Vanetta Ann LaFon Gay, 82, entered her Eternal home on February 19, 2022, from Durant, Okla. She was born January 29, 1940, in Lelia Lake, Texas to Stanley Forrest LaFon and Audie Dell Britt LaFon.
Ann, also called "Momma Ann" by everyone, grew up and graduated from Telephone High School in Telephone, Texas. She was a great basketball player while in school. She loved life and loved people. Ann married the love of her life, Ronnie Gay, in 1987 at Lebanon.
Ann was a stay-at-home mom and seam-stress all her life, making her children's clothes when they were younger. She was very active in the Lebanon community and had a passion for feeding the senior citizens at the community center. Ann was an excellent cook and enjoyed making all kinds of food. She enjoyed fishing, being outdoors, going to Blue River and traveling to Lake City, Colo. during the summertime. Ann loved being with her family and all her friends. She was also proud to be the wife of a Veteran and very involved with the Church of Christ in Powell, Okla.
Ann was preceded in death by her parents; and husband Ronnie Gay in 2015.
She is survived by her daughters, Danetta Dell Shelton and husband Curtis, of Lebanon, Okla. Era Quidon Thames and husband, Karey, of Foster, Okla., and Edwina Faye Myers and husband, Kenneth, of Duncan, Okla.; grandkids, Michael Shelton (Tashina), Hazel Shelton, Misty Shelton, Jason Harrison, Kevin Smith, Wade Smith, Kendra Myers (Shane Mitich), Emily Myers and Ethan Myers; sisters, Linda Denison of Ardmore, Okla., and Donivee Sutton of Bonham, Texas; fifteen great grandchildren; and numerous other extended family members and great friends.
A celebration of life services was held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Brown's Funeral Home chapel in Madill with Brother Michael Herndon officiating.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.brownsfuneralservice.com.
Services are under the direction of Brown's Funeral Service in Madill, Okla.