Denzelle Eilene McGinley, age 94, of Oklahoma City, passed away Saturday July 11, 2015.
Denzelle was born in Irwin MO, December 3, 1920 to W. T. and Nettie (Nance) Franklin. She lived with her Uncle L.W. and aunt Daisy Denny from age 9 and was formerly adopted as an adult. She attended Bakers Grove Country School and Lamar High School Graduating in 1939. She Graduated form the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, with a BA in Education. She lived most of her life in Lamar, MO. She married Charles Edgar McGinley, he preceded her in death. She was a teacher and she built the Courtesy Court Motel in Lamar and operated it for 32 years. She will be remembered for her service and devotion to the Order of Eastern Star. During her 50 plus years She was a Worthy Matron, District Deputy Grand Matron, Mother Advisor to the Rainbow Girls and Secretary of our local chapter in Lamar.
She is survived by a daughter, Daisy McGinley of Alexandria, VA, a son Gary McGinley of Oklahoma City, OK, grandsons, Michael and Ashley McGinley and 2 great grandchildren of Moore, OK. Also surviving is her sister Maureen Rogers of Kansas City, MO. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband,
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