Katherine Ann (Pruitt) Clayton

Katherine Ann (Pruitt) Clayton, age 79 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Select Specialty Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 31, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Konawa.  Burial will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Ft. Worth, Texas.  Rev. Jim McMillan will officiate, and pallbearers are Darrell Mackey, Chris Sharp, Robert Roulston, Mickey Clayton, Otis Gilbert, and Marvin Patterson.        Katherine was born on July 5, 1934 in Oklahoma City to Robert Pruitt and Gladys (Hargis) Pruitt.  She graduated from East Central University of Ada, Oklahoma with a Master of Science in Education.  Katherine was a retired teacher from the Konawa school system, and she was also the Director of Heritage House Nutrition Center in Seminole, Oklahoma.  She married Floyd Clayton on May 29, 1975 in Konawa.  Katherine was a member of the First Baptist Church of Konawa since 1964. She is survived by her husband, Floyd Clayton of the home; her mother, Gladys Pruitt of Konawa; one son, Jack Gorczyca and wife, Patty of Harrah, Oklahoma; and one grandchild, Thad Gorczyca of Harrah, Oklahoma.                                                 She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Pruitt. Funeral Information: January 31, 2014, 10:00 AM First Baptist Church of Konawa under the Direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa located at 217 N. Broadway, Konawa, OK 74849