Phillip "Sketter" Lomax

Phillip Wayne "Skeeter" Lomax, age 74, of Tuttle, OK was born February 15, 1943 and entered his heavenly home January 8, 2018 at 8:30 A.M. Phillip grew up in Beggs, OK where he graduated high school in 1961. It was there he met the woman of his dreams, Helen Dowland. They married on November 18, 1962, and spent 56 years together having amazing adventures. Phillip joined the U. S. Air Force and proudly served his country in Vietnam. While in the service, Helen and Phil lived in England and Hawaii. After being honorably discharged from the Air Force, Phil and Helen settled in Cleveland, MO where they built a home on their farm. There they raised their 3 children while he worked 15 years as an airplane mechanic at Richards Gebaur Air Force base. Phil completed his college degree in Agriculture in 1979, at Central Missouri State University. In 1989, he began working for the FAA and was transferred to Baton Rouge, LA. Then in 1992, he was transferred back to Oklahoma City where he wrote articles about aircraft and their failing parts. He retired in 2001. Phil loved to fish, hunt and garden, but most of all he loved spending time with his family as well as all of the people he adopted as family. He was always there to lend a helping hand to anyone who was in need. He was a member of the Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Newcastle, a 32 degree mason and member of the Tuttle Masonic Lodge. He loved his church and the additional kids he adopted there as well. Phil was loved by so many because he loved with his whole heart and nothing less. Phillip is preceded in death by his mother Margaret Lomax, father Phillip E. Lomax, grandson Timothy V. Lomax, and multiple Aunts and Uncles. Phillip is survived by his wife of 56 years Helen Lomax of Tuttle, OK., his children Philip and Patty Lomax of Dallas, TX, Lynn and Jim Tucker of Broken Arrow Oklahoma and Pamela Bradley of Midwest City, OK., grandchildren Sarah Lomax of Tulsa, Danielle Fox of Texas, Emily and Lauren Tucker of Broken Arrow and Dakota Bradley of Duncan, OK. Great Grandchildren Kassidi and Hunter Lomax of Kansas. Funeral Services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M., Friday, January 12, 2018 at Woodland Hills Baptist Church, Newcastle, OK. Burial will follow at 2:30 P.M., at West Lawn Cemetery in Henryetta, OK. Arrangements are by Wilson-Little Funeral Home, Newcastle, OK. You may send online condolences to the family @wilsonlittle.com. Memorials may be made to the building fund at Woodland Hills Baptist Church, Newcastle, OK.

Phillip "Sketter" Lomax

February 15, 1943 - January 8, 2018