Mary Frances Cullison Stockton

Mary Frances Cullison Stockton, 83, Broken Arrow, Okla. and formerly of Carthage and Overland Park, Kan., passed away Aug. 18, 2021, in Broken Arrow, Okla. She was born May 25, 1938, in Kansas City to Burre Rolla and Wilma Cullison. She graduated from Paseo High School in 1956, attended Kansas City Junior College and received certification from Kansas City IBM Accounting School. She worked for Skelly Oil Company and Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City. She married Kenton Lea Stockton on Oct. 12, 1963, in Carthage.
Stockton was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Carthage, where she was an ordained deacon, choir member, and Sunday school teacher. She was an active PTA mom and Girl Scout leader for many years.
Stockton was instrumental in organizing annual US Air Force OCS class reunions for her husband’s OCS graduating class members that were held all over the United States.
Stockton is preceded in death by her parents and husband. She is survived by daughter, Shelley Ann Wynn (Troy), Broken Arrow, Okla.; son, John Cullison Stockton, Garberville, Calif. and the Philippines; sister, Emogene Engle (Edward); two nieces; two great-nieces, two great-nephews, and three great great nieces.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021 at Hampton Cemetery, Everton.
Memorial donations can be made to Hampton Cemetery and can be mailed to the funeral home. Wilson-Griffin Funeral Home, PO Box 217, Ash Grove, MO 65604
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