Barbara Gaye Horn

Barbara Gaye Horn was born on May 5, 1948, in Cordell, Oklahoma to Fred and Lola Martin. She was raised in Dill City, Oklahoma, where she graduated high school in 1966. On June 10, 1967, she married Chester Horn in Dill City. They made their home in Cordell. Gaye and Chester had been married for forty years when he passed away in 2007. Gaye began working at what was then the Farmers National Bank, now First National Bank and Trust Company, in Cordell in 1973, and remained there until she retired as Vice President and Teller Supervisor in 2019. She passed away on Friday, September 17, 2021 in Mustang, Oklahoma at the age of 73, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Gaye was a long-time member of the Herold Mennonite Church, where she served for many years as a children’s Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher. She also volunteered as an ombudsman, as well as for the American Cancer Society.

She was a wonderful daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. She was kind and generous and will be missed by all who knew her.

While we are saddened by her loss, we rejoice that she is now healed and whole, and in the presence of the Lord. Gaye was preceded in

Gaye was preceded in death by: her parents, Fred and Lola Martin; her husband Chester Horn; her sisters,Shirley Sue Martin and Charlotte Van Curen; and her nephew, Coy Don Britton.

She is survived by her:Son Chet Horn and wife Andrea of Mustang, Oklahoma; her grandsons Caleb Horn of Austin, Texas, and Wesley Horn of Mustang, Oklahoma; her niece Cheri Phelps and husband Marvin of Oklahoma City; her niece Cindy Sellers and husband Bill of Del City, Oklahoma; her nephew Carl Britton and wife Jaymie of Oklahoma City; her sister-in-law Evelyn Workman of Edmond, Oklahoma; her nephew Dean Horn and wife Lisa of Sayre, Oklahoma; her niece Janet Gorrell of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; her nephew Derek Workman and wife Denessa of Edmond, Oklahoma; her nephew Bradley Workman of Edmond, Oklahoma, and many great, great-great, and great-great-great nieces and nephews, as well as a host of other friends and relatives.