Bill Huddleston was born in Oklahoma City, OK on 12 July 1952. He died on 7 October 2018 at age 66 in the Intensive Care Unit of Mercy Hospital surrounded by his immediate family members after being released from life support in congruence with his advanced directives. He first met his wife, Dianna Ruth Huddleston in 1958; they were married on 14 December 1974 at Putnam City Church of Christ. He is survived by his widow, son (Barrett), brother (John) and grandchildren (Ethan and Livi).
He attended Putnam City Schools, graduating in 1970 before attending Oklahoma Christian College to pursue degrees in History Education and Bible. He also attended Harding Graduate School to pursue studies for Old Testament Theology. He received a Master’s degree in Education from Southern Nazarene University in addition to receiving numerous state certifications and training from the Dale Carnegie Institute of Public Speaking.
Bill served as the pulpit minister for the Central Oklahoma Christian Home for nearly two decades. During that time, he supplemented his ministry by working as a retail manager in the Sporting Goods Industry at Tener’s Western Outfitters and Outdoor America before taking employment with the State Department of Human Services and the State Department of Education. The latter position allowed Bill to work with developmentally challenged infants for over a decade across the greater metropolitan area with Sooner Start.
Bill’s ministerial service spanned multiple congregations and featured an array of diverse, vital roles. For more than four decades, Bill consistently taught Sunday Bible School for young adults, singles, newly married adults and the senior chapel class at Mayfair Church of Christ. He was also the Sunday Bible School instructor for Mayfair’s S.O.S. class. In addition, Bill served as a deacon at Mayfair Church of Christ for several decades, undertaking chairmanship of the singles ministry, college student adoption program, strong backs ministry and education. A regular on the syndicated television show” Carpenter’s Children,” he appeared as ”Al the Elephant” for several seasons. He also devoted his discretionary time to historical education, appearing as a regular judge at National History Day and even developing his own one-person performance based on the life of President Theodor Roosevelt after appearing in Guthrie, Oklahoma’s "Victorian Walk” under the same guise.
An avid sports enthusiast and recreational firearms proponent, he harbored many national and local affiliations, including the “Plinkers,” “Oklahoma City Gun Club” and the National Rifle Association. An indefatigable fan of Alabama College Football, his final out-of-state vacation was to Tuscaloosa with his wife during the 2017-2018 season. Bill also counted himself an anglophile, having taken an extended vacation abroad to the United Kingdom with his spouse; they visited the Royal Family’s Ancestral Hall, Sawston Hall and toured the countryside in a canal narrowboat.
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