Glenn ‘Poncho’ Edwin Newburn
Funeral service for Glenn “Poncho” Edwin Newburn, 73, of Red Oak will be at 10 a.m. Monday, July 25, 2022, at Bethal Baptist Church in Wister with Tracy Martin officiating.
Pallbearers will be Rick Frazier, Ray Freeman, Jeremie Moore, Jerry Warren, Darrell Adams and Ronnie Wooten.
Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Waits, J.D. Delap, Bob Almon, Steve Goldsborough, Monte Brown, Howard Wilson, the Choctaw Nation District No. 6 Armchair Volleyball team and the Poteau Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Burial will follow at Maxey Cemetery in Wister under the direction of Evans and Miller Funeral Home, Poteau.
Glenn was born on July 31, 1948, in Poteau to Glen and Mary (Boyer) Newburn and passed from this life Friday, July 15, 2022.
Poncho married Janice (Lyons) Newburn on Aug. 27, 1968. Together they shared almost 54 years.
He loved history, genealogy and arrowhead hunting. He was the chaplain for the Sons of Confederate Veterans for the Poteau Chapter. He served as a deacon at the United Freewill Baptist Church in Red Oak.
Poncho’s welding career spanned more than 43 years starting in the shipyards in Port Arthur, Texas, where he helped construct the famous “Zapata Ugland,” one of the largest semi-submersible off-shore drilling rig that was towed from Port Arthur to the North Sea near Aberdeen, Scotland.
He was an accomplished Christian songwriter and won many awards finally competing at The 700
Club in Virginia Beach, Va. Above all, he loved his Lord and Savior and spent many hours in Bible study and prayer. It was his main desire to be a friend and to reach others for Christ.
Glenn is survived by his wife Janice, son Joe Newburn and wife Stacy of Wilburton, two grandchildren Aaron and Brenna Newburn of Red Oak, granddaughter Kodi Newburn of Wilburton, two great-grandchildren Denham Newburn and Berklee Ogden, sister Carolyn Fulsom and husband Walter and very special mentor and friend in Christ Bill Hardin along with a host of family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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