Rites Saturday for Patricia McMahan
Patricia Jean McMahan passed away Friday, August 30, 2024, at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 77.
Patricia was born January 18, 1947, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, to Dwayne Davis and Velma (Peck) Davis. She graduated from Atwood Public School as a member of the school’s last graduating class.
In 1965, when she was starting college at OSU, Orvis McMahan, then the FSA director for Hughes County, suggested to his brother, David, that he look up a young woman from Atwood named Patricia Davis. Patricia and David began dating and were married on August 26, 1967, at the Atwood Baptist Church.
In 1995, following the deaths of Patricia’s uncle, Glenn Edwards, and her father, Dwayne Davis, David started a small cattle herd with some of their animals. After he “retired” in 2001, David and Patricia settled in Atwood and expanded the cattle operation. Both moved their memberships to the Atwood Baptist Church.
Patricia taught home economics for one year at Prague High School after graduating from OSU, but generally referred to herself as a homemaker. She enjoyed Bible study, the ocean, song writing - with one song recorded on an album by Wanda Jackson - writing poetry, and watching old movies and true crime documentaries. Patriciaisprecededindeath by her parents, Dwayne and Velma Davis, and her husband David McMahan.
She is survived by her son Michael McMahan and his wife Richelle Mitchem-McMahan of Edmond; two grandchildren, Micah McMahan and Christopher McMahan; siblings Bill Davis and wife Marilyn of Allen, Texas, and Maureen Humphrey and husband Royston of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK. Patricia is survived by numerous other relatives and friends.
Viewing of the closed casket will be 1pm to 7pm, Friday, September 6th, at Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home in Holdenville, Oklahoma.
Funeral service will be 2pm, Saturday, September 7th, at Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Darrell Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Atwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Christopher McMahan, Mark Davis, James Ogle, Mike Weaver, Tim Wilson, and Jim Cates. Honorary pallbearers are Robert Phillips, Don Peck, Lane Ritter, Jim Melton, and Corey Black.