Opal Lee

Saunders

Opal Lee (Arter) Saunders, 98 years of age, passed away on March 5, 2024, in Lexington.  The daughter of Lee Wesley and Gladys Bertha  (Johnson) Arter, Opal was born on January 15, 1926, in Bradley, Oklahoma.

Opal attended school in Bradley and Lindsay, graduating from Lindsay High School.  She married the love of her life, Haskell Leon Saunders on Janary 4, 1944.  They were married 24 years until Haskell passed away in 1968.  Opal remained a widow until her passing at the age of 98.  Her family said that she was a tough, hard-working lady all of her days.

Opal worked on the farm and pulled cotton.  She worked for many years in the broom corn field and most of the time ran the bailer.  Most of her working career she worked at the Oklahoma Meat Company making chicken fried steaks. Even until the last days of her life, Opal could be found working at the Dibble Senior Citizens Center.   She enjoyed watching Joel Osteen on TV and considered him her pastor.  She would be quite upset if the program was interrupted.  Opal loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and even great, great grandchildren.

Opal was preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Gladys Arter; her husband, Haskell Leon Saunders; her daughter, Linda Montague; infant grandson, Haskell Leon Saunders; sister, Beulah O'Dell; and three brothers, Alvin, Harold and Loyd Arter.

She is survived by her son, Rudy Saunders; son-in-law, Kenneth Montague; three granddaughters, Kathey Lee and husband Jeff, Tammie Deskin, and Tiffany Markham; great-grandchildren, Maegan Owens and husband Jason, Checotah Lee, Montana Deskin, Courtney Curtis, Kassidy Skillern and husband Tim, Dalton Allen and wife Sierra, and Dakota Markham; great, great grandchildren, Cyleigh, Cayleb, Jace, Cayden, Zane, Bryson, Karma, Hudson, and Hadlee; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and other loving family members and friends.

A funeral service will be at 2:00 P.M., Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Eisenhour Funeral Home Chapel in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery in Lindsay.  Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard.  Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.