Lloyd Murl Barrier

Lloyd Murl Barrier was born on March 6, 1916 to Lawrence E. Barrier and Elsie M. Diller Barrier at their country home near Ralston, Oklahoma in Pawnee County. He passed from this life on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 in Owasso, Oklahoma having reached the age of 96 years, 6 months, and 26 days. He attended grade school at Pleasant Valley, and high school in Ralston where he graduated in 1934. He married Grace Bowen on March 8, 1936 in Shidler, Oklahoma, and the made their home and farmed in the Ralston area until 1955. During these years they had four children, and Lloyd began working for Griffin Oil Well Cementing Co., and the family moved to Cushing, Oklahoma. In 1969 he applied for and gained a position with the Oil and Gas Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission where he became a District Manager; he retired in 1984. During his years with the Commission he lived in Fairview, Kingfisher and settled in Crescent, Oklahoma. Lloyd had several pastimes. He loved fishing, woodworking, taking pictures, road trips and gardening, but most of all he loved to talk to people and tell stories. He was saved and baptized into the Ralston First Baptist Church, and wherever they moved he also moved his membership and was a faithful member. He was a loving husband and father and generous with his friends and family. Lloyd is survived by: Children:Doris Royster & her husband, Dale, Owasso, Oklahoma Melva Owens & her husband, Royal, Wichita, Kansas Leah Bohor & her husband Bruce, Green Valley, Arizona Wayne Barrier, Sedgwick, Kansas Grandchildren:Mark & Stephen Royster Craig and Gary Owens Jon Barrier and Cheryl Dixson 10 Great Grandchildren Plus a number of other relatives, and many friends. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Poteet Funeral Chapel, Pawnee, Oklahoma with Rev. Tom Scott officiating. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery, Pawnee, Oklahoma, under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home, Pawnee, Oklahoma.