Celebration of Life service for Everette Whitney will be 8:00 a.m. Saturday, August 13, 2022, at the Waynoka Rodeo Arena with Jack Staats officiating.
Cremation arrangements are entrusted to Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka.
Everette Dale Whitney, son of the late Vernon Everette and Pauline Estelle (Johnson) Whitney, was born September 8, 1935, on the Whitney family farm east of Waynoka, and passed away August 5, 2022, at Clinton, Oklahoma, at the age of 86 years, 10 months, and 28 days.
Everette grew up in Waynoka and graduated high school in 1953. On December 26, 1959, he was united in marriage to Louise Simmons. They raised their family in the Waynoka area. He lived most of his life in the Waynoka area before moving to Clinton to be near family the last two years.
Out of high school, he rode bareback horses and bulls, traveling with his good friend, Vernon Barnes. He then started bulldogging with his good friend, Jack Morris. He went on to be known for always having good bulldogging and hazing horses, his last being Hammerhead and Pullback. He and Jack Staats traveled a lot of miles rodeoing.
He worked on the McGill ranch where his children were raised. He also ran his own cows and farmed. He always enjoyed the friendships made through the rodeos and cherished time spent reminiscing about old times.
He was a member of the Southwest Cowboy Association, and was a big supporter of the Waynoka FFA and 4-H clubs. He also enjoyed gardening and had a two acre garden he tended.
Besides his parents, Vernon and Pauline, he was preceded in death by his wife, Louise; and his infant son, Foster Leroy Whitney.
Everette is survived by his son, Vernon Whitney and wife, Mary, of Clinton; his daughter, Angela Pearson and husband, Dennis, of Dacoma; two brothers, Lowell Whitney and wife, George, of Waynoka, and John Whitney and wife, Jane, of Angleton, Texas; and one sister, Janice Earhart and husband, Howard, of Waynoka.
Also surviving are seven grandchildren, Jessica Hanks and husband, Randy, of Waynoka, Karlea Irvin and husband, Ryan, of Mutual, Sharise Whitney of Norman, Nieva Whitney of Edmond, Kayde Whitney of Stillwater, Myra Whitney and Everette Thomas Whitney, both of Clinton; four great grandchildren, Whitney and Waylon Hanks, and Oliver and Bennett Irvin; other relatives and many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cimarron River Stampede Rodeo Committee, % Ronnie Howell, PO Box 52, Waynoka, Oklahoma 73860.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes. com.