Jamie Myers

Services honoring the life of Jamie Aileen Myers will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 7, 2018 at Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel. After spending the entire weekend surrounded by her closest family and loved ones at Clarehouse, Jamie passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at the age of 68. Born in August of 1949 to Kenneth and Emily (Vogel) Whatley of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jamie had a very active childhood. She was a gifted tap dancer, loved riding horses, was a lifeguard at the local YMCA, was a skilled tennis player and fencer, and she spent almost every summer with her maternal grandparents in New York. While studying elementary education at Oklahoma State University, she met her future husband, Jack, a strapping young Navy veteran who was on the campus police department. They wed on June 5, 1971 and welcomed their first son in August of 1972. When faced with the difficulties of being young parents, Jamie made the selfless decision to quit school and focus all of her attention and energy on supporting her family and encouraging her husband to return to college and complete his degree. With a diploma in hand and a job secured with the Tulsa Police Department, Jack, Jamie, and Daniel moved to Broken Arrow, eventually welcoming into the family Jeffrey in 1976 and Jessica in 1981. As a homemaker, Jamie dedicated her life to her children and husband. To her kids, she was a taxi service, a prison warden, an ATM, a confidant, and an iron fist who was a little too fond of the phrase “…I’m the mom, that’s why!” She was the loudest cheerleader at every baseball, soccer, flag football, and softball game, and she was a dedicated Pride of Broken Arrow band parent for over 12 years. To her husband, she was a rock – the unwavering foundation that supported his careers at both the Tulsa Police Department and the Jenks Public School system. Throughout her entire life, Jamie loved to travel. Whether it was “Vacation” –style trips in the family station wagon or tours around Europe or cruises with the family or exhausting road trips to obscure festivals in some little town no one’s ever heard of, she was passionate about experiencing the world around her. Jamie also made time to dedicate to her community by teaching Sunday school at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, by participating in the DayCenter for the Homeless, and by being involved in a multitude of other outreach programs. Jamie Myers. A wife. A mother. A grandmother. A daughter. A sister. Loved. Missed. Finally at peace… Jamie is survived by, Husband, Jack Myers, Broken Arrow, OK Children, Daniel and Angela Myers, Burlington, KS Jeffrey and Sabrina Myers, Broken Arrow, OK & Germany Jessica and Jared Ball, Broken Arrow, OK Grandchildren, Braden, Trevin, Landon, Lila, Alexander, Nicholas Father, Ken Whatley, Broken Arrow, OK Sisters, Patricia Edwards, Tulsa, OK Nancy Warring, Bartlesville, OK Uncle, Alan and Jean Whatley, NH Jamie was preceded in death by her mother, Emily. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Clarehouse, 7617 S. Mingo Rd., Tulsa, OK 74133.

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Jamie Myers

August 15, 1949 - May 27, 2018