7, 2000. They were the parents of three daughters and a son. They came to Oklahoma from Illinois in 1948, first living around Yukon and then Guymon. Jim owned service stations in Guymon and then retired from Nash Brothers Motor Company. After the children were grown, he and Dean lived in Orlando and Tavares, Florida for several years and then moved to Pampa, Texas. After Dean's death, Jim moved to Oklahoma City where he lived until his death. While living at Reding Senior Center, he met a lady named Gladys Alexander. She became his domino partner and they were married on March 2, 2002.SURVIVORS: Wife: Gladys Lockett of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 3 daughters: Margie Pugh and husband John of Texhoma, Oklahoma, Doris Ward and husband Don of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Jo Bono and husband Sam of Plano, Texas; a son: Jim Lockett, Jr., of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 17 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren; a sister Mary of Moline, Illinois; and Gladys' three daughters and their families. He was preceded in death by 1 grandson, 2 great-grandchildren, 1 brother and 1 sister.