Brian Phillip Utter

OBITUARY FOR BRIAN PHILLIP "BUCKY" UTTER AFTER A VALIANT BATTLE WITH CANCER, BRIAN "BUCKY" UTTER PEACEFULLY SLIPPED INTO THE ARMS OF HIS SAVIOR ON JUNE 10, 2015 IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA AT THE AGE OF 65. HE LEAVES BEHIND THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, HIS WIFE GINNY UTTER; HIS DAUGHTERS JULIE THORNTON (TIM) AND THEIR CHILDREN ADDISON AND JAKE; EMILY WILLIAMS AND HER CHILDREN KAYLA, LANIE AND JOSEPH AND ERIN DORY (MIKE) AND THEIR DAUGHTER NORAH, ALL OF TULSA. BRIAN WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 1, 1950 IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA TO FRED T. UTTER, SR. AND HIS WIFE GERALDINE, BOTH OF WHOM PREDECEASED HIM. BRIAN AND HIS BROTHER ENJOYED A CHILDHOOD RICH IN LOVE OF GOD AND FAMILY. FROM AN EARLY AGE HE EXCELLED IN SPORTS. PRIOR TO HIS GRADUATION FROM NATHAN HALE HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS ABILITIES BY NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING BEING NAMED TO THE ALL CITY, ALL CONFERENCE AND ALL STATE FOOTBALL TEAMS AND BEING NAMED ALL CITY AND ALL CONFERENCE IN BASEBALL. HE PLAYED CENTERFIELD ON NATHAN HALE'S 1969 STATE 4A BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. BRIAN WAS RECRUITED AND PLAYED TIGHT END FOR HIS BELOVED OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY COWBOYS. HE EARNED BOTH A BACHELORS AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY FROM OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. BRIAN FIERCELY LOVED HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS JOB AND OSU. HIS ENTHUSIASM AND EXUBERANT APPROACH TO LIFE WERE CONTAGIOUS. THOSE TRAITS RESULTED IN A DEVOTED GROUP OF LIFELONG FRIENDS AND ALSO PHENOMENAL SUCCESS AS A SALES MANAGER FOR MRC GLOBAL AND HIS PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, SOONER PIPE AND SUPPLY. HE WAS ALWAYS PREPARED, PROFESSIONAL AND DEDICATED TO EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS. HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS REMEMBER HIS PASSION FOR THREE THINGS. FIRST, BRIAN WAS A LOYAL AND TRUE OSU COWBOY ALL OF HIS LIFE. ONE OF HIS FAVORITE ACTIVITIES WAS ENTERTAINING HIS FRIENDS AT TAILGATES PRIOR TO COWBOY GAMES. SECOND WAS HIS JOY IN GOLF, AT WHICH HE EXCELLED. AND THIRD, BUCKY WAS A MASTER WITH A GRILL AND SMOKER. HE LOVED SHARING THAT SKILL WITH EVERYONE HE KNEW. THOSE WHO KNEW BRIAN PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN THE PETROLEUM SUPPLY INDUSTRY. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PETROLEUM CLUB. BRIAN IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, AS WELL AS HIS BROTHER FRED T. UTTER, JR (NANCY) OF TULSA AND BROTHER-IN-LAW JIM OWEN (JUDY) OF MOUNT VERNON, ARKANSAS, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW AND MANY LOVED NIECES AND NEPHEWS. A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE HELD IN THE SANCTUARY OF THE KIRK OF THE HILLS LOCATED AT 4102 E. 61ST STREET ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH AT 11:00 AM.. IN SALUTE OF HIS WELL-LIVED LIFE, HIS FAMILY RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT RATHER THAN FLOWERS, HE BE REMEMBERED WITH A DONATION IN HIS HONOR TO THE AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION OR TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNSEL OF GREATER TULSA. MOORE'S ROSEWOOD CHAPEL www.moorefuneral.com

Brian Phillip Utter

February 1, 1950 - June 10, 2015