Aug. 14, 1940 – May 13, 2024
Funeral services for Julia Gwendolyn (Riggs) “Gwen” Stites, 83, of Sallisaw, were held at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Mineral Springs Church in Muldrow, with Carl Fugett officiating. Burial followed at Sallisaw City Cemetery.
Mrs. Stites was born on Aug. 14, 1940, in Muldrow, to Dewey Riggs and Rose Alma (Sutton) Riggs. She died on Monday, May 13, 2024.
She graduated from Muldrow High School in 1958, and enjoyed traveling, playing bingo, and visiting with family and friends. She was a homemaker.
She was married to Edmund Eull Stites on Aug. 13, 1959.
Survivors are sons, Eddie Stites and Greg and Dana Stites, all of Sallisaw; her grandchildren; siblings, Barbra Lewis of Muldrow and E.C. Riggs of Sallisaw; 10 great-grandchildren; and several other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Larry; and siblings, Kay Hicks, Bob, Doyle, Arnold and Herbert Riggs.
Pallbearers were her grandsons and nephews.
