James E. Vap, 1943-2009

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James Edward Vap was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma 5-Sep-1943 to Velery Vap and Mary Allene Clancy.

Marriage - Sally Gale Gilliam

James married Sally Gale Gilliam on 2-Feb-1964.

Children

Nancy Caroline Vap
Caren Vap
Jamie Dawn Vap

Marriage - Loretta Jo Cunningham

James married Loretta Jo (Cunningham) Diprete on 16-Jun-1978 in Orange County, California.

Marriage - Edith Joan Mischel

James married Edith Joan Mischel on 5-Aug-1984 in Clark County, Nevada.

Death

James Edward Vap died 8-Aug-2009 in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Obituary

EDMOND - Funeral for James Edward Vap, 65, Edmond, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crews Funeral Home Chapel, Apache, with the Rev. Bud Jones officiating.

Mr. Vap died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 in Edmond.

Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

He was born Sept. 5, 1943, in Anadarko, to Velery and Mary Allene Clancy Vap. He grew up in Apache, and worked at the Apache Co-op when he was in high school. He married Sally Gilliam on Feb. 2, 1964. He was a trucker for Tyson Foods. He later married Edith Mischel on Aug. 5, 1985. While working for Tyson Foods, he was named Driver of the Year before he retired.

Survivors include three daughters: Nancy Vap and Jamie Dawdy, both of Cyril; and Caren Vap, Edmond; a stepdaughter, Brenda Bradley, Indianapolis; three grandchildren: Blake Bradley, Bailey Bradley and Jordan Bradley; and many cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a grandson, Dalton Dawdy.