Latimer was a longtime prep coach in Oklahoma
Farewell to people with Oklahoma ties who enjoyed the game day experience:
•Larry Latimer, 62, of St. Louis, Oklahoma. The Maud High School graduate played college football at McPherson College in Kansas. He went on to a long successful coaching career, which included college, high school and semi-pro football.
Latimer's last stop was Konawa High School. He came out of retirement to try and rebuild a struggling football program. He spent two seasons at the school, resigning a few days before his death due to heart problems.
He also coached high school sports at Maud, Choctaw, Lawton Ike, Westmoore and Southmoore.
An estimated 400 people, which included coaches, players and teammates, attended Latimer's funeral.
•Bobby Perry, 73, of Anadarko. A left-handed pitcher who helped Oney High School win the 1962 Class C state championship. The All-Stater went on to play two years of minor league baseball for the Boston Red Sox organization. He was a retired Anadarko city employee.
•Mike James, 62, of Oklahoma City. A former member — and president — of the OU Ruf/Nex. Worked as a land man for several oil companies.
•Don Ellis, 73, of San Antonio. Starred in football and track as a schoolboy at Erick High School. Ellis earned a track scholarship to Oklahoma, lettering four seasons, serving as team captain and reaching the 1968 Olympic Trials as a decathlete. He was a realtor and homebuilder by trade.
•Philip Livingston, 72, of Tulsa. Received a football scholarship to Arkansas. Livingston went on his first deer hunt at age 8 and enjoyed the outdoors since. Worked in oil and gas.
•Larry Flesner, 70, of Ada. Flesner was a PGA of America member for 42 years. He helped build Cedar Valley Golf Club in Guthrie and later spent 23 years working as director of golf for the John Conrad Course in Midwest City.
Flesner "made many lasting friendships. He took pride in his craft and helped others develop a love of the game," a family obituary said.
•Mark Hayes, 69, of Edmond. A two-time All-American golfer who played at Oklahoma State and 19 years on the PGA Tour. Hayes had three PGA victories — the Byron Nelson, Pensacola Open and the Players Championship.
Hayes, who won two state titles at Stillwater High School and three Oklahoma Opens, was added to the Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame last year.
•Tulsa Doonkeen, 30, of Oklahoma City. She loved to play volleyball and basketball. Doonkeen was a regional free throw champion. Survived by twin sister Talisa.
•Doug Winters, 75, of Yukon. The Lone Wolf High School graduate went on to play football at Southwestern Oklahoma State. He worked in the food service industry.
•Gene Burris Sr., 61, of Oklahoma City. The Knox City, Texas, native grew up playing tennis as well as competing in wrestling and track. An avid fan of the NBA and Oklahoma State football and basketball.
•James Armstrong, 71, of Tulsa. He was a jogger who competed in the Tulsa Run and other events.
•Blake Henry, 32, of Tulsa. He liked to fish for trout and was a good soccer player as a youngster. Henry was also a runner who excelled in cross country at Tulsa Bishop Kelley High School. He helped the Comets to a state runner-up finish and earned all-conference honors.
Henry received a cross country scholarship to Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. He was a record-setting runner for the Jets and an individual qualifier for the NAIA Championships in 2005.
Henry was a neuro trauma nurse in Wichita and also owned a landscaping business.