Sammye Marlene Gilliam was born May 5, 1953, to Jack and Lucille Cross in Henryetta. She died Dec. 19, 2021 at the age of 68.
She has two sisters Patty Cross and Susan Gaasch and two brothers George Green. In 1957 she was adopted into the Hudson family. Effie and Marlon Hudson where she was raised in Ada. She gave birth to two sons Shane and Davied. Later in her life she met her soulmate Glen Gilliam, they were married Oct. 4, 2003, and they lived in Tulsa. She had Shane from her first marriage and David from her second.
She left behind a husband and their dog Mickey, her sons Shane Lindsey and fiancée Kandice of Yukon, son Davied Marler of Austin, Texas and five grandchildren: Shelby Battiest-Mowdy and husband Jordan of Norman Oklahoma, Dallas, Aubrey, Nathan and Rhett Lindsey of Bentonville, Arkansas and Yukon; sisters Patty Cross of Woodward, Susan Gaasch of Bristow,and brother George Green.
A Memorial Service is scheduled for 3 p.m., Wednesday Dec. 29, 2021 at Integrity Funeral Chapel, 410 East Trudgeon, Henryetta.