Bexta Jean Pitchford of Highlands Ranch, Colorado was born March 6, 1953 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Lester K., Sr. and Amy (Blaylock) Pitchford and passed away December 11, 2019 in Highlands Ranch, Colarado at the age of 66.
She is survived by:
Three sisters:
Wanda Richmond of Lufkin, Texas
Helen Deffenbaugh and husband, Ed of Poteau, Oklahoma
Sue Finch of Hutto, Texas
Two brothers:
L.K. Pitchford and wife, Norma of Poteau, Oklahoma
Bill Pitchford and wife, Lynne of Heavener, Oklahoma
One sister-in-law:
Pat Pitchford of Bossier City, Louisiana
Numerous nieces and nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews
Bexta was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Earl Pitchford and Bobby C. Pitchford and his wife Patsy; two brothers-in-law, Carl Richmond and Jesse C. Finch; one nephew, Keith Pitchford.
Bexta was a 1971 graduate of Heavener High School. She came to know the Lord as a young person at First Baptist Church of Heavener, then served as a faithful member as an adult at Grand Avenue Baptist Church at Fort Smith, Arkansas before moving to Colorado to serve the Lord there. Bexta attended Eastern Oklahoma State College then graduated from Westark College in Fort Smith, Arkansas to take her first position as a pediatric Registered Nurse at Sparks hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Later, she decided to become an adventurer and joined her friends in a big move to the Denver, Colorado area where she worked in a hospital there for many years and then worked for United HealthCare. She enjoyed the passing years in her new homeland of Colorado surrounded by friends and snow-covered mountains where she spent many hours around warm fires and skiing.
A memorial service to celebrate Bextas life will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2019 at Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Brock Hardin officiating. Burial of cremains will be in Heavener Memorial Park under the direction of Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home of Heavener, Oklahoma
Memorial Service
Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel
Friday, December 20, 2019
2:00 PM
710 U.S. HWY 270
Heavener, Oklahoma 74937