Mary Reynolds

Mary L. Reynolds, 92, of Broken Arrow died Monday, March 3rd, 2025. Memorial Services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday March 7th at First Methodist Church of Broken Arrow. Interment will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Vian next to her husband. Arrangements are through Hayhurst Funeral Home of Broken Arrow. Born in Webbers Falls to Mr. Herman and Mrs. Myrtle Clark on September 14th 1932, Mrs. Reynolds was the youngest of fourteen children of which she is survived by one sibling, Margarette Taylor of Norman. She graduated from Webbers Falls High School and received Bachelor and Masters degrees in Education at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. On August 31, 1951 she married the love of her life, James C. “Pap” Reynolds. After Mr. Reynolds time in the military and a few moves, they resided in Vian until moving to Broken Arrow in 1966 when Mr. Reynolds joined AMOCO as a geophysicist. Mrs. Reynolds taught 4th grade in Vian and then Broken Arrow from 1966 until she retired. Throughout her life she enjoyed the company and friendship of her fellow teachers and over the years she continuously relished the opportunity to visit with her past students. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds were active in the First United Methodist Church of Broken Arrow, and especially so in their Sunday School class. Mrs. Reynolds was an active participant and enjoyed the fellowship of UMW and DORCA Circle. Mrs. Reynolds enjoyed playing softball, even as an adult. She enjoyed watching sports of all varieties, and was an especially avid Oklahoma Sooner fan. While her husband was elected to the Broken Arrow City Council in 1975 where he served continuously for 28 years, from 1980 to 1990 as Vice-Mayor and from then to 2003 as Mayor, it was Mrs. Reynolds’s engaging, gregarious and compassionate personality that helped endear him to the community they both loved. They traveled extensively spreading the good word about Broken Arrow. The Oklahoma Senate passed a resolution declaring April 2nd, 2003 as “Mayor Jim Reynolds Day in Oklahoma” for his many accomplishments and years of community service. He was most ardent in expressing that he attributed this and all the other numerous accolades upon which he was bestowed as being due to Mrs. Reynolds, as she truly never met a stranger. Indeed, they were each other’s most passionate and zealous supporter. Mrs. Reynolds was preceeded in passing by her husband Mr. Reynolds. Survivors include two daughters, and their husbands, Diana and Larry Clayton of Collinsville, and Carrol and Jim Aikman of Oklahoma City; and grandson Jack Reynolds Aikman and his wife Caroline Aikman of Phenix City, AL. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials in her name to Vian United Methodist Church, 209 N. Blackstone, Vian, OK 74962.

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Mary Reynolds

September 14, 1932 - March 3, 2025