Margie Lea Reed

Margie Lea (Underwood) Reed, 89 year old Ada, Oklahoma resident, and former Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Monday, April 27, 2015 in Ardmore, Oklahoma.  She was born April 9, 1926 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma to parents Gladys Lea (Gregg) Underwood and Robert Lee Underwood. Margie attended Chilocco Indian School which was an agricultural school for Native Americans located in north-central Oklahoma.  She was a proud member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. Margie was a homemaker and was a member of the First Indian Baptist Church in Ada, Oklahoma. On November 19, 1999 Margie married Warren Reed in Ada, Oklahoma.  He preceded her in death in 2014. Margie leaves to cherish her memory two daughters and a son-in-law, Jan and Ken Jackson of Seminole, Oklahoma, and Jacqueline Sesso of Corpus Christi, Texas; three grandchildren, Warren and his wife Sandy Johnson of Seminole, Oklahoma, Mark and his wife Yvonne Johnson of Marietta, Georgia, Jamie Sesso of Corpus Christi, Texas; four great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; and a host of other family and dear friends. Margie was preceded in death by her mother, Gladys Lea (Gregg) Underwood Martin; and by her father, Robert Underwood; by one grandson, Orlan Johnson; and by her first husband and the father of her children, Gene Berry who died in January of 1984. The family will receive friends at Swearingen Funeral Home on Thursday, April 30, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 1, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma.  Interment will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Seminole, Oklahoma with Rev. Carl Whitfield officiating the service. Casket Bearers will be: Warren Johnson, Mark Johnson, Blake Johnson, Bubba Hudson, Ken Jackson and Jim Rider. Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Funeral Information: May 1, 2015, 1:00 PM Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel - Seminole located at 1001 N. Milt Phillips Ave., Seminole, OK 74868