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.

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