Richard Dale McKay

December 22, 1944 - January 25, 2017

Richard Dale McKay died January 25, 2017 at his home. Born December 22, 1944 to the late Doyle Ray and Allie Beatrice (Hurt) McKay in Morris, Oklahoma. Richard really enjoyed holding down his recliner and watching TV. He love writing poems and anything that had to do with music, whether he was listening, studying, playing or composing. Richard was an avid reader of the Bible. Before his retirement he enjoyed delivering the news for the Daily Oklahoman and the Okmulgee Daily Times. Richard is preceded in death by his parents, one brother Charles R. McKay and one sister Treva Joyce McKay. He is survived by two daughters, Kellie Dawn Trantham and husband Kenneth of Morris, and Robin M. Reedy of Okmulgee, four grandsons David Meese, Jr. and wife Myanne of Tulsa, Jacob Meese and wife Rachael of Beaufort, South Carolina, Michael McConnell, Jr. and wife Molly of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Zachary McConnell of Las Vegas, Nevada, one granddaughter Holly Reedy of Okmulgee, five great grandchildren Alexander, Tristan, Kaelyn Meese, Avary and Langston McConnell, two brothers Stan McKay and wife Jennifer of Tulsa and Steve McKay and wife Carol of Broken Arrow, as well as countless nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. A funeral service for Richard will be held 2:00 P.M., Monday, January 30, 2017 at the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel in Okmulgee with Reverend Steve Gallagher officiating. Interment will follow at the Okmulgee Cemetery. Friends may visit the funeral home on Sunday, January 29 from 1:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. Pallbearers will be Toby McKay, David Meese, Jr., Michael McConnell, Jr., Zachary McConnell, Bo Wilson, and Bryan McKay. Honorary pallbearers will be Stan McKay and Steve McKay. Arrangements have been entrusted to the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home of Okmulgee.