Published: July 09, 2008 11:02 am      

Vernon E. (Sonny Lloyd) McCarty

Vernon E. (Sonny Lloyd) McCarty, 70, of Tulsa, died Monday, July 7, 2008, at a Tulsa hospital.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Nick Reynolds Funeral Service at 19th and Sheridan in Tulsa with the Rev. Rick Matthews officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Byrd’s Prairie Cemetery in Tupelo. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home of Ada.

Born Nov. 11, 1937, in Jesse, he was the son of Don Gipson and Juanita McCarty. He graduated from Tupelo High School and from Okmulgee Tech.

He married Ginger Margaret Price. He later married Bonnie Flohr on Sept. 3, 1994. He was the manager for Jones Academy Boarding School in Hartshorne from 1962 until 1984. Later, he was a safety officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1984 until 1998.

He was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include his wife, Bonnie McCarty, of the home; two sons, Russell McCarty, of Tahlequah, and Gary McCarty and wife, Dorothy, of Adamson; one daughter, Tonya May, of Tahlequah.

Also, a stepson, Keith Willbourn, of Cleveland; a stepdaughter, Lisa Bunde, of Cleveland; 14 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Juanita McCarty Lloyd, and stepfather, Ben Lloyd.

Honorary pallbearers will be Max Quinn, Bill Latimer, Steve Chism, and Paul Kessler.