Carolyn Miles Lone Elk

Funeral services for Carolyn Miles Lone Elk, 62, Hammon resident, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Hammon Indian Community Center, officiated by Gerald Panana.

There will be a traditional all night wake service starting at 7 p.m. Friday in the Indian Community Center.

Mrs. Lone Elk was born Feb. 10, 1952 in Clinton, the daughter of Darwin Lone Elk and Maxine Miles-Candy. She died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in her Hammon home.

She was raised in Hammon and attended Hammon Schools before marrying Douglas Lone Elk in 1971. He has since preceded her in death, and she has been a companion to Billy Ray Jackson since 1979. They have made their homes in Hammon, Elk City, and Shamrock, Texas.

She was a member of the Cheyenne Tribe and a descendant of Chief Yellow Wolfe, Chief Red Moon, Chief Yellow Eyes Red Lodge and Chief Traveler.

Preceding her in death were her parents and granddaughter, Casandra Lone Elk.

She is survived by her companion, Billy Ray Jackson, of the home; a daughter, Phyllis Lone Elk, Shamrock, Texas; a son, Orville Miles, and his wife, Berdella, of Elk City; two sisters, Veronica Martinez, and her husband, “Red,” of Hammon and Laura Candy Byrd, of Hammon; four brothers, Melvin Miles, and his wife, Karen, of El Reno, Rector Candy and his wife, Rachel, of Hammon, Rickey Candy and his wife, Tammi, of Elk City, Stewart Candy, of Hammon; nine grandchildren, Tatiana Miles, Jessica Lone Elk, Frankie “Kankie” Lone Elk, Eva Lone Elk, Phillip Lone Elk, Dillon Bradley, Tommy Bradley, Dalton Bradley and Nicole Bradley; and two great-grandchildren, Cassandra Young Bull and Corey James Young Bull.

Burial will conclude in the Hammon Indian Mennonite Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.