Mary J. Restine Crutchfield was born July 3, 1935 in Fort Smith Arkansas to Walter and Katherine (Grayston) Restine. She grew up in Bokoshe, Oklahoma with her five siblings. Mary was a devout Catholic and a faithful member of St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church. She was a baseball fan and loved the St. Louis Cardinals.
After graduating in 1953 from Bokoshe High, Mary moved to Oklahoma City to pursue a career in bookkeeping. On October 27, 1956 she married her high school sweetheart and love of her life Joe "J.E" Crutchfield. They lived in California for three and half years then moved back to Oklahoma to raise their family. They were married fifty-eight wonderful years.
Mary was survived by her daughter Theresa Martin and husband Doyle of Locust Grove, Oklahoma and son Steve Crutchfield and wife Kathryn of Wagoner, Oklahoma. One sister Margaret Fesperman of Barling, Arkansas; Six grandchildren and five great grandchildren; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, friends, and loved ones.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband Joe "J.E" Crutchfield, her son Kevin Crutchfield, and her brothers Pete, John, Walter "Tootie", and Pat Restine. Visitation will be 2-4 PM, Sunday, Mach 15, 2015 at Moore's Southlawn, 9350 E. 51st, Tulsa, OK. Service will be 10:00 A.M., Monday, March 16, 2015 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 2720 S. 129th E. Ave., Tulsa, OK. Burial will be at Dick Duck Cemetery, Catoosa.