Lois Wooten, a resident of Midwest City, Oklahoma, passed away on 5 February, at the age of 110 years, 276 days. Her passing was confirmed through a public obituary published by Dignity Memorial.
Lois Wooten was born in Floyd, Texas, United States on 5 May 1914, the first of two children born to parents Glen and Nora Nolen. After graduating from high school, she left home to attend beauty school in Dallas, but returned home after a short time due to feeling homesick, and began working at a pants factory in Greenville, Texas. It was at this factory where she met Ernest Wooten, whom she married in 1939. The couple had one daughter together, and later moved to Oklahoma in 1947 following Ernest’s employment as a firefighter at Tinker Air Force Base.
In 1950, the family purchased a home in Del City, where Wooten began working as a cafeteria manager at Kerr Junior High School (now called Del City Middle School). Following her retirement in 1975, she took up painting as a hobby, fulfilling her lifelong aspiration of becoming an artist. In 1997, following the death of her husband, she continued to live independently for many years, volunteering at church and teaching Sunday school.
At the time of her passing, she was the third-oldest (known) living person in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, after Lois Boston and Fannie Jones.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of Lois Wooten during this difficult time.
