Ethel Mae "Dink" Lawrence

Ethel Mae “Dink” Lawrence, 73, of Sulphur, OK, passed away on January 24, 2022. Dink was born on January 14, 1949, to Bill and Glessie Pritchard in Bethany, OK. After Dink graduated from Bethany High School in 1967, Dink worked with Wal-Mart for many years as a Regional Manager over the Specialties Division. While she was living in Ardmore, Dink began working for Bluebonnet Feed store as a manager. At the time of her death, she helped a countless number of people find employment as a Rehab Counselor with My Employment Options. In 1966, Dink met and married Sterling Montgomery. They had a daughter named Christine Renee Taylor. In 1972, Dink married Junior Brannan in Wright City, OK. Dink and Junior went on to have three children, Michelle Lee Smythe, Andrea Jill Franklin and Matthew Shane Brannan. Dink (mom) was devoted to her family and children. She eventually moved to Ardmore, OK and while working at Bluebonnet Feed store, she met and soon married her true love, Michael Lawrence. Dink and Michael relocated to Sulphur, OK. There, they started a farm with goats, ducks, pigs and cows. Dink loved all the little farm babies and bragged of them often. Dink was preceded in death by her father, William Pritchard and mother, Glessie May Pritchard; her siblings, Estil Barton Boling, Maxine Barton Lynch, Frances Barton Smith, Jimmie Barton, Freddie Barton, Leota (Dodie) Hamman, Nita Barton Davidson, Carl Pritchard, Lloyd Pritchard, Stan Pritchard, Don Pritchard, James Pritchard; and infants, Leon and Rosie Irene. She is survived by her husband, Michael Lawrence; sons, Michael Wayne Lawrence and her daughter-in-law, Tammy Lawrence, both from Sulphur, OK, Shane Brannan and daughter-in-law, Michelle Brannan, both from Wright City, OK; daughters, Christie Taylor and her son-in-law, Kevin Taylor, both from Wynnewood, OK, Michelle Smythe and son-in-law, Joe Smythe, both from Fort Gibson, OK, Jill Franklin from Haslet, TX and Brandie Lawrence from Sulphur, OK; brother-in-law, Scott Lawrence and wife Monica; niece, Angie Lawrence; Dink had many grandchildren, Kasside Phillips, Scott Smythe, Jonah Bybee, Konnor Franklin, Trey Brannan, Brian Smythe, Abbie Franklin, Jericho Taylor, Keelan Taylor, Dillon Putnam, Asher Lawrence, Anna Lawrence, Maddie Lawrence, Baily Lawrence, Amanda Corwin and AJ Corwin. Viewing for Ethel Mae ‘Dink’ Lawrence will be Friday, January 28, 2022, from 10:00AM-12:30PM at Bill Merritt Funeral Home in Bethany, OK. Celebration of Life will be held Friday, January 28, 2022, at 1:00PM at Bill Merritt Funeral Home with Chaplain Martin Gossett officiating. Committal prayers and interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery with Scott Lawrence, Michael Wayne Lawrence, Asher Lawrence, Keelan Taylor, Jonah Bybee, Konnor Franklin and Jericho Taylor serving as casket bearers. Honorary casket bearers will be her grandchildren. The family of Ethel Mae ‘Dink’ Lawrence has entrusted her care, services and burial to Clifford D Garrett Family Funeral Home, Fort Gibson, OK. 918-478-2555. Online condolences may be left for the family at clifforddgarrettfamilyfh.com

Ethel Mae "Dink" Lawrence

January 14, 1949 - January 24, 2022