Helen Louise Gouge

Funeral services for Helen Louise Gouge will be held Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the Hanna Indian Community Center. Interment will follow at the Gouge Family Cemetery of Hanna, also known as The Gouge Paradise. Wake services will be Monday, 7:00 PM also at the community center. Helen Louise Gouge was born November 19, 1947 in McIntosh County near Dustin, Oklahoma to Albert and Sallie (Spaniard) Gouge. She passed away Friday, March 24, 2023 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma at the age of 75, surrounded by family. Ms. Gouge was a resident of Wetumka, Oklahoma and was a retired home health care worker and phlebotomist. Ms. Gouge had a strong personality, she was very opinionated about things that she cared about. She had a strong belief in the proper protocol of the Ceremonial Grounds, whether it was cooking things correctly or advising the younger generation. She enjoyed attending any events that included her great-grandsons. Her hobbies included baking pies, quilting, going to garage sales, and watching OU Football, she also enjoyed versing in the Muscogee (Creek) Language. She is preceded in death by her parents; 6 brothers, Felix, Cecil, Wilbur, Wilford, William & Ernest Gouge and 5 sisters, Melissa Gouge, Sarah Wilson, Nancy Deere, Deann Gouge, & Elizabeth Townsend. Survivors include her son, Charles Allen Harley and wife Millie of Wetumka and two sisters, Evelyn Wood of Okmulgee and Tina Gouge of Humble, Texas, also survived by two grandsons, Josh & Matt Harley, one granddaughter, Allyssa Wind, three great-grandsons, Samuel, Jacob, & Dustin Harley, two great-granddaughters, Joshlynn Harley & Millie Wind, & numerous nieces, nephews, family & friends. Serving as active pallbearers will be Leonard Gouge, Timmy Gouge, Samuel Harley, Travis Gouge, Matthew Harley and Josh Harley. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be her nephews and grandsons. Services will be under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Wetumka and officiated by Phillip Harjo. Please direct flower orders to Flowers on Main in Okmulgee, Oklahoma (918)-752-5834. Online condolences may be made at www.ParksBrothersFuneralHome.com.

Helen Louise Gouge

November 19, 1947 - March 24, 2023