May Elizabeth Richardson

Funeral Services for Elizabeth Richardson, 96, lifelong Custer County resident, will be held 11:00 A.M., Saturday November 2, 2019 in the Freewill Baptist Church officiated by Pastor Charles Murphy. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau Lee Funeral Home. May Elizabeth Richardson was born November 3, 1922 to John Franklin Passmore and Essie Hazel (May) Passmore in Butler, Oklahoma and passed away Monday, October 28, 2019 in the Clinton Therapy and Living Center in Clinton, OK. Elizabeth was raised in Butler and graduated from Arapaho High school in 1940. She was married to Howard Richardson March 26, 1949 in Clinton. They made their home in Clinton and she had a long career with the Clinton Public Schools as the head cook, retiring in 1987. She was a longtime member of the Freewill Baptist Church, she enjoyed quilting, going on walks, traveling and working in her garden. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, grandson, Robert Richardson, brother, Merlin Passmore and sisters, Eloise Jones and Gerri Goucher. She is survived by a son, Darryl Richardson and wife, Jalanda, Clinton, sister, Janice Huckins and husband, Jimmy, Thomas, OK. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Kelley Richardson, Clinton, Ashley Brummett and husband, James and Austin Buckner and wife Telisa, all of Carnegie and five great-grandchildren, Connor Richardson, Abbigale Bilyeu, Alexis Bilyeu, Addilyn Brummett and James Brummett, III.