Funeral Service at the Walters Comanche Nation Community Center on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., Rev. Roger Noland officiating with burial in the Walters Cemetery under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home in Walters. A Prayer Service will be held at the Community Center on Monday evening at 7:00 p.m.
Lou Ellen Chockpoyah Coy was born to Lee and Lorean Hicks Chockpoyah on January 11, 1947 in Lawton, OK and departed this life in Walters, OK on December 1, 2016 at the age of 69 years, 10 months and 20 days.
Lou grew up east of Walters on Beaver Creek. She married Jerry Wayne Coy on November 23, 1962 in Cotton County and to the union 3 children were born. Lou has always made Walters her home. She worked at Haggar’s in Temple, and cooked for several restaurants including Cattleman’s in Comanche, E & L’s in Walters and the Dairy Queen in Temple. She also cooked at Leo and Ken’s Truck Stop in Lawton while attending Cameron University where she received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and law. She was hoping to go on to Harvard and become a lawyer but her health began to fail.
Lou later married Sydney Lavern “Popcorn” Gwoompi on January 31, 2015. She attended Open Door Church of God in Walters. She enjoyed going to the Casino, going to the creek, picking up pecans, wild flowers, blackberries and plums. She taught her grandkids how to drive.
She was preceded in death by her parents; 2 sisters, Willie Chockpoyah an infant and Connie Chockpoyah Jones; and 2 sons-in-law, Patrick Allen Tahchawwickah and Jerrel Ray Barton.
She is survived by her husband, Sydney Lavern Gwoompi; a daughter, Jamie Sue Tahchawwickah, and her sons, Verdon Lee Tahchawwickah and Johnnathan Riggins Tahchawwickah; a son, Jerry Wayne Coy, Jr.; and a daughter, Sally Coy Barton, and her 2 daughter, Sancey Dean Barton and fiancé, Brandon Lynn Dorman, and Sidney Deanna Mahogany Barton and her children, Henry Thomas Jones and Jordan Ray Barton; 8 brothers and sisters, Marie Sevier, Lavera Thompson, Fred Chockpoyah, Jeannie Ricketts, Lena Calfy, Eddie Chockpoyah, Geraldine Gray and Jessie Foster; many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
Monday, December 5, 2016
9:00am - 5:00 pm (Central time)
Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home
Monday, December 5, 2016
Starts at 7:00 pm (Central time)
Comanche Nation Community Center
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Starts at 2:00 pm (Central time)
Comanche Nation Community Center
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