Josephine Sangster of Bokchito, Okla., passed from this life on December 25, 2022 at the age of 97 years old. She was born on September 13, 1925 in Cooper, Texas, to Jonathan Asbury Colbert, Sr. and Queen Victoria (Laycook) Colbert.
Josephine was a wonderful homemaker, taking care of her family and her home. She was known for serving others and tending to the elderly. She enjoyed cooking, doing beadwork, making jewelry, and sewing. She was of the Jehovah’s Witness faith.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Catherine Joann Noland of Huffman, Texas; son, Jerry Wayne Jeffreys of Bokchito, Okla.; sister, Goldie Victory and brother John Colbert, Jr both of Bonham, Texas; grandsons: Allen Ray Noland of Huffman, Texas, Billy Bert White, Jr. of Wilburton, Okla., Jonathan Lee White of Durant, Okla., Weldon Wayne White of Durant, Okla., Robert Franklin White of Durant, Okla., James Micheal Partridge of Cumby, Texas, Keith Wayne Partridge of Cumby, Texas, Brandon Michael Jeffreys of the Austin area, Wayne Turner Jeffreys also of Austin area; granddaughters: Brenda Gayle Tullis of Montgomery, Texas, Cindy Lavonne Stuckey of Ash Flat, Ark., Dayna Michelle Eicholz of Spring, Texas, Debra Kaye Davis of Cumby, Texas, Amanda Nicole Jeffreys of the Austin area, and Rebecca LeeAnn Jeffreys of the Austin area; sons-in-law: Forrest Allen Noland of Huffman, Texas and James Douglas Partridge of Cumby, Texas; daughter-in-law, Shirley Martin of Roberta, Okla., as well as a host of great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents Jonathan Colbert, Sr. and Queen Victoria Colbert; her husbands: Walter Bert White, Franklin Turner Jeffrey and Earl McKlene Sangster; infant son, Clyde Max Jeffreys; son, Billy Bert White; son, Charles Weldon White and daughter, Donna Kay Partridge.
A funeral service for Josephine is set for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at the Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home Chapel with Philip Marical officiating. A family hour of visitation is scheduled for an hour before the funeral service from 9-10 a.m. Josephine will be laid to rest at the Bokchito Cemetery following the funeral service.
Those serving as pallbearers are Allen Ray Noland, Billy Bert White, Jr, Jonathan Lee White, Weldon Wayne White, Robert Franklin White, Taner James Partridge, and Keith Wayne Partridge.
Services are under the direction of Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home, 121 N. Fifth Ave. in Durant.
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