Tenth Generation

20365. Otis Dewayne Bane "Dewayne" Bigbie was born on 1 April 1927 in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK. Otis died at Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK on 17 November 2011 and was buried at Ringling Memorial Cemetery in Ringling, Jefferson Co., OK on 19 November 2011 .⁴⁷²⁶⁹

Obituary, The Chickasaw Nation Times, Ada, Pontotoc Co., OK, Feb., 2012, Page 22, Col. 1

Otis Dewayne Bane Bigbie, 84, of Ringling, Okla., died November 17, 2011 at Oklahoma City, surrounded by his family. Services were November 19 at First Baptist church, Ringling with Rev. Mike Williams officiating. Interment followed in Ringling Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Bigbie was born August 21, 1927 at Ardmore, Okla. He was the second son of Clarence and Fannie Jewel (Coffey) Bigbie, an original enrollee.

the Bigbie family's ranch is still located on land allotted to Fannie Jewel Coffey Bigbie 106 years ago.

Mr. Bigbie was proud of his Chickasaw heritage.

He attended Ringling schools through his junior year in high school, then his family moved to Tipton, Okla. He graduated from Tipton High School in 1945 and served in the U.S. Coast Guard as an aviation radio man on a Catalina Sea Plane. He was honorably discharged in 1947.

He married Wilma Kathern Winn in 1949 at Weleetka, Okla. They returned to Ringling in 1950 to raise their family of four children. She preceded him in death in 1985.

He then married Faye (Roberts) Allred in 1987 at Zaneis, Okla.

He was in the cattle and insurance industries.

In addition to his family, some of his greatest joys were his ranch, horses and cattle, whistling, crossword puzzles, sports and bottomless cups of coffee at Lille Nell's (and before that the 70 Cafe). He was an avid pilot before his heart kept him from passing a physical. Many remember his deep baritone voice announcing the Ringling Rodeo and Blue Devil football games.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Wilma Bigbie (1985); and brothers, Gene (1994) and Burke (1991).

He is survived by his wife, Faye, of the home; his children, Bane Bigbie and wife, Melanie and Kathi Trent and husband, Randall, all of Norman, Okla., Dr. Rocky Bigbie, DVM and wife, Laurie, of Guthrie, Okla., and Stay Woodruff and husband, Jon, of Knoxville, Tenn.; step-daughter, Sue Grissom and husband, M.W. "Sonny" Wilson; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Patricia Kelly, of Redmond, Wash.; sister-in-laws Sally Ann Bigbie, of Hobbs, N.M., Babe Bigbie, of Huffman, Texas, Sharon Scott, of Roswell, N.m., and Wilda Winn, of Woodland, Calif; and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and many close friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Ringling First Baptist Church.

Pallbearers were Scott Trent, Jas Trent, Nathan Bigbie, Ben Bigbie, Brett Bigbie, Hunter Bigbie, Parker Woodruff and Jacky Grissom.

Honorary pallbearers were Terry Snell, Jerry Dillard, Randall Trent, Jon Woodroof, Sonny Grissom, Derek Ensminger, and the coffee drinking club at Little Nell's.

Otis Dewayne Bane "Dewayne" Bigbie and Wilma Katheryn Winn were married in 1947. Wilma died in 1985.

A living couple was married in 1987 in Oklahoma. Living (private).