Carla Sue McGill

Carla Sue Hitch was born on December 23, 1942, in Drumright, Oklahoma, and she went to be with her Lord on September 25, 2024, from her home in Frisco, Texas. Carla attended Edison Elementary School in Drumright from 1st through 8th grade. A tornado damaged her school that last year, and she had to finish 8th grade at another school. While at Edison, she played on the girls’ basketball team. She looked forward to playing in high school, but girls’ basketball was discontinued in high school because it was deemed to be “too hard on girls.” After graduating salutatorian from Drumright High School in 1960, Carla attended and graduated from a business school in Tulsa in 1961. She also attended junior college in both Plano, Texas and in Tulsa. Her career was spent in the insurance industry. She began working in the life insurance industry initially as a clerical employee. She later became office supervisor for the Mutual of New York office in Oklahoma City, then transferred to its Dallas office. During her time there, she received her Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation in 1980. She spent two decades with Mutual of New York, then another two decades with Diversified Insurance Company (which she co-owned with her husband). Carla married Ken McGill in 1983. Her hobbies included gardening, reading and travelling. Carla admitted that one of the most challenging things she ever did was obtaining a private pilot’s license, which she did in 1980. Carla was a member of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Tulsa. Carla was preceded in death by parents George & Nellie Hitch, husband Ken McGill, brother Garry Hitch, sister Barbara Brewster and sister Patricia Boyd. Carla is survived by her daughter Cynthia Scales & husband John of McKinney, Texas, and daughter Courtney McGill of Dallas, Texas. She is also survived by sister-in-law Shirley Hitch of Bristow, Oklahoma. She leaves behind grandchildren Anna Caroline Gaines & husband Zach of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and Maggie Scales of Waco, Texas; as well as many nephews, nieces, other family members and loved ones. Carla exemplified gentle, Christian love throughout her life. Her funeral service is at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 5590 S Lewis Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Interment will follow in the Calvary Cemetery. Contributions may be made in Carla’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association-Oklahoma Chapter.

Carla Sue McGill

December 23, 1942 - September 25, 2024