David L. Ventris

Davie Lew (Dub) Ventris, 85, passed away October 21, 2020 in Oklahoma City. Graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Perkins Cemetery, Perkins, Oklahoma. Arrangements have been entrusted to Dighton Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater.
Dub was born the sixth child to Clarence E. Ventris and Alta Wells Ventris on May 16, 1935, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
After graduating from hjgh school, he served his county by joining the Marine Corp. He married Retha Ann Reynolds July 2, 1959 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They made their home in the Perkins area. He was employed as a printer for Moore Business Forms. The couple were blessed with two sons and one daughter: Tommy, Terry and Angelica.
Dub loved spending time with his family, watching Gunsmoke, a good buffet and was a great cook. He also enjoyed football and coached little league. He was active in Freedom Church in Perkins.
Survivors include his wife, Retha of the home; his sons and daughter: Tommy Ventris and his wife Lottie of Perkins, Terry Ventris and his wife Tammie of Princeton, Texas, and Angelica Laurent and her husband Joseph of The Colony, Texas; his grandchildren: Meghan Crawford and her husband Zack, Alexa Ross and her husband Justin, Rachel Laurent, Frazier Ventris, Leah Mattsson and her husband Dustin; and Hannah Lauren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, seven sibling: Quinton (Big Bub) Ventris, Norma Dean Harris, Carlita LaVerde, Delores (Dosie) Little, Ewel (Bub) Ventris, Judy Davis and Karen Cole; and a son: Timmy Ventris.