VICKIE CATHLYNNE LYKINS, 63, OF TECUMSEH, OK WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON JULY 10TH 2018. VICKIE WAS BORN OCT. 8 1954 TO CARLOS AND NORMA JEAN JOHNSON IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. SHE WAS A PROUD AMERICAN VETERAN AND OKIE. SHE GREW UP WITH A LOVE OF MANY THINGS INCLUDING PLAYING THE VIOLIN, POWDER PUFF CAR RACING, BAKING, SEWING, TRAVELING AND, COLLECTING ANGELS & ELEPHANTS. SHE NEVER MET A TASK SHE COULD NOT ACCOMLISH AND USED THIS ABILITY TO FLOURISH IN WORK AND IN LIFE. VICKIE SPENT MANY SUCCESSFUL YEARS WITH TINKER AFB AND THEN LEFT TO PURSUE HER LOVE OF TRAVEL WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. WHILE WORKING AT SOUTHWEST, VICKIE JOINED THE UNITED STATES NAVY SERVING AS A MINESMAN. DURING HER TIME IN THE NAVY SHE MET THE MAN WHO WOULD ADORE HER MORE THAN SHE KNEW WAS POSSIBLE, DUANE LYKINS. THEY WERE MARRIED ON APRIL 1ST, 1994. SHE RETIRED FROM THE US NAVY AS AN ACCOMPLISHED COMBAT VET WITH ACTIVE DUTY TOURS IN GERMANY, JAPAN, AND THE MIDDLE EAST. SHE THEN RETIRED FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL THE WORLD.THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS WORLD TO VICKIE WAS HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS AN AMAZING WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT, YAYA AND NANA. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PEOPLES CHURCH AND BELIEVED IN GOD WITH HER WHOLE HEART.
SHE WILL BE WELCOMED IN HEAVEN BY HER PARENTS AND HER SON JACOB COOK. VICKIE IS SURVIVED BY HER ADORING HUSBAND, DUANE LYKINS; SON, JOSHUA COOK; GRANDSONS, CARTER AND TRISTEN COOK; BROTHER, CARL JOHNSON; SISTERS, ANGELA RICHERSON AND ONETA JOHNSON; AS WELL AS MANY NEICES AND NEPHEWS WHOM SHE LOVED EQUALLY AS MUCH.
VICKIE LEFT THIS LIFE ENTIRELY TOO EARLY BUT HAS LEFT A MARK THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY JULY 17TH, 2018 AT 2PM AT ADVANTAGE FUNERAL SERVICES AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A GRAVESIDE MILITARY SEND OFF AT RESURRECTION MEMORIAL CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE ON MONDAY JULY 16TH, 2018 AT ADVANTAGE FUNERAL SERVICES FROM 12:00-8:00pm.
