The funeral service for Opal J. Woodring, age 85, will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Steve Williams officiating.  Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. 

     She was born to Jim C. and Mary (Carrell) Isham on August 18, 1924, in Garland, Arkansas, and died Saturday, September 19, 2009, at the Methodist Home in Enid.

     She grew up in Arkansas and attended school in Sallisaw.  In 1965, she married Clarence E. Woodring in Poteau, and they made their home in New Mexico.  She previously lived in Colorado, Florida and Tulsa.  Opal worked as a wool presser in the dry cleaner business and also cooked at an elementary school cafeteria.  In 2003, she moved to Enid and has lived at the Methodist Home for the last five years.  She enjoyed family gatherings, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas, reading her Bible, fishing, and being with people. 

     She is survived by her two sons, Donald Perry and wife Brenda of Enid, H.D. Perry and wife Marsha of Roland, OK; and one daughter Levada Galation of Gore; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one brother James C. Isham of Ft. Smith, ARK; and four sisters, Doris Harding of Muldrow, Marie Martin, Dorothy Rider, and Shirley Harding, all of Sallisaw.

     Opal was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Mary Isham; her husband Clarence; grandson Jimmy Don Perry; son-in-law Danny Galation; and brother W.T. Isham.

     Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Circle of Love or O.M.R.F. – Alzheimers Division.