In Memory

Christina Pond (Willis)

Christina “Tina” Ann Willis, 29, of Wright City, passed away on July 12, 2010 in Moyer, Oklahoma.

 The daughter of Mark Pond and Gwen Wesley, Tina was born February 17, 1981 in Paris, Texas and had lived in this county all of her life. She was affiliated with the Bethel Hill United Methodist and the St. Matthews Indian Presbyterian Churches. Tina graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1999 and on May 29th of that same year she married her sweetheart, Kerry Allen Willis, in a ceremony at St. Matthews Indian Presbyterian Church in Broken Bow. She was employed with the Choctaw Nation as a social worker and was pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice from Eastern Oklahoma State University. Tina was a very loving daughter, wife and mother. Her activities were centered on her children as she enjoyed coaching them in summer league ball and Choctaw Princess Pageants. Tina also enjoyed bead work, playing co-ed softball and playing stickball.
 
 Tina was preceded in death by her grandma and grandpa, Williamson and Lydia Wesley; grandfather, James Walter Pond; grandmother-in-law, Francis Willis; and one aunt, Cleta Wesley.
 
 She is survived by her parents, Mark Pond and Gwen Wesley, of Broken Bow; her beloved husband, Kerry Willis, of the home; four precious children, Alyssa LaShea Willis, Ashton Zachary Willis, Akeiley Francis Willis and Ashur Allen Willis; grandmother, Mary Laverne Pond, of Broken Bow; mother-in-law, Earlene Willis, of Wright City; father-in-law, Roy Willis, of Tecumseh, OK; two brothers, Mark Alan Wesley, William “J.P.” Pond; brother-in-law, Gerald Willis and his wife, Narissa; sisters-in-law, Kristy Willis, Racquel Willis; great-aunt, Lucille Willie; co-workers and friends at the Choctaw Nation Outreach Program; special niece and nephew, Latisha McGee and Jade Wesley; numerous other aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.