Freda Kathryn (Adkison) Pearce, 87, peacefully passed on April 18, 2023 surrounded by her family.
Bon on July 11, 1935, Freda was one of 10 children born to Arthur Lee and Eva Adkison.
She was raised in Carter Mine, Okla., her father worked for the oil refinery. Freda graduated from Shidler High School and continued to further her education she moved to Tulsa earning her RN in three years. She met and married her beloved husband Leonard James Pearce. They were blessed with three sons Jimmy, Billy, and Leonard, and one daughter Sonya. Freda once again returned to school and earned her Master’s degree in Nursing with a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Texas.
Freda taught in the nursing program at Murray State College and LVN program at Kiamichi Vo Tech, along with teaching at Southeastern State University in Durant. Freda was of the southern Baptist faith, serving her church and was involved in many community functions. In her early days, she was a member of the Baptist Women’s Association along with Women of Faith.
Freda loved her children, grandchildren and one great-grandson. She enjoyed and loved traveling with her husband to the mountains and spending time with her sisters and brothers. Freda also loved her dogs.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard James Pearce; sons, Jimmy Ray Pearce and Leonard Marion Pearce; and her daughter, Sonya Pearce. 
Freda is survived by her son, Bill Pearce; granddaughter, Tiffany Pearce, both of Durant; daughter-in-law, Michelle Pearce; granddaughter, Stephanie Pearce; great-grandson, Chandler Pearce, all of Denison, Texas; daughter-in-law, Rhonda Pearce; granddaughter, Jessica Pearce; grandson, Keith Pearce, all of Durant; one sister; two brothers and many nieces and nephews.
Arrangements under the direction fo Brown’s Funeral Home.