Leroy Harrison, 84 of Sand Springs, passed away at his home on Tuesday February 28, 2023 with his wife by his side.  Visitation will be held at Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service on Friday March 3, 2023 from 12 noon to 7 pm, with family receiving friends from 4 to 7 pm.

Leroy was born on May 1, 1938 in Poteau, Oklahoma to Edd and Lillian (Deaton) Harrison.  Leroy served his country in the US Army.  After his military time Leroy began working at the City of Tulsa, retiring after over 30 years in maintenance in different facilities, lastly as the maintenance foreman at the Gilcrease Museum.  It was at the Gilcrease Museum that Leroy met his second wife, Rheta Kayelene Smith, after his first wife Mary had passed away.  He and Rheta were married on March 17, 2005 in Mena, AR.  Leroy enjoyed yard work, gardening, woodworking and creating things such as a gold fish pond in their yard, raising chickens and tending their horses and miniature donkeys.  He had served his community as a member of the Elks Lodge and was a long time NRA member and had received Christ as his savior in his younger days.

Leroy is survived by his wife, Rheta Kayelene; sister, Nancy Green of Hudson, NC; sister and brother-in-law Beverly Ann and Arnie Sousa of Oakhurst, CA; sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Roy Fawley of Wisc Rapids, WI; brother and sister-in-law Edd and Debbie Downey of Lawn Dale, CA; two grandchildren, Summer Dawn and husband Tim Dorman of Tulsa and Conor Culpepper of Tulsa; three great grandchildren, Jordan Harrison and Sydney Dorman both of Tulsa, Ryan Dorman of Nicholasville, KY and two step-sons, Scott O'Neal and family of Glenpool and Chad O'Neal and family of Shawnee, OK and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Anita; two daughters, Anna Marie Morris and Rhonda Lynn Culpepper; brothers, Denver and Pete Harrison; sisters Evelyn Kowalt and Rachel Nichols.

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