Donny "Don" D. Warlick

Donny Dean Warlick was born September 26, 1943 to Lawrence and Inella Warlick in Hobart Oklahoma. Don passed away at his home in Muskogee on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Don lived on the family farm until he was eight years old near Gotebo, Oklahoma. In 1951 his family moved to Oklahoma City. Don attended school in the Warr Acres and Bethany school districts. While attending Putnam City High School he met his wife, Lynn Sandra Reed and they were married May 28, 1961. Don and Lynn were married for 58 years until her passing July 17, 2019. Don started working at an early age on the farm where he learned to pick cotton. Don was a hard worker and had a very strong work ethic. At a very young age Don got a job at a lumberyard in Oklahoma City. By the age of 16 he was working with grown men loading and unloading building supplies off railroad cars and transporting the supplies to the yard and then to job sites. He loved the hard work, and this is where he discovered he had a love for woodworking. He used his talents to build fences, decks, gun cabinets, clocks, you name it he could build it. Don and Lynn had three children so he took a job at Western Electric in Oklahoma City so that he could provide a better life for his family. In addition to working, in 1961 he joined the Oklahoma National Guard. He received his training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina where he was made the squad leader. Don continued serving in the National Guard until 1967. While in the National Guard, he met an Oklahoma State Trooper and became interested in the job of the Oklahoma Highway Patrolman. In 1969, Don attended the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s 25th Academy. Don graduated and drew his first assignment in Troop C in Muskogee County. Don loved the job as a State Trooper and served 27 years with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol retiring in 1996. He loved it so much that he asked his brother Larry if he would like to go for a ride along. Larry agreed and as a result Larry applied and was accepted into the next patrol school the following year. In 1980 Don got involved in the video game business and serviced video games in 7-Eleven convenience stores for several years. The man was always working several jobs at a time. After his video game business in 1984, he got into the 7-Eleven convenience store business and eventually had two stores in Muskogee. This was in addition to working security jobs for OG&E while still being a State Trooper. From 1996 – 2001 Don also had a business called Blind Alley and installed blinds in many homes in Muskogee and the surrounding areas. In Don’s spare time he enjoyed reading crime novels, working crossword puzzles, fishing, camping, woodworking, cooking on his smoker, shooting his guns, and especially spending time with his family and friends. Don was involved with his sons' little league baseball teams by coaching and doing whatever he could to help. Don was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Inella Warlick; two brothers, Larry and Kenny Warlick and his loving wife Lynn Warlick. He is survived by his brother, Jerry Warlick of Oklahoma City; three children, Kevin Warlick and wife Rhonda of Muskogee, OK, Steven Warlick and wife Roxanne of Stillwater, OK, Melissa (Warlick) Johnson and husband Justin of Moore, OK; seven grandchildren. Donny Warlick and wife Braley of Muskogee, OK, Paige Taylor and husband Caleb of Claremore, OK, Morgan Masterson and husband Greg of Edmond, OK, Madison Spencer and husband Luke of Oklahoma City, OK, Nick Hilton and wife Ashley of Oklahoma City, OK, Nathan Hilton and James Johnson of Moore, OK; seven great-grandchildren: Owen and Laken Warlick, Emmett and Ellis Masterson, Georgia and Lincoln Spencer, Bennett Taylor and many nieces and nephews. Don loved his family deeply. Don was much loved at the coffee shop. He had his black belt in storytelling. Don’s very matter of fact dry sense of humor will be greatly missed.

Donny "Don" D. Warlick

September 26, 1943 - November 17, 2024