Reba I Chastain

Reba Ilene (Rutherford) Chastain was born July 29, 1927, on the family farm northwest of Perry, Oklahoma. She was the youngest child of George and Nora (Churchwell) Rutherford. She passed away November 10, 2026, at her home in Perry.

Reba attended two rural schools and graduated from Perry High School in 1945. She worked at the Betty Ann Bakery during her last two years of high school. She also worked for Stanislav Grocery and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Perry, and the school cafeteria in West Frankfort, Illinois.

She married Johnny Chastain on November 26, 1951, in Perry, Oklahoma, to whom she was married for 53 years. She became the mother of three sons: John R., Mark and Kevin. She was a member of the Perry Assembly of God Church and The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

She is survived by daughters-in-law: Sarah Chastain of Temperance, Michigan, and Julie Chastain of Mustang, Oklahoma; grandchildren: John Lee Chastain and Angel, Temperance, Michigan; Michael Chastain and wife Katie of Peachtree, City, Georgia; Stephen Chastain, Port Hadlock, Washington; Jordan Stolbach and husband Victor, and Dakota Collins and husband Colton, all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Also, great grandchildren: Henry, Nash and Eden Chastain, Alex, Dannyn and Maverick Stolbach and Quinn, Henley Slaman and Murphy Colins; and numerous “favorite” nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Johnny; three sons: John R., Mark and Kevin; her parents; and eight brothers and four sisters.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Dighton-Marler Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, November 16, 2026, at Perry Assembly of God Church. Burial Will follow at Sample Cemetery, west and north of Lucien, Oklahoma.

Condolences may be sent t the family via an online guestbook at www.Dightonmarler.co,

Pallbearers: John, Michael and Stephen Chastain, Victor Stolbach , Colton Collins, and Henry Chastain.