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Rex George Nance

18 Sep 1915 – 16 Feb 2012

Birth	18 Sep 1915
Death	16 Feb 2012
Cemetery	Resurrection Memorial Cemetery Oklahoma City , Oklahoma County , Oklahoma , USA
Added by	Mike Casey on 19 Feb 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85129043

Gravesite details

Latin cross upon double, flat, cast metal, government marker atop gray, granite base, having a single, center-mounted, retractable, bronze vase, shared with Gloreta.

Bio

Rex G. Nance, 96, was born in Marietta, Oklahoma, to Blanton and Mary Ellen Nance. He grew up in the Marietta and Ardmore areas where his father and brothers were all carpenters. He graduated from Martha High School. In 1940 he married Gloreta Williams, and they had two children. He also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Upon returning from the war he began his career as a home builder. He built homes in the Village and North Oklahoma City. He also built the Village Baptist Church, where he and his family were charter members. God and Family were important to Rex. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Gloreta; infant daughter; his second wife Lovena; brothers, Ray, Roy and Riley Nance and Colbert Harwood; sisters, Omal Manning and Opal Gentry and infant great-grandson, Joshua. He was survived by his children, Marilyn Austin and Robert and Sandra Nance; step-son, Dan and Annette Martin; grandchildren, Shawn and Kari Austin, Ryan and Rachel Nance, Jason and Holly Austin and great-grandchildren, Lauren, Seth, Riley, Keely, Radley, Kolby and Rory. The family wished to thank Sooner Hospice for all of the care they gave to Rex. Donations were suggested in his name to Village Baptist Church. Services to celebrate his life were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at The Village Baptist Church, followed with burial to follow at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery.

Inscription

US NAVY WORLD WAR II LOVING HUSBAND FATHER GRANDAD

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Family

Parents

• Blanton Goodloe Nance 1880–1942
• Mary Ellen "Dot" Fitch Nance 1880–1937

Spouse

• Lovena Cleo Shive Nance 1914–2003 FaG
• Gloreta Williams Nance 1916–1985 FaG

Siblings

• Roy B Nance 1903–1983 FaG
• Ray Jack Nance 1903–1987 FaG
• Omal Earl "Oma" Harwood Manning 1904–1928
• Colbert Bingham Harwood 1905–1928
• Riley "Red" Nance 1906–1993 FaG

Children

• Marilyn Nance Austin 1942–2023 FaG

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