Augusta Kersey

Augusta Belle “ Aunt Gus” Kersey, 90, longtime former Seminole resident died, Sunday, February 14, 2016 in Norman, Oklahoma, where she had been living for past few years with her son and daughter-in-law. She was born January 16, 1926 in Mesilla Park, New Mexico to Thomas Lyle and Ethel (Stansill ) Lyle. She came to Seminole as a young girl. Augusta loved to read and especially loved to read her bible, old country music, religious music, loved doing jigsaw puzzles and sitting outside look at the trees and reading. She graduated from Seminole High School, and worked and as a nurse’s aide at Seminole Hospital and was a homemaker. Augusta was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church. She married Clarence Lester Kersey on June 24, 1945 in Seminole, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on November 3, 2001. She is survived by her son Tim Kersey and his wife Norma of Norman, Oklahoma, six grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter Mildred (Kersey ) Farley, two brothers, one sister and a son Chris Kersey. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Friday February 19, 2016 at the Franklin Baptist Church at 72nd and Franklin road in Norman, Oklahoma, with burial following at 4:00 P.M. at Little Cemetery north of Seminole, Oklahoma. Funeral services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Funeral Information: February 19, 2016, 1:00 PM Franklin Baptist Church located at 7327 E. Franklin Rd., Norman, OK 73072