Clara Mae Idleman

Lone Grove - Funeral Services for Mrs. Clara Mae Idleman, 90 of Lone Grove are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Friday, January 13, 2023, at the First Baptist Church in Lone Grove with Rev. Bill Black officiating.  Interment will be 2:00 P.M. at the Maysville Cemetery.  Services are under the care and direction of Alexander Gray Funeral Home in Wilson. 

Clara Mae was born October 8, 1932, in Maysville, OK to the late Mr. Clinton Harrison Owen and Mrs. Alvia Alice (Allen) Owen.  She departed from this life on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at her home in Lone Grove.  

Clara Mae was raised in Maysville graduating from Hughes High School.  She married Mr. Billy Joe Idleman on December 2, 1950, in Maysville, OK.  Clara Mae worked in the health care industry most of her life including nursing homes, the State School in Pauls Valley, and for Professional Home Care.  She enjoyed reading her Bible, watching ballgames on TV, spending time with her family and watching all the school kids every morning.  Clara Mae was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lone Grove. 

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Billy Joe; son, Stanley Owen; sister, Maggie Alice Staley; and brothers, Russell Clinton Owen and Harrison Oscar Owen. 

Clara Mae is survived by her sons, Billy Doyle Idleman and wife Cathy and Gary Joe Idleman, Sr. and wife Tommi Sue; daughter-in-law, Monica Idleman; sister, Frankie Owen Nielsen; grandchildren, Susan Youngblood and husband Keith, Doyle Idleman and wife Jessie, Matthew Idleman and wife Kara, Stacy McMahan and husband Lynn, Danah Isaacs, Gary Joe Idleman, Jr. and wife Te, Mendy Hobson, and Russell Idleman and wife Brittany; great-grandchildren, Erin, Brooke, Koby and wife Hevin, Graci, Mattox, Reid, Lane and wife Natalie, Garrett and McKenna, Landon and Chloe, Reyse, Hadley, Tate, Alison, Cameron, Eli, Lincoln, Casen, Shelby, and Tiffany; great great-grandchildren, Harper, Oaklan, Kaidence, Scarlett, Caith, and Jaxson; and by a host of other family and friends. 

Pallbearers will be Doyle Idleman, Matthew Idleman, Gary Joe Idleman, Jr., Russell Idleman, Lane McMahan, Garrett McMahan, and Landon Utt. 

Visitation will be held Thursday evening from 6-8 P.M. at the Alexander Gray Funeral Home in Wilson. 

Memories may be shared online at www.alexandergrayfh.com.