Lorena Flo Daugherty was born November 1, 1923, in Grandfield, Oklahoma, to parents James and Edna (Downs) Gibbons.  Flo passed from this life on August 10, 2020, at the age of 96.  She grew up and attended school in Grandfield. Like most families in “The Greatest Generation”, the Gibbons life was a hard-scrabble one, and Flo did a lot of the housework and cooking.  Early on, she showed a wonderful talent for sewing, and she began making her own clothes, and the clothes for her much loved brothers.  After her 11th grade,  she met the love of her life, R. J. Daugherty, and they began dating.  She and R. J. eloped during her senior year of school, beginning what was to be a relationship which lasted until his death in 1986.
Flo was an amazing seamstress, producing countless pieces of clothing, pillows, quilts and wedding dresses,  She worked many years with her daughter Anna in their shop designing and sewing draperies for individual homes and businesses.  Flo loved playing games, and the family enjoyed many hours playing dominoes, Yatzee, and other games.  She was a formidable opponent, and a priceless partner.  Flo also had a passion for current events and kept up with what was going on in the world as long as she could.  When she began to lose her eye sight due to macular degeneration, she listened to recorded books, the subjects often biographies of people like Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.  Flo's main priority was being a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother.  Hers was a life well-lived.
Flo was preceded in death by her parents, her husband R. J. Daugherty, brothers Jimmy, Cleo, Tommy, and Adolphus “Doc”  Gibbons, a great-grandchild, Clarity Watterson and great-great grandson Kevin Richardson.  She is survived by her children and their spouses:  Anna and Bruce Virgin, Tareeca and Mike McKee, Stan and Sue Daugherty.  Grandchildren: Christie Richardson, Steve and Dequita Virgin, Roger and Melissa Virgin, Lareeca  and Tripp Green, Loree McKee, Levi and Michelle McKee,  Dustin and Amber Daugherty, Deesha Lornes.  Great-grandchildren: Cody and Gloria Richardson, Caleb Stewart, Makayla Virgin, Garrett Virgin, Courtney and Tyler Boss, Callie Green, Bud Green, Danica McKee, Christian Daugherty, Morgan Daugherty, Megan Daugherty, Austin Daugherty, Coby LeFlore, Kallen Watterson, and Cash Watterson.     Great-great-grandchildren,  Lyla Boss and Carson Richardson.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 15, 2020, at Fisher Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Roger Speers officiating in Denison, with private burial in Fairview Cemetery, Denison.
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