Gary Robbins

 Gary Don Robbins, 71, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at his home in Perry, Oklahoma. Service arrangements have been entrusted to Dighton-Marler Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10 a.m. March 10, 2025, at Perry Assembly of God Church. Rev. Brett Nation will officiate.

Gary was born June 15, 1953, in Paus Valley, Oklahoma, the son of Billy Earl Robbins and Charlene (Arnold) Mickle. He spent his childhood in Lindsay but moved with his family to Ventura, California, at a young age when he was raised. He went to high school but earned his GED, then joined the United States Army, serving in the Vietnam War. After the army, he worked long hours in the oilfield industry, eventually becoming self-employed as a completion foreman, then later becoming an oil field consultant.

He met Brenda Knapp in a beauty shop in Lindsay, Oklahoma and they were married May 15, 1993, in the Erin Springs Baptist Church in Lindsay. The couple moved to Perry from Edgewood, NM in 2021. Although he was raised Baptist, after coming to Perry the couple began attending Perry Assembly of God Church.

Gary loved to cook, fish, hunt, watch old western and war movies and old-time country music. He also enjoyed traveling the world and going on short drives with his wife with whom together they loved to talk and laugh, sometimes for hours. He mostly loved being with family and his dog, whom he called Teddy Boy. He was known as a man who was a giving person who loved deeply, esteeming others higher than himself.

He is survived by his wife, Brenda of the home; his sons: Gary Don Robbins Jr., Matthew Trent Robbins of Lindsay, Lucas Wade Robbins of Perry, Matthew Kyle Barnes and his fiancée Julie of Murphy, Texas; Mark Andrew Barnes (Fai) of Thailand, and Jacob Barnes and Tucker Barnes and Tanner Barnes of Milburn, Oklahoma, Raegan Adams of Lindsay, Katy Barnes and Reese Barnes of Crescent, and Kaytlyn Foster, Mustang; a sister and brother: Tracy Biesel (Kenny) and David Robbins (Tammy; grandchildren: Quinton Robbins (Elizabeth), Kaiton Robbins, ) Quaidon Robbins, Colton Robbins (Amanda) and Emily Robbins; great grandchildren: Hagan and Drake Robbins; and brother and sister-in-law: Michael Knapp and Karen Fisher.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Sharon Kay Mullins; and brother, Larry Robbins.

Memorials may be made in his name to support coronary artery disease with checks made out to the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center (veteran’s hospital) and submitted to Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, PO Box 189, Perry, OK 73077.