Gene Shields

Funeral services for Gene Shields will be held Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM at the Assembly of God Church of Okemah. Interment will follow at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah. Alfred Eugene “Gene” Shields was born June 9, 1953 in Okemah, Oklahoma to Francis “Frank” Lester Shields and Viola Marie (Brown) Shields. Gene was a lifelong resident of the Okemah area and a 1971 graduate of Okemah High School. He and Kathleen “Kathy” Diane Atwell were married March 15, 1975 in Bristow, Oklahoma. Gene worked many years as a butcher with Clay’s Grocery and later with I.G.A. in Okemah. He also worked in the oilfields as a tank truck driver for Duncan Tank Trucks from 1978-2012 and with P & I of Okemah. Gene was a heck of a storyteller and enjoyed farming, working cattle, horses and playing music. He loved watching and listening to the Sunday morning gospel shows and loved his family dearly. He is preceded in death by his parents; one grandson, Jeremy Shields; one sister, Charlotte Ousley and his son in law, Jack Brewster. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Shields of the home; three sons, Billy Ray Shields and wife Amy of Okemah, Timmy Wayne Shields and wife Shirley of Okemah and Chance Shields and wife Amanda of Okemah; one daughter, Leslie Brewster of Mason; one sister, Kay McGee and husband Donald of Okemah; 11 grandchildren, Kennedy Brewster, Kade Brewster, Lane Shields, Braxton Shields, Wyatt Chartney, Piper Shields, Tyler Neal, Matthew Neal, Ashley Green, Brayden Scearce and Jillian Spriggs; 4 great-grandchildren, Indi Spriggs, Blane Spriggs, Avery Neal and Aveitia Neal, brother in law, Sonny Ousley of Okemah and a host of nieces and nephews. Serving as active pallbearers will be Leslie Brewster, Billy Shields, Timmy Shields, Chance Shields, Michael Atwell and Jason Bleeker. Honorary bearers include Jimmy Goodwin, Larry Earnest, Dewayne Wilson, Paul Albright, Justin Smith, Johnny Underwood, Trent Harelson and Raymond Godfrey. Services will be under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Okemah, Oklahoma and officiated by Sister Nancy Dodson. Online condolences may be made at www.ParksBrothersFuneralHome.com.

Gene Shields

June 9, 1953 - September 17, 2024