FUNERAL SERVICE FOR RICKEY WAYNE TRIPLETT, 63, OF FORT COFFEE, OKLAHOMA WILL BE AT 1:00PM ON SATURDAY JANUARY 28, 2023 AT MT. TRIUMPH BAPTIST CHURCH IN FORT COFFEE, OKLAHOMA. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT FORT COFFEE CEMETERY IN FORT COFFEE, OKLAHOMA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MALLORY-MARTIN FUNERAL HOME IN SPIRO, OKLAHOMA.
RICKY WAYNE TRIPLETT WAS BORN JUNE 26, 1959 IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. HE WAS THE BABY OF TWELVE CHILDREN OF ELMER AND ELECTA (JONES) TRIPLETT. RICKY WAS BAPTIZED AT MACEDONIA CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN FORT COFFEE, OKLAHOMA AT AN EARLY AGE AND ATTENDED OCCASIONALLY UNTIL HIS PASSING.
RICKY WAS BLESSED TO HAVE LIVED AROUND HIS PARENTS…, BUILDING A HOME NEXT DOOR AND WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN AIDING AND CARING FOR THEM UNTIL THEIR PASSING. RICKY’S HEART WAS SOLID WITH LOVE, CARING AND GIVING. HE WOULD GIVE YOU ANYTHING IF ASKED. THERE WERE NUMEROUS TIMES WERE HE WOULD LET PEOPLE LIVE WITH HIM TEMPORARILY UNTIL THEY GOT SITUATED.
AS TIME WANED AND RICKY’S HEALTH STARTED TO DECLINE, IT HAD A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON HIM. HE NO LONGER WAS ABLE TO DO FOR HIMSELF EFFICIENTLY AND THAT REALLY AFFECTED HIM MENTALLY. BUT YET, HE KEPT GOING WITH THAT STRONG DETERMINATION AND WILL POWER.
RICKY HAD MANY HOBBIES SUCH AS FISHING AND MECHANIC WORK. HE LOVED WORKING ON HIS VEHICLES…. WASHING AND WAXING THE WHEELS AND RIMS OR SITTING ON THE POND BANK, CASTING OUT A FEW LINES, CATCHING CATFISH FOR DINNER.
RICKY PERSONALITY WAS CONTAGIOUS!!! EVERYONE HE MET HAD A PASTE EFFECT ON THEM, BECAUSE OF HIS SMILE AND SENSE OF HUMOR. HE WOULD SAY THINGS AND PEOPLE COULDN’T HELP BUT LAUGH. THAT WAS THE TYPE OF PERSON HE WAS. HE WAS DEFINITELY LOVED AND WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED BY ALL PEOPLE THE LORD BLESSED TO MEET HIM.
RICKY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: ELMER AND ELECTA (JONES) TRIPLETT), BROTHERS: ROY TRIPLETT, ROBERT CLYDE TRIPLETT, SISTERS: BETTY LOUISE (TRIPLETT) STEVENSON, LELA FAYE (TRIPETT) BROWN.
RICKY TRIPLETT LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS DEVOTED AND LOVING FAMILY:OTHA OWENS TRIPLETT (BARBARA) OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, TROY TRIPLETT (RHODA) OF COVINA, CALIFORNIA, JAMES TRIPLETT (CAROLYN) OF FORT COFFEE, OKLAHOMA, VERDIE TRIPLETT (EDWYNA) OF FORT COFFEE, OKLAHOMA, ULLIES MARIE (TRIPLETT) ATCHISON OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, WINDA KAYE (TRIPLETT) TAYLOR OF FORT COFFEE, OKLAHOMA AND PALESTINE (TRIPLETT) BLACK (JAKE) OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA AND A HOST OF LOVING NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
VIEWING AND VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY JANUARY 27, 2023 FROM 9:00AM – 7:00PM WITH A WAKE SERVICE FROM 6:00PM – 7:00PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME.
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