Edna Creager Groom

Edna Belle Groom was born on July 11, 1923 in Merrick, Oklahoma to Thomas Clay Creager and Rosa Belle Harris. She passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Stillwater, Oklahoma having reached the age of 89 years, 7 months, and 28 days. She graduated from high school at Quay, Oklahoma. On November 10, 1942 she married Cleo Howard Groom, and he preceded her in death on January 25, 2006. They bought a farm next to Cleo’s parents near Glencoe soon after their marriage. She was a member of the Pawnee First Baptist Church, and Oklahoma Cutting Horse Association. She won several awards while competing with her cutting horses. In the 1970’s her cutting horse, Missy, won the Cutting Horse of the Year Award, and Edna was featured in the American Quarter Horse Journal in January of 1971. She loved working on the farm and raising an array of farm animals, going to rodeos, watching her brother, Tom, and her nephews rope and her nieces run barrels. She recently went with her brother, Tom, and nephew, Roger, to see her great nephew, Trent, rope in the National Final Rodeo in Las Vegas. She enjoyed attending the many activities, and teaching her nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews the ways of a horse, so they could follow in her footsteps. Edna worked at several businesses in Pawnee over the years, and retired from Safeway in Stillwater after thirty-two years of service. She loved her family, and was always bragging on her granddaughter, and great granddaughter, and enjoyed giving her grandson-in-law a hard time, always telling you what was on her mind. She loved the Lord, and has many family members waiting to greet her. Edna is survived by: Daughter:Carolyn Wells & her husband, Lynn, Pawnee, Oklahoma Granddaughter:Joyce Wells & her husband, Kristopher, Pawnee, Oklahoma Great Grandchildren:Nathan and Erica Wells, Pawnee, Oklahoma Brother:Tommy Creager, Pawnee, Oklahoma Plus a number of other relatives, and many friends. Besides her husband, Cleo, she was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Arthur, Roy and Lawrence Creager; and three sisters, Viola Barnett, Elsie Niccum, and Ina Tannahill. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the First Baptist Church, Pawnee, Oklahoma with Rev. Bob Copeland officiating. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery, Pawnee, Oklahoma, under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home, Pawnee, Oklahoma.