Willard A. Barnett

November 6, 1947 - August 26, 2020

WILLARD A. BARNETT WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 06, 1947 in WEISER IDAHO TO ANDERSON AND VIRGINIA BARNETT. HIS FAMILY BROUGHT HIM TO OKLAHOMA AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND THIS HAS BEEN HIS HOME EVER SINCE. WILLARD LEFT THIS TROUBLED WORLD AND WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD AND OTHR FAMILY AND FRIENDS GONE BEFORE HIM ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26TH, 2020 AT THE AGE OF 72. WILLARD WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE OILFIELD INDUSTRY AS AN ASSEMBLY MECHANIC BUILDING OILFIELD SERVICE RIGS. IN THE LATE 70’S HE VENTURED OUT TO START HIS OWN BUSINESS DOING THE SAME TPYE OF WORK AND WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL UNTIL THE OIL INDUSTRY DECLINED AS WELL AS HIS HEALTH. WILLARD LOVED HIS FAMILY AND PLACED THEM FIRST NO MATTER WHAT, HE HAD A PASSION FOR FISHING, WEEK END TRIPS TO THE LAKE WERE VERY COMMON UNTIL HIS SONS BEGAN PLAYING SPORTS. HE LOVED TEACHING AND MENTORING YOUNG PEOPLE AND BECAME A LITTLE LEAGUE COACH FOR BOTH BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. BOTH HIS SONS WILL TELL YOU HE WAS FROM THE OLD SCHOOL, HE DID NOT BELIEVE IN PARTICIPATION TROPHY’S BUT BELIEVED YOU EARNED YOUR SUCCESS BY HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. HE MAY NOT ALWAYS TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR, HE TOLD YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED TO HEAR. HE WAS TOUGH BUT FAIR. AS TIME MOVED ON, HE WAS THE SAME WITH HIS GRANDKIDS. THERE WAS NOTHING HE WOULD RATHER DO THAN WATCH HIS GRANDKIDS PLAYING SPORTS. EACH ONE HAD THIR OWN SPECIAL TALENTS AND HE ALWAYS HAD SOME TYPE OF ADVICE FOR THEM BUT ALSO HAD MUCH PRAISE. HE WAS SO PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. ANOTHER PASSION WILLARD HAD WAS AIREAL FIREWORKS. HE WAS SO PROUD OF THE FACT THAT HE PUT ON THE TULSA BOOM RIVER FIREWORKS SHOW FOR 17 YEARS STRAIGHT. HE WAS A VERY PATRIOTIC MAN AND LOVED HIS COUNTRY. HE DELIGHTED IN HEARING THE CROWD CHEERING AFTER THE FINALE. WILLARD IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND HIGHSCHOOL SWEETHEART OF 54 YEARS PAULETTE. HIS SON DOUG BARNETT AND WIFE WENDY OF BEGGS, OK, HIS SON RICK BARNETT OF BROKEN ARROW OK. HIS SISTER DONNA MENJIBAR OF TULSA, OK GRANDAUGHTER BRITNY PORTER AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF MANNFORD OK. GRANDSONS CORY BARNETT OF BROKEN ARRROW, JARROD BARNETT OF BEGGS, OK AND MIKEY BARNETT, OF BEGGS OK. 3 BEAUTIFUL GREAT GRANDSONS JAGGER PORTER, WESTON PORTER AND WILDER PORTER ALL OF MANNFORD, OK. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY MANY NEICES, NEPHEWS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT ADMIRED HIM AND WILL MISS HIM DEARLY. WILLARD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER AND FATHER ANDERSON AND VIRGINIA BARNETT AND HIS SISTERS NORMA LAWLEY AND GEORGIA GUFFEY. IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT DURING THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME THAT WILLARD WAS A MAN THAT MADE AN IMPPRESSION AND TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE. WE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM SO MUCH BUT WE HAVE A LIFETIME OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES TO CLING TO. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO A VIEWING AND THE SERVICE WE HAD PLANNED. WE WILL BE HAVING A CELEBRATON OF LIFE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WILLARD IN A COUPLE WEEKS – DETAILS TO FOLLOW. IN LEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE HONOR HIM MY DONATING TO YOUR FAVORITE CHARITY.