Melvin Harry Benton

Graveside services for Melvin Benton, 63, Okmulgee resident will be held 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 19, 2021 in the Clinton Cemetery officiated by Rev. Gerald Panana and under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. A visitation service will be held 6:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M., Monday, October 18, 2021 in the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Melvin Harry Benton was born January 4, 1958 to Winnie Mae Benton (Wandrie) in Clinton, OK and passed away Friday, October 15, 2021 in the Okmulgee Terrace Nursing Home in Okmulgee, OK. Melvin has been in the Enid State School until1980 and he was then a resident of Okmulgee Terrace Nursing Facility until the present. He was an honorary fellow who liked to pull pranks on the nurses by taking their sodas; he liked going on walks; loved to eat Bar-B-Que and wanted everything organized “his way”. He was preceded in death by his mother, two brothers, Darwin and Robert Wandrie and a sister Melinda Gail Wandrie. He is survived by two sisters, Leslie Harjo, El Reno and Doris Wandrie, Clinton, OK and nieces and nephews.