My grandmother died yesterday shortly after I wrote the last post. My uncle and family were with her and report that it was quick and painless.
Momo was my last living grandparent. She was onery on her best days even before she started to decline. She loved anything health/body involved. She told me time and time again how jealous she was that I spent time in the operating room on big disgusting infected bowel and abdomen cases. She would listen intently to any story I would offer about the surgeries.
I am happy that she met both Caden and Keali a few times although they don't remember meeting her. The last time any of our family saw her was just before we moved to Europe. She had started her mental decline then, but was still very much "her".
Momo loved playing the piano and was the very person who caused my interest in the piano. Years ago she allowed me to have the first piano that her father bought for their family in 1926. We have that upright piano at the ranch. It still plays pretty good. Because of that piano, I later bought a baby grand piano which is absolutely beautiful. The sound of piano playing in the house is one of my favorites.
I picked up a lot of the Lunt personality traits from her. She loved health related anything, as do I. She was particular about being timely, loved a good story, and was highly skeptical. She didn't like others knowing her family business and would go to great lengths to keep things private. And certainly my bossiness stems from her!
Popo died when I was 16. Momo later dated and was going to marry a man named Noble who died shortly after she decided she would marry him. Years later, she dated and married a man named Keith. He took care of her for a couple of years before she went into the nursing home. He died shortly after Momo went to the nursing home. She essentially outlived three partners. While not a big religious person, I hope on some level that she is back with Popo playing cards, auctioneering, antiquing, and worrying about everything under the sun.
With all of our recent pictures being in storage due to living overseas, the only picture I currently have access to of her is one I borrowed from my cousin Jayme. Here she is with Keith, Harry, Suzanne, Kaleb, Jayme and their spouses.
The obituary:
"Lahoma E. Lunt of Sunray passed away on Friday, July 13, 2012. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. on Monday, July 16, 2012 at Texhoma Cemetery. The memorial service will follow at 2:00 P.M. at Sunray Baptist Church with Bruce Broxson officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:30 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at the funeral home in Sunray. Arrangements are entrusted to Morrison Funeral Directors.
Lahoma E. Bullington was born in Texhoma, Oklahoma to Vada & Harry Bullington. She attended Plainview Country School and Texhoma schools, but graduated from Amarillo High School with Honors. She married her sweetheart, Wesley Lunt in Texhoma. She and Wesley farmed together south of Texhoma. Lahoma drove the trucks during harvest and furnished delicious meals for the crews. She was a wonderful cook and was especially known for her coconut cream pies and homemade ice cream. During her lifetime, she worked at Pantex and attended auctioneer school with Wesley. She enjoyed auctioning BBQ at church functions. Lahoma also had a real estate license.
During WWII, she and Wesley were stationed at Bolling Field in Washington, DC, where Lahoma was the secretary to the Provost Marshall, while Wesley was with the Army Air Force. After the war, they returned to the farm. They had twin sons in 1951, Harry & Gary. They moved from the farm to Sunray in 1957, where Lahoma was involved in many school functions and activities. Lahoma was a 60 year member of Eastern Star, a member of the Sunray Baptist Church, and Study Club.
Lahoma and Wesley retired from farming in 1986 and spent their remaining years together traveling, meeting new friends, and enjoying new adventures. Wesley passed away in October of 1989. Lahoma was a widow for fifteen years. She married Keith Lamb in 2003. They were wonderful companions for years, until Lahoma moved to The Cottages at Quail Creek in Amarillo. The family is grateful for the loving care she received while she resided there.
Lahoma will be dearly missed by her family and many friends. She supported many charities, including Sunray Baptist Church, the Salvation Army, and Faith City Mission. The family requests memorials to these organizations, or the charity of your choice.
She was preceded in death by her husband Wesley in 1989; her husband Keith Lamb in 2011; and her sister, Ilene Jones from Texhoma.
Lahoma leaves behind two sons, Harry Lunt and wife Suzanne of Sunray, and Gary Lunt of Port Aransas, TX; five grandchildren, Michael Lunt, Micha Hooper, Melissa Balazs, Kaleb Lunt and Jayme York; and nine great grandchildren."
