Mary Joe Apala

Ringling - Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary Joe Apala, 79 are scheduled for 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at the Alexander Gray Funeral Home Chapel in Ringling with Rev. Mike Johnston officiating.  Interment will follow to Ringling Memorial Cemetery.

Mary was born February 27, 1943 in Ringling, OK to the late Mr. Charley Gravley and Mrs. Lavada Mae (Turner) Gregg.  She departed from this life on Saturday, January 14, 2023 in Ardmore, OK.  Mary was raised in Ringling moving to the Dallas/Fort Worth area until returning to this area in 1993 to help take care of her parents.  Mary loved spending time with her children and grandchildren and in her earlier years, she enjoyed gardening.  She was a member of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; infants sons, Danny and Charles; son, Ricky, sisters, Ruby, Noami, and Theda; and brothers, Raymond and William.

Mary is survived by her son, Terry Vernon and wife Aurora of Marietta; brother, Charles Cain and wife Freddie of Marietta, GA; grandchildren, Brad Vernon and Jamie Erwin, Jessi Parker and husband Austin, Alan Vernon and wife Mackenzie, Ashley Vernon, and Erik Kretzschmar and wife Kimberly; several great grandchildren and by a host of other family and friends. 

Pallbearers will be Terry Vernon, Brad Vernon, Erik Kretzchmar, Alan Vernon, Zane Gray, and Dennis Vernon. 

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