WILLIAM DUANE TWIST's Obituary
WILLIAM DUANE TWIST, 86, A CHEROKEE NATION CITIZEN, PASSED AWAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 IN TULSA, OK. HE WAS BORN, JULY 13, 1934 TO KUROKI TWIST AND RUTH (LAWHORN) TWIST OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. WILLIAM GREW UP IN CARBON DALE, TULSA, OK. HE WENT TO CLINTON JR. HIGH AND GRADUATED FROM WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL IN 1952. WILLIAM MARRIED SHIRLEY L REAVIS ON JANUARY 19, 1956 IN TULSA, OK. HE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS, LISA K. TWIST AND TANA L. TWIST, TWO GRANDSONS, GREGORY A. OVERSTREET AND JOSHUA OVERSTREET, GREAT-GRANDSON CADE E. OVERSTREET, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, SHIRLEY (REAVIS) TWIST; FATHER, KUROKI TWIST; MOTHER, RUTH (LAWHORN) TWIST; SISTER, SHARON L. TWIST; BROTHER, DAVID T. "TONY" TWIST AND NEPHEW, DAVID E. TWIST. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WILLIAM BECAME AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER IN TULSA, OK. IN 1982, HE MOVED HIS FAMILY TO GARLAND, TEXAS TO DO HIS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNING PRACTICE UNTIL RETIREMENT. AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH, HE AND HIS DAUGHTER DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO OKLAHOMA. WILLIAM WAS VERY INTELLECTUAL IN MANY SUBJECTS SINCE HE WAS AN AVID READER, AND A TALENTED ARTIST. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY GREATLY AND WE LOVE AND MISS HIM.
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