"Edd" Ralph Edward Bottom

“Edd” Ralph Edward Bottom, age 88 and a resident of Asher, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Sunset Estates in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 29th at the Agri-Plex in Ada, Oklahoma under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa.  Burial will follow at Vista Cemetery.  Donnie Gee and Shannon Hall will officiate.  Pallbearers are Tony Kuestersteffen, Jim Sharp, Mason Allen, Ron Phay, Gaylon Wells, Sonny O’Dell, Jerry Bob Seago, and Junior Grissom.  Honorary Pallbearers are Gary Fry, Ham Brown, James Hargrove, John Carter, Roger Harris, Glen Pruitt, Jack Turner, C.J. Sisco, Eddie Bottom, Jr., Chad Wartchow, Mark Wartchow, Ronnie Wartchow, Steve Miles, Richard Sisco, Dan Fleming, Jason Keck, and Greg Hillerman. Edd was born on February 1, 1925 in Lake Valley, Oklahoma to Shannon Brewer Bottom and Ella Belle (Taylor) Bottom.  He married Lillie Marie Reinschmeidt on February 20, 1943 in Bessie, Oklahoma in the middle of a wheat field.  Edd was a horse trainer and a rancher all of his life.  Edd was a member of the following associations, National Cutting Horse Association, American Quarter Horse Association, Southern Oklahoma Cutting Horse Association, the Central Oklahoma Cutting Horse Association, and the Western Oklahoma Cutting Horse Association.  He also won the 1982 Reserve Champion of the Futurity (NCHA), 1985 Reserve World Champion Cutting Horse, and 1985 World Champion Stallion.  He was also inducted into the National Cutting Horse Hall of Fame in 1997.  These are just a few of Edd’s accomplishments. He is survived by one son, Eddie Wayne Bottom and wife, Charlotte of Macomb, Oklahoma; three daughters, Darla Miles and husband, Steve of Asher, Oklahoma, Connie Wartchow and husband, Ronnie of Roff, Oklahoma, and Phyllis Sisco and husband, Richard of Asher, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren, Chad Wartchow, Mark Wartchow, Melanie Keck, Steffanie Fleming, Eddie Bottom, Jr., C.J. Sisco, Mike Sisco, and Ricky Sisco; ten great grandchildren, Sean Fleming, Shelby Fleming, Sarah Fleming, Carley Collings, Coy Wartchow, Riley Wartchow, McKenzie Wartchow, Andrew Fleming, Chelsy Bottom, and Braxten Frasier. Edd was preceded in death by his parents, Shannon and Ella Belle Bottom; his wife, Lillie Bottom, one daughter, Charlotte Ann Bottom, and nine brothers and sisters. Funeral Information: April 29, 2013, 1:00 PM Ada Agri Plex under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home located at 217 N. Broadway, Konawa, OK 74849