Louell Motley

Louell Motley was born February 4th, 1940, in Porter-Wagoner, Oklahoma to Louie Motley (who is currently 97 years old and resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma ) and the late Johnnie Mae King who passed away when Louell was around 9 years old. Louell was one of seven children and grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma where he was raised by his grandmother Rosetta King.

Louell attended Dunbar Elementary school and Manual Training High School. Some of the high lights of his high school days was that he was very pro-active in sports and as of today his unbeaten record still stands in Basketball for the last 50 years. After graduation in 1959, he attended Langston University on a football and basketball scholarship.

Louell moved to Portland, Oregon with his first wife, Brenda Bridges-Motley in 1962. To that union, 5 children were born. Debra, Darryl, Demetria, Donnell and Deronda Motley. They all accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior where they attended the “Church of God in Christ” Church. His occupation was with Consolidated Freight Way trucking company until he retired in 1997 as a Truck Driver for many years.

Louell, being an avid sports fan, was also a golfer and belonged to the Leisure Hour Golf Club where he received numerous accolades at their annual tournaments. He also had a son, Darryl Motley who played Pro- Baseball for the Kansas City Royals and was the one to hit the grand slam home run to win the World Series in 1985 which was very exciting for Louell which made him the proud father of all times.

Several years later, Louell met and married his second wife, Anita Travis-Motley in July of 2003 after a 17 year friendship. There were no children born to this union. And as of this year, 2015, they would have celebrated 30 years of being together.

Louell , who continued to stay true to himself, as a family man, was best known for, in recent years, his Bar-B-Que Dinners that he loved to prepare for his family and close friends that meant so much to him. His special interest were sports of all kinds, gardening in the yard, he loved a pretty yard with green grass and a fling for the Horse Races and Texas Hold’em card games.

Preceding him in death were his two siblings, a brother Lonell and a sister Shirley Jean and his mother, Johnnie Mae.

He leaves to celebrate his life; his wife: Anita Travis-Motley; Children: Debra, Darryl, Demetria & husband Lee Lambert, Donnell and Deronda Step-Children: Shaonard Smith and Christle Smith-Warren. Grandchildren: Wayne – LaNisha – Lee – Ciara – DeAndre’ - Erica - Tevin - Sharae - Shamaria and Eight Great-Grand-children; Step-Grandchildren: Trinity – Hannah– Christian – Harloe & Taryn; Father: Louie Motley; Siblings: His favorite sister, Bessie Mae Lewis and brother-in-law, John Gray of California; Sisters: Kay Frances and JaNina and a Brother Michael all from Tulsa, Oklahoma; Favorite cousins Berta & Emmett Pouncil of California and a very special cousin Herman Motley of Tulsa, Oklahoma; last but not least, a host of other cousins, nieces, nephews and close friends.