Mae Lee Richard

“Let not your heart be troubled ye believe in God, believe also in me.” In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. And whether I go ye know, and the way ye know.  John 14:1-4

On September 4, 1949, Mae Lee Richard was born to Leroy and Mable (Golston) Richard, in Idabel, Oklahoma. She was the fourth born out of 8 children. People admired her by her warm beautiful smile and kind heartedness and fancy dressing.

Mae Lee attended Booker T. Washington public school in Idabel, OK. Mae Lee gave birth to her first child at an early age. Later in life she had four other children whom she loved very much.

She started a career as a poultry worker at Lane’s Holly Creek Fryer’s which later became Tyson’s Foods Inc. She worked in the poultry industry for 20+ years and later 15 years in healthcare until she retired from the work field.

Mae spent most of her time fishing, working in her yard, decorating her home and playing dominoes with her brother Paul Golston, her son Keith Richard, grandson Moody and various friends. She also liked to bake.

Mae gave her life to God at an early age and later became a member of the Springhill Missionary Baptist Church Dr. A.W. Gulley (Pastor). She loved to dress up and hear him preach and sing his songs. Mae is remembered for her love for her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, family and friends.

She is preceded in death by both parents Leroy and Mable Golston Richard; brothers, Roy Jr., Billy, Tony, Thurman Richard and Johnny Lee Smith; one sister Dorothy Thompson; one son Marcus Duane Warhop and a granddaughter Kendra Richards.

She leaves to cherish her memory three sons Ronald Richards, Keith Richard (Charlonda Crutchfield), and Willie Warhop Jr. all of Idabel, OK; one daughter Tenesha Warhop of Idabel, OK; one brother Paul Golston of Idabel, OK; two sisters Thelma (James) Braswell of Kansas City, Kansas and Patricia (James) Jackson of Idabel, OK; one uncle William Richard of Houston, Texas; 13 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She also leaves to cherish her memory her special friends “Mother” Lou Eddie Burris and Eric Johnson..

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Springhill Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. A.W, Gulley officiating. Interment will follow at Williamston Cemetery.

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