Phyllis Jean

Wilson

Phyllis Jean (Bingaman) Wilson, 95, of Blanchard, died Friday, February 28, 2025, in Norman, Oklahoma.  She was born July 9, 1929, in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Samuel Calvin Bingaman and Lora Elsie (Horn) Bingaman, the second of four siblings.  The family moved many times before coming to Blanchard in the fall of 1941.  The first thing the family did was join the Methodist Church and all were baptized.

Phyllis entered Blanchard Schools in the fifth grade and graduated high school in June 1948.  She was on the Student Council, in the choir and a cheerleader.  After working a short time for Standard Foods in Oklahoma City, she married the love of her life, Billy R. Wilson, at St. Luke's Methodist Church on July 9, 1948.  They lived on the family farm until the fall of 1949 when Bill decided to go to college on the GI Bill.  They moved to Lawton where he attended Cameron College for one semester.  They moved back to Blanchard and purchased eighty acres which joined the family farm.  Bill was soon given the opportunity to become a clerk in the Blanchard Post Office, later transferring to a rural carrier position.  Their first child, a son, Jeffery Alan, was born February 26, 1952.  When Jeff entered school, Phyllis worked as a substitute teacher for a couple of years before getting the opportunity to go to work as a clerk at the Blanchard Post Office.  She worked twelve and a half years at Blanchard before the Postmaster's job at Dibble became available.  She applied and was hired by the Sectional Center in Oklahoma City.  In 1960, their second child, a daughter, Alisa Ann arrived.

Phyllis retired in 1989 after twelve and a half years as Postmaster.  She had many interests.  She took classes in calligraphy and flower arranging at the Vo-Tech.  She attended a genealogy class at USAO and a three-day course at OSU in Stillwater.  She and Bill visited many cemeteries in Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana, searching for great and great-great grandparents.  She also took a story writing course at OCCC.

Phyllis was a leader for a Blue Bird Group and an FFA Mother where she spent many a cold day in the show barns with her children and grandchildren.  Bill and some friends formed a company, Blanchard Properties, where they developed Four Oaks, Oak Leaf Meadows, and Deer Run.  Bill and Phyllis built several homes in the Oak Leaf development.  He did the contracting and she did the designing.  It was something they both enjoyed.  After retiring, they purchased a fifth wheel and took many fishing trips with their close friends, Vernon and Betty Mitchell, and Coetta and Doyal Beckham, to lakes and parks in Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado.

Phyllis had a great love for God and her church.  She taught Sunday School, was youth director, and served on the board and nominating committee.  Bill and Phyllis joined a Share Group during a revival at the church.  There were six couples who shared their problems, their dreams, the problems of the church families,  many good meals, but mostly Bible studies and lots and lots of prayers.  The group stayed together for 19 years, meeting each Wednesday in one of their homes.

Phyllis was preceded in death by her loving husband of 69 years, Bill Wilson; her parents; a great granddaughter, Lexi Selsor; two sisters, Dorothy McMakin and Jo Ann Hunter; and one brother, Sam Bingaman, Jr.

She is survived by her son, Jeff Wilson and wife, Debbie, of Blanchard; her daughter, Alisa Ann Wilson of Blanchard; grandchildren, James Russell Pitmon and wife, Charlotte, of Florida, Kristen Wilson of Blanchard, Curtis Wilson of Dibble; Sarah Pitmon of Blanchard, and Kody Pitmon and wife, Madison, of Georgia; great grandchildren, Laynie, Lorelei, Zackary, Skyler, John, Brenna, Evelyn, Aurelia, and Elodie; many nieces and nephews; and many other loved ones and friends.

Viewing for family and friends will be from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the funeral home.  Funeral service will be 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 7, 2025, at The Methodist Church of Blanchard.  Burial will follow in the Blanchard Cemetery.  Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home in Blanchard.  Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.