Gracie "Nan" Bullard O’Neal celebrates 80th birthday

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Gracie “Nan” Bullard O’Neal, center, celebrates her 80th birthday Jan. 15 with her family and friends. Pictured with her, from left, are her sisters, Pearl Baucom and Leota McDaniel. Photo by Rachel Petersen

January 18, 2012

By Rachel Petersen Staff Writer The McAlester News-Capital Wed Jan 18, 2012, 04:28 PM CST

McALESTER — On Jan. 15, Gracie “Nan” Bullard O’Neal, of McAlester, celebrated her 80th birthday with her family and friends at the Masonic Lodge on North Main Street.

O’Neal was born on Jan. 10, 1932, to Sam and Ada Noble in Gowen, Okla. The Nobles, now passed, had 10 children, including Gracie.

O’Neal celebrated her birthday with many of her friends and family, including her husband John O’Neal. The O’Neals will be celebrating their 28th wedding anniversary in February.

Gracie O’Neal has one daughter, Diane Isbell; two grandsons, Marty and wife Paula, and Marlan Isbell; and two great grandchildren, Miranda and Marvin Isbell, all of McAlester. Her sisters, Pearl Baucom and Leota McDaniel, of McAlester, also helped put together her birthday party.

She was very surprised, she said, by the party her family threw for her 80th birthday.

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