![]() Step-granddaughter, Sidney and husband Spencer Smith and their children Rowan and Denver. Other survivors include her stepsons Jerry Wayne McFerron and wife Carrie of Tyler, Texas, Dale Andrew Mcferron and wife Allison of Bella Vista, Arkansas, Monte Scott McFerron and wife Lori of Neosho, Missouri step grandsons, Samuel McFerron, of Missoula, Montana, Alan McFerron and wife Mia, of Joplin Missouri, Jared McFerron and wife Kelsey and their children Hazel and Sylvie of Dallas, Texas. She is also survived by many dear cousins on both sides of the family. She is also survived by her daughter Juli Diana Davis of Miami, Oklahoma, granddaughter Sarah Jo Davis of Wyandotte, Oklahoma, grandson Guy Alan Davis of Joplin, Missouri, brother Guy Stephen Swadley and wife Beverly of Noble, Oklahoma, nephew Guy Andrew Swadley and wife Keona of Edmond, Oklahoma, sister-in-law Norma Sue Simpson and her daughters Laura Simpson of Duarte, California, and Sue Simpson of Clovis, California. He survives her in their home in Miami, Oklahoma. Judy married Jerry Lee McFerron on October 24th, 2020. Judy will be missed by the many lives she has touched. She was a strong support for Twin Rivers Grain and Cattle and a joy to her family, friends, colleagues, and students. Everything she accomplished was done with kindness and determination. She had a selfless, caring heart to everyone she met and always put the needs of others above herself. ![]() Her faith carried her through many of life's difficulties and was the core of her life and motivation. Her love for the Lord and her family was most important in her life. Judy was a member of the First Baptist Church of Miami from 1961 and faithfully served the Lord there her entire married life, raising her family and serving as a Bible teacher for 50 years, singing in the Worship Choir, working in Vacation Bible School, and serving on numerous committees. She was also an active member of the Miami, Oklahoma Twentieth Century Club. She was honored for her years of dedication and service to the teaching profession by being selected by the Ottawa County Educators Association as a "Very Important Member" of the OCEA for 2013. ![]() She was an active member of the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association and the Ottawa County Retired Educators Association. Judy said, "It was indeed a blessing to be hired as the first teacher in the startup of a new school." She served in the school from 2000 to 2003 and said she loved the children she taught and enjoyed all her years in the teaching profession. She was voted Wyandotte Public School "Teacher of the Year" in 1984 by her peers and was elected as "Oklahoma Education Association Zone 16 District Teacher of the Year" by the State Teacher of the Year Screening Committee.Īfter retiring from Wyandotte Public School in 1998, she served as a teacher and Principal of Green Country Christian School, a new private school, housed at First Baptist Church of Miami, Oklahoma. During her career at Wyandotte, she served as President and Treasurer of the Wyandotte Education Association. Judy taught elementary school at Wyandotte Public School for 21 years. Judy was preceded in death by her father, Guy Swadley Jr., on October 18, 1980, and her mother, Ruby Palmer Swadley on August 10, 2015. ![]() Larry preceded her in death after 57 years of marriage on February 3, 2019, and her son Joseph Alan Davis preceded her in death on November 22, 2019. They were blessed with two wonderful children, Juli Diana Davis and Joseph Alan Davis and was deeply devoted to her beloved family. They established their home east of Miami on a third-generation family-owned farm, now known as "Twin Rivers Grain and Cattle". Davis, an OBU graduate from Miami, Oklahoma, on September 17, 1961. She graduated from Eufaula High School in 1958, attended Oklahoma Baptist University and later graduated from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education. She became a Christian at Vacation Bible School in 1952 at First Baptist Church, Eufaula, Oklahoma, and was baptized by Reverend V.O. Judy, a devout follower of Jesus Christ, was a loving daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother. and Ruby (Palmer) Swadley, of Eufaula, Oklahoma. She was born July 29, 1940, at the Muskogee Baptist Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Guy Swadley Jr. Julianna, "Judy", (Swadley) Davis-McFerron, of Miami, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri. ![]()
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