Carolyn Sue (Ford) Suttle

Funeral Service for Carolyn Sue (Ford) Suttle, 84, formerly of Sallisaw, Oklahoma will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 27, 2024 at Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Sallisaw City Cemetery in Sallisaw, Oklahoma under the direction of Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc.

Carolyn Sue (Ford) Suttle was born May 31, 1940, in Marble City, Oklahoma to the parents of William Emerson Ford and Clara Elizabeth (Perry) Ford and passed away on September 19, 2024, in Plano, Texas. Sue had six older brothers and sisters and four younger brothers and sisters. The family moved from Marble City to Sallisaw in 1953.

Sue attended Sallisaw High School where she was a starter on defense for the women’s basketball team. She graduated in May of 1958.

After high school, Sue was employed by the Sequoyah County Courthouse. While working in this position, Sue first met her future husband, Robert Earl Suttle. Robert and Sue were married on June 12, 1964, in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Robert’s position in the United States Army, took Him and Sue to Germany in early 1965. Robert and Sue became parents to their only child, Robbin, while stationed in Germany in 1966. After retiring from the military, Robert and Sue relocated to Sallisaw, Oklahoma so they could be closer to Sue’s family.

Sue was a faithful member of the Sallisaw Church of Christ where she was involved in student teaching, chaperoned on student trips, helped prepare meals for families in need and volunteered in a host of ways as the needs arose.

Sue retired from the Sequoyah County Tax Assessor Office. On January 17, 2003, Sue was promoted to her favorite new role as grandmother. For the next 21 years, Sue and Robert made numerous trips to Plano, Texas to watch Emily in ballet performances, choir concerts, and various drama performances both at school and at church. Each summer, Sue and Robert would invite Emily up to Sallisaw for a week of cookie making, horse riding and numerous trips to Braum’s for ice cream.

Sue was preceded in death by her parents, William Emerson Ford and Clara Elizabeth Perry Ford, brothers E.B., Wyatt, and Ronnie Ford, sisters, Eldee Miller, Bernice Wilkins, Betty Jo Sanders, and Sylvia Stephens.

Sue is survived by her brothers Bill, Clifton and Johnnie Ford, daughter Robbin Elizabeth Suttle Dill and son-in-law Matt Dill of Plano, Texas, and her granddaughter Emily Dill, also of Plano, Texas and many nephews and nieces on both sides of the family.

Active Pallbearers will be Matt Dill, Kurt Stephens, Keith Darcy, Larry Spears, Cana Hall and John Brewer. 

Honorary Pallbearers will be Bill Ford, Clifton Ford and Johnny Ford. 

Viewing will be 10 AM - 8 PM Thursday at Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Home in Sallisaw where the family will greet 6 - 8 PM. 

In lieu of flowers, the family humbly requests that you consider making donations to the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.