Memorial service for Dub McCreary will be 11 a.m., Sat., April 9, at Chelsea Funeral Home Chapel with Tim Mixson officiating.
Dub passed away Sat., April 2, 2016, at Hillcrest Hospital Claremore at the age of 77.
The son of Amos Wilson McCreary and Ara (Ward) McCreary was born Oct. 12, 1938, in Canton, TX. He was a football player for his high school team, and after graduation served in the U.S. Army. While driving truck and making a stop in Vinita, he met the love of his life, Peggy Ann (Huston) Mitchell. They were married on March 22, 1974, and made their home in Chelsea. He was a member of Greer Baptist Church.
Dub worked as a construction superintendent traveling for many years while employed for Confederated Builders and later went to work for Trigon, Inc., in Tulsa.
Dub enjoyed going hunting and fishing, but his greatest passion was fishing for catfish under the water turkeys at Oologah or from the rocks. He also loved watching football, cheering for OSU and the Dallas Cowboys. Most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and grandchildren: Trevor and Tyler Mitchell, and Bobbi McKinney.
Dub is survived by his wife, Peggy of the home; children: Kelly McCreary, Terri McCreary, Allen Wayne McCreary, and Dub Jr McCreary, and the sons he raised, Loyd Joe "Hokey" Mitchell, Jr. and wife, Loretta of Chelsea, and Michael Eugene Mitchell and wife, DeeDee of Bluejacket; siblings: L.W. McCreary and wife, Wanda of Canton, TX, Bennie Williams and husband, Clem of Pittsburg, TX, and Ethel Ware and husband, Bill of Alba, TX; grandchildren: Michae Hayes and husband, Derrick, Cody Mitchell, Christina DeLozier and husband, Jake, Jackie Mitchell, Tristan Mitchell, and Taci Mitchell; and great-grandchildren: Weston Hayes, Tayley Hayes, Tucker, Lucy, and Titus DeLozier, Jace Mitchell, and Jayla Weirather. He was also survived by brother-in-law Howard Huston and wife Linda of Chelsea, and sister-in-law Margaret Huston of Vinita, as well as many other relatives and lifetime friends that were close to his heart.