Birth date: Sep 23, 1938 Death date: Mar 9, 2026
Opal Carr, age 87, passed away on March 9, 2026, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was born on September 23, 1938, in Delaware, Arkansas to Lamar and Ruby Hickerson. Opal was a woman who found joy in life’s simple and meaningful mom Read Obituary
This is for my sister Debbie and Victoria,
Before her final breath, Mom shed a tear. Not to cry for herself. She cried quietly for you. Her greatest fear wasn't death, but the thought of you calling her name one day, and finding she was no longer there to answer. And when her heart stopped, her prayers didn't. Her last breath was a whisper to God, asking Him to hold you when she no longer can.
Mom always made me a Neapolitan cake for my birthday every year. She was proper and had manners along with a wicked sense of humor. She was so beautiful and striking with her salt and pepper hair.
-Robin
One of my most treasured memories of Nee Naw is simply spending time with her on her back porch in the springtime. Fresh sun tea in hand, swinging on a hanging wicker chair, the sound of a babbling bird bath, lawn mowers blowing in the distance, a family of baby birds chirping above in a handmade birdhouse and overlooking an immaculately manicured lawn full of lush flowers. If Heaven was on earth, it for sure was there. Nee Naw made those around her feel beautiful, and her world look beautiful - what a gift she was to us, but especially her grandchildren who just couldn't get enough of her. She is so deeply missed.
