Vernon "Jack" Martin Motley

Jack Motley, 86, Tecumseh, Oklahoma resident, passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 in Shawnee.

He was born July 26, 1936 to Vernon and Halsa Motley in Macomb, Oklahoma.

He married Pat Byford on January 26, 1957 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. 

Jack graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1955. After graduation, and a summer playing baseball in Canada, he attended Oklahoma A&M on a football scholarship. After a knee injury ended his football playing days, he and Pat moved to Fresno, CA where he played minor league baseball for the San Francisco Giants farm team and worked in the plumbing industry as a salesman. In 1965, with a young family, he and Pat moved back to the Bethel Acres area where he resided until his passing. He worked as a truck driver, driving cross country and locally throughout his career. He loved raising horses and cows and was always working outside. He was always on the never-ending search to try and train the next great cutting horse, a passion he acquired as a youngster in Tecumseh.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Pat, on February 17, 2006; his parents; and his brother, Jerry Paul Motley.           

Survivors include 2 daughters and 1 son-in-law, Cindy and Charles Crawford and Lisa Osborn, all of Tecumseh; son and daughter-n-law, Steve and Debbie Motley of Shawnee; grandchildren, Chad Stewart, Lindsay Emerson, Jason Prewett, Connor Osborn, and Brooklyn Lauck; numerous great-grandchildren; and many other family and friends.

Visitation will be come and go on Sunday, February 5, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, February 6, 2023, with the family gathering to meet with friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday. Service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at Cooper Funeral Home with Brad Walck officiating. Burial will follow at Tecumseh Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh. Please join the celebration of Jack Motley’s life through Cooper Funeral Home’s Facebook page for live streaming of the service.