Mary Ellen Hanson

Mary (Gan-Ma) Ellen Hanson, a longtime resident of Okmulgee, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at the age of 83. She was born May 19, 1931 to Eugene and Flossie (Pennington) Crain in Turley, Oklahoma. She was a member of the Clearview Baptist Church in Okmulgee. Ganny Ma, from which everyone called her, loved spending time with her family and enjoyed playing with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all that knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Flossie Crain; first husband, W.T. Melton; second husband, Ronald Hanson and brother, Bob Crain. Survivors include her five children, Dennis Melton and wife, Betty of Sand Springs, Danny Melton and wife, Susie of Beggs, Dickie Melton and wife, Nancy of Nuyaka, Rhonda Hopper and husband, David of Okmulgee and Butch Hanson and wife, Sherri of Kiefer; two sisters, Marie Howell and husband, Jim of Okmulgee and Carolyn Fisher and husband, Ted of Morris; two brothers, Leon Crain of Prague and Ralph Crain and wife, Pat of Joplin, Missouri; fourteen grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren and numerous other relatives and friends. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, September 22, 2014 at the First Baptist Church in Okmulgee with Dr. Dennis Taylor and Pastor Randy Matthews officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Sperry Rest Haven Cemetery under the direction of the Jackson Funeral Home and Crematory in Okmulgee. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Jackson Funeral Home Chapel in Okmulgee. Pallbearers will be Justin Melton, Dustin Melton, Steven Hopper, Kenny Hopper, Todd Hanson and J.R. Gleason. Honorary Pallbearers will be David Hopper and Charlie Pearson.