February 22, 1929 - May 18, 2022
Service of Remembrance for Paula Lee Mayberry Stroup, 93, of Enid, will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday May 28, 2022 in the Central Christian Church. Interment will follow in the Enid Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Paula was born February 22, 1929, in Enid to Everett and Pauline Riley Mayberry and passed from this life May 18, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She graduated from Enid High School in 1947 and then attended Oklahoma A&M (OSU today) where she graduated from the Intensive Business School. She was member of Kappa Delta sorority and married James G. Stroup on October 14, 1949. They met in Stillwater. To this union, 3 children were born, Alan, Diana and Patrick. Diana died at 17 months of age and Pat is married to Barbie Anderson. Paula has 7 grandkids and 10 great-grandkids. Paula was a loyal supporter of her husband’s career as a basketball coach and during his 4-year fight with Alzheimer’s disease. During the years while James was coaching, vacations were spent primarily fishing and water skiing with Alan and Pat. When Jim retired from Phillips University, Jim and Paula hopped in their trailer with their dog and played many golf courses all over Oklahoma. They both loved being outdoors. One of their great accomplishments together was building a Cathedralite geodesic dome home in Enid, which Paula lived in for 35 years. Paula also held several jobs as a bookkeeper for local accountants. She was a member of Central Christian Church since high school.
Survivors include her two sons, Alan and Patrick plus Pat’s wife Barbie Anderson and grandchildren including Kelly Stroup, Nickie Jackson, Chris Stroup and wife Emily, Angela Stroup Smith and her husband Brian, Tanna Stroup Donaldson, Garet Stroup and wife Anika and Tristan Stroup, plus several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents Everett and Pauline Mayberry, husband James, daughter Diana, brother Everett and sister Marilyn.
Memorials can be sent to Christian Women’s Fellowship at Central Christian Church.
Condolences may be made to the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
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