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Naticia Marie Drew
Obituaries
July 24, 2024
Naticia Marie Drew

July 28, 1980 – July 13, 2024

Funeral services for Naticia Marie Drew, 43, of Vian, were held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 19, 2024, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Vian. Burial followed at Rose Lawn Cemetery in Vian, under the direction of Forever Memories Funeral Services, Inc. of Sallisaw.

Ms. Drew was born on July 28, 1980, in Anaheim, Calif. to Thomas Drew and Rose Marie Hutchinson Drew. She died on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at her home in Vian.

She graduated from Vian High School in 1999 and was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. She enjoyed drawing, but was always up to go fishing if someone wanted to go.

Survivors are her children, Marcus and McKenna Butler Jr., LaKaila Drew and Isaiah Drew; siblings, Sheari and Jonathan Roark, Jennifer M. Drew, Thomas and Tracy Drew Jr., Keira Drew, LaQuieta and Blake Bennett, Chelsie and Cody McCarter and Jessica Finney; parents, Thomas D. Drew and Rose M. Drew; and numerous other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Robert and Janice Hutchinson; and paternal grandparents, Thomas and Sheary Drew.

Flower girls were Linda Drew-Willis, Siretta Davis, Gertha Cubit, Akeelah Truett, Trena Lackey, Nevaeh Drew, Da’Sha Cubit, Kaidence Roark, Hannah Truett and Helenia Dean.

Pallbearers were Thomas Drew Jr., Montrell Castleberry, Marcus Butler Jr., Anthony Olive, Emanuel Drew and E.J. Drew.

Honorary pallbearers were Ely Smith, Kevin Moon, Kevin Minks, Shane Kolbe and Kevin Chew.

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