Beverly Royston

Beverly Ann (Crocker) Royston was born on May 15, 1941, in Pueblo, Colo. to Roy Lee and Bethel (Medlin) Crocker. She passed away in Muskogee, Okla. on Feb. 8, 2021, at the age of 79.

She was the baby and only girl of four children. The family soon moved to Broken Arrow, Okla. When Beverly was one, her mother married O.O. (Bud) Plunk and she and her mother moved to Tulsa. At the young age of seven, in a small Baptist Church, Beverly gave her heart and soul to Jesus Christ and never regretted it.

At the age of eight, during a revival in Broken Arrow at the Assembly of God Church, she was baptized in water by Pastor James C. Dodd.

Beverly attended Sequoyah Grade School and Grover Cleveland Junior High School in Tulsa. At the age of 13, the family moved to Broken Arrow, Okla. By this time, she had two brothers living with her family, Bobby Gene Crocker and Orvan Rickie Plunk. Her older brothers, Lee Roy Crocker and Ancel Kenneth Plunk had enlisted in the Air Force.

Beverly attended junior high and her 10th grade in Broken Arrow. Bobby Gene Crocker enlisted in the Army. The family, plus the new brother, Micky Dave Plunk, were transferred to Pampa, Texas. Beverly attended the 11th grade there. Then she, her mother and two brothers moved back to Broken Arrow, Okla. Beverly started school again and worked at Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association in Tulsa for 17 months. Then they moved back to Pampa, Texas. At the age of 16 she was called to play the piano in church and Sunday school, and that was something she enjoyed until the day of her death. She wrote several songs and many poems.

On Sept. 19, 1959, Paul David Shouse, whom she had met while working for Oral Roberts came to Pampa, Texas and claimed her as his bride. They made their home in Tulsa. This marriage was blessed with three children. She worked for Stewarts Dress Shop in the credit department, Frougs Northland and Zales Northland in Tulsa as credit manager for many years. Then she worked for T.J. Hughes Lumber Company.

Beverly and Foch Royston had 22 years of marriage before his death on May 23, 1994. For a small while they sold the lumber store and bought Stigler Food Market, where Marvin’s IGA was for several years.

In 2002, Beverly told Manuel Ballard she would work for free for him since he had to lay off so many deputies due to lack of funding. She has always said this was her most rewarding job. She prayed hourly for the deputies and sheriff and also for the inmates and judges and for the small children caught in the middle.

On July 4, 2003, she married Lee Roy Swope.  

Beverly was a member of the Rebekah Association for 43 years serving as Noble Grand in Stigler in 1978 and her highest honor as musician for the State of Oklahoma in 1979. She has served as Noble Grand in the I.O.O.F. and is a member of the VFW in Muskogee. She was a member of the Eastern Star for 33 years serving as Worthy Matron in Stigler in 2007.

She is survived by her children, Tamara Leann Sicher and Glenn Hunt of Muskogee, Okla., Paul David Shouse, Jr. and Aaron Johnson of Muskogee and Bill Edward Shouse and wife, Amy, of Owasso, Okla.; her grandchildren, Carl David Bryce and Jamie Mueller of Muskogee, Okla., Scott Lee Sicher of Tulsa, Okla., Brent Edward Shouse and Mychael Diaz of Yukon, Okla., Lauren Emily Heineman and husband, Derrick, of Broken Arrow, Okla. and Wardell Shouse Johnson of Tulsa, Okla.; her great-grandchildren, Blake Edward Shouse of Yukon, Okla. and Jake and Orion Diaz of Yukon, Okla.; her niece and nephews, Anthony (Tony) Crocker of Chelsea, Okla., Buddy Gene Plunk of Amarillo, Texas and Christy Ferguson and Misty Plunk of Pampa, Texas; her brothers, Orvan Rickie Plunk and wife, Darlene, of Pampa, Texas, Micky Dave Plunk and JoAnne Moore of Anadarko, Okla. and Larry Crocker and wife, Cathy, of Sapulpa, Okla.; a very special friend, Carol Ford, of Muskogee, Okla.; and  great host of cherished relatives and friends – no names required here, you all know who you are.

Beverly was preceded in death by her husband, Foch Royston; her mother, Bethel Naomi Medlin Plunk; her father, Roy Lee Crocker; her stepfather, Orvan Oran (Bud) Plunk; her stepmother, Edith Inez Crocker; her brothers, Leroy Crocker, Billie Ray Crocker, Bobby Gene Crocker; her stepbrother, Kenneth Ancel Plunk, and a special son, John Weir.

Viewing was held at Mallory Chapel in Stigler from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 and from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 at Mallory Chapel in Stigler with the Rev. Rick Stout officiating. Interment at Cowlington Cemetery was under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home and Crematory of Stigler

Pallbearers were Carl Bryce, Brent Shouse, Scott Sicher and Derrick Heineman.

Honorary pallbearers were Hervey Andrews, Ricky May, Charley McKee, Eddie Haney, Mitch Worsham, John Pruitt and Wardell Johnson.