Peggy Jean Terrell

Peggy Jean (Mikeman) Terrell (1927-2020) Peggy was born on December 1, 1927, in Oilton, Oklahoma to Elmer and Arla Mikeman. She passed away on June 3, 2020, in Tulsa. Peggy was the youngest of three Mikeman children following her brother Kenneth and sister Betty. Peggy’s father worked in the oilfields and the family lived in oil field camp company housing just outside of Oilton. She attended school in the Oilton area and graduated from Oilton High School. Peggy’s first date was when she was thirteen years old when she went skating with a local boy, Bob Terrell, who would later become her husband of 55 years. As was the commonplace back in that time, Bob and Peggy became engaged at a very young age, while they were both still in their teens. After high school, and while Bob was away serving the U.S. Navy in World War II, Peggy and a friend, on their own, took a bus to Tulsa to find a job and a place to live. Soon after, in July of 1945, while Bob was home from the Navy, they were married in Muskogee, Oklahoma, at the home of “the preacher”. After Bob returned from the war, he and Peggy moved to Norman, OK where he began studying to become a pharmacist. They lived across the street from the football stadium in a small trailer. After completing school, Bob and Peggy lived briefly in a few places to include Pryor, Tahlequah, and Leavenworth, KS, before making Muskogee their permanent home. Peggy was a wonderful homemaker and only started to work outside the home when her youngest child finished high school and she was faced with an empty nest. Peggy spent the last several months of her life at Country Gardens in Muskogee, where she was well cared for. Peggy’s last week was spent at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, where it was a blessing that the COVID 19 restrictions were lifted somewhat and she was able to see and talk to her daughter, Jody, for the first time in over three months. Peggy was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Kenneth and her sister Betty. She is survived by her three children: Leann Posey (Tony), presently residing in the Ft. Walton Beach area in Florida, Jody Miller (Jerry) in Muskogee, and Greg Terrell (Ann), in Norman, OK. Peggy was a wonderful Grandma to eight grandchildren and Great Grandma to fifteen great grandchildren. Peggy was a long time member of the West Side Church of Christ in Muskogee. Her favorite verse from the Bible was from Psalms 46:10, “Be still, and know that I am God…” Peggy will be laid to rest on Monday, June 8th at the Fort Gibson National Cemetery next to Bob. Due to the COVID 19 restrictions no services will be held at this time.

Peggy Jean Terrell

December 1, 1927 - June 3, 2020