Service to be held Saturday for Estel Steven Ayakatubby

Memorial services for Estel Steven Ayakatubby, 69, of Ashland City, Tennessee are 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2 ^nd , at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada. Associate Pastor Kevin Mitchell will officiate.

Mr. Ayakatubby passed away December 9, 2021 in Ashland City, Tennessee. He was born February 23, 1953 in Allen, Oklahoma to Flora Perry. He attended Allen High School.

He married Andreae Miles on May 15, 2020. Mr. Ayakatubby was a Chickasaw Elder and spoke the Chickasaw language fluently. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of Iron, Lodge 503. He loved bull riding and rodeos. He was active in local PowWows in the eastern United States.

He never met a stranger and made friends wherever he went. He loved like Jesus and never hesitated to talk to anyone about our Lord.

Survivors include his wife, Andreae, of the home; sons, Joshua Ayakatubby and spouse Billy of Missouri, and Jeremiah Perry, Tulsa; daughters, Kasha Mitchell and husband Kevin, Pauls Valley, Melody Perry and fiancé Bryan, Spiro, and Samantha Chapman, Ada; and his grandchildren, Holden and John-William Mitchell and Laila Sheppard.