Lula Stokes

Lula Elizabeth (Coleman) Stokes, age 94 passed away February 24, 2026 at her home in Konawa, Oklahoma.

A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate, and Rusty Stokes will deliver the eulogy. Cremation will follow after.

Lula was preceded in death by both her mother and father; her husband of 52 years, Pete Stokes; five brothers, Curly, Albert, Eddie, Henry, and Mike Coleman; two sisters, Helen Holeman, and Doris Gilliam; one son-in-law, Larry Maly; one grandson, two great grandsons, and one great granddaughter.

Left to cherish her memory are her five children: one son, James “Rusty” and wife, Robin of Konawa; four daughters, Priscilla Lorene Murray and

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husband, Phillip of Odessa, Texas, Kathyrine “Kitty” Maly of Konawa, Cynthia Ferrell and husband, Carl of Madill, Oklahoma; Anita Huff and husband, Frank of Madill, Oklahoma; 19 grandchildren; 47 great grandchildren; and 38 great-great grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews; and one sister, Elise Dockter of Minneapolis, Minnesota.