Rayburn Victor Flanagan, eighty-two, of Meridian, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at his home.

Mr. Flanagan was born January 19, 1920, at Saltillo, Mississippi, the first-born son of Henry Francis and Etha Ester Scaggs Flanagan. At an early age, he moved with his family to Oklahoma and lived near Hugo, Temple and Walters. He was in the CCC in Colorado and Wyoming.

On January 8, 1942, he married Thelma Ruth Pfeffer in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They moved to Oklahoma, living in Cement, Chickasha, and Walters. They moved to the Meridian community in 1949.

A veteran of World War II, he served over three years with the Navy Seabees in the South Pacific. Ray was a member of the Prairie Hill Church of Christ, Comanche American Legion Post #258, and a Life Member of the National Rifle Association. He retired in 1983, after thirty-six years of service with Sun Oil and Tosco Refining.

Survivors include: his wife, Ruth, of the home; one daughter and son-in-law - Jean and Jack Penn of Duncan, OK; three sisters - Thelma Willard of Burneyville, OK, Norman George and Betty Stephenson of Texas; two brothers - Curtis Flanagan and Clayton Flanagan, both of Texas; a large number of nieces and nephews; many friends and four neighborhood children, who to him were adopted and he loved them dearly - Sarah, Dannniell, Nathan and Shayna Milan.

He was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Ray Flanagan, August 31, 1993.

Funeral services were Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 10:00 AM at the Prairie Hill Church of Christ with Mario Pineda officiating. Burial was in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Comanche under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Comanche. His nephews were bearers and honorary bearers.