Gary Keith Gann, also known as “Foot” or “Gripe” to his family and friends, was born on October 15th, 1965 in Tahlequah, OK, the son of John and Ollie Mae (Turner) Gann. He was stubborn and set in his ways. He was very accident prone and was known to set himself or a barn on fire. In his younger years, he enjoyed playing softball with his brothers, he loved to cook for his family regardless of who’s kitchen he was in, and he enjoyed trying his hand at gardening. He took great pride in his plants. More than anything, Foot was a hunter. Be it alone or with his nephews, great stories and even better memories came from the adventures he would go on. He loved his family, but the love he had for his nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews was undeniable. From listening to the hunting dogs run coyotes on any of the many traveled back roads to hunting squirrels in what small patch of woods was available, he done his best to get them in the woods whenever they asked.
He lived a simple life, he spent some time working for Thompson Enterprises, a few years working for Brian and Jerry Stanley as a farm hand or in the coyote pens, he enjoyed so much. He killed a rabbit with a cellphone. He was featured in Hunter’s Horn Magazine after catching a coyote with his bare hands. But his most memorable moment was killing a deer with a rock because he ran out of bullets. He was a member of Johnson Prairie Church. He passed from this life on January 17th, 2021 in Moody, OK.
He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Looney Gann and wife Daisy Killer-Gann, John Turner and wife Sallie Agent –Turner, and his mother Ollie Mae Gann and father, John Gann.
Those he leaves behind include his daughter, Ginae Gann of Kansas, OK, and his brothers and sisters, Anthony Gann of Oaks, OK, Jason Gann and wife Tosh of Moodys, OK, Joann Teehee and husband Dewayne of Moodys, OK, and Elrita Beaver of Sallisaw, OK. He lives on in his special nieces and special nephews, Justin Gann, Jonas Tehee, Zachary Gann, Preston Postoak, Amee Brown, Megan Tehee, Sydnee Gann, Nakayla Gann, Jacey Gann, and Priscilla Postoak. His great nieces and nephews include Taten “Hickory “ Peck, Jaylen Tehee, Jaden Gann, Brayten Smith, Isaiah Tehee, Telsa Gann, Mariah Gann, Kashyah Tehee, Kyrah Tehee, Embree Brown and Zylah Sawney, as well as many cousins and fellow travelers he has met on the roads to home.
Graveside services for Gary Keith Gann will be held on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 at 1:00 PM at Agent Cemetery with Brother Maxie Thompson and Brother Ed Gourd officiating. His family will have a visitation on Monday, January 25th, 2021 beginning at 2:00 Pm until 6:00 Pm and a Wake service from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Reed-Culver Funeral Home. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.reedculver.com.
Pallbearers for Gary include Justin Gann, Zachary Gann, Charles Gann, Rodney Gann, Dustin Trimble, Taten Peck, Robert Tehee and David Turner. His honorary pallbearers include Bob Green, Jaylen Tehee, Jamie Thompson, Jaden Gann, Brayten Smith, Tim Kingfisher, Jonas Tehee, Isaiah Tehee, Joe Mouse, George Deardeuff, Warren Garner, Harold Aldridge, and Wes Studi.
