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Gaye Frances Richards was born on 5 August 1934 in Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma.¹ She died on 13 October 2015, at age 81, in Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma.¹ She was buried on 16 October 2015 in Crescent Cemetery, Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma.^1,2

Gaye Frances Richards was a Crescent CO-OP. Gaye Frances (Richards) Johnson was born on August 5, 1934 in Crescent, Oklahoma to Frank and Ruth (Havenstrite) Richards and passed away on October 13, 2015 at her home in Crescent, Oklahoma at the age of 81 years.

Gaye was born and raised in Crescent and attended Crescent Schools. She started working at Cimarron Seed Company while in high school. She married Arthur Johnson on January 17, 1952 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. She retired from the Crescent CO-OP in 1994, the same year Arthur retired. They were inseparable. Gaye loved all sports and was an avid OU fan. She loved watching her grandkids and great grandkids play sports. She never had a problem voicing her opinion to a referee/umpire when a bad call was made. She was known for her cooking and Sunday dinners.

Survivors include her loving husband of 62 years, Arthur of the home; three sons, David Johnson and wife Sherry of Guthrie, Jay Johnson and wife Tamara of Crescent, and Jeff Johnson also of Crescent; one sister, Jeanne Stewart; several grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Ralph, Virgil, and Jim Richards and by two sisters, Mary Ransford and Joy Hamburger.

Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, October 16, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Crescent with Rev. Steve Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Crescent Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Abernathy Aaron Funeral Home in Crescent.

Obituary by Abernathy Aaron Funeral Home in Crescent.

Frances E. Ransford was born on 12 January 1925.¹ He died on 18 February 1995, at age 70.¹ He was buried in Crescent Cemetery, Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma.¹

Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force-WWII, Korea, Vietnam.¹

James Adams Stewart was born on 7 April 1929.^3,4 He died on 8 June 1997, at age 68, in Bell County, Texas.^3,4,5 He was buried in North Belton Cemetery (125 Old Section), Belton, Bell, Texas.⁴

James (Jim) Wesley Richards was born on 30 November 1937 in Oklahoma.² He died on 14 January 2014, at age 76.

Carol Joy Richards was born on 11 November 1931 in Oklahoma.^2,3 She died on 27 September 2002, at age 70.³ She was buried in Crescent Cemetery, Crescent, Logan, Oklahoma.⁴

Granville Harmon (Gump) McNair was born on 6 September 1903 in Macomb, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma. He and Esther M. Havenstrite were married on 5 April 1929 in Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma.¹ He died on 19 December 1984, at age 81, in Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma. He was buried in Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma.¹

Son of James Edward and Anna Mae (Edwards) McNair. He married Esther M. Havenstrite April 5, 1929 in Chickasha, Oklahoma.