Jamie Coy Tahchawwickah

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Funeral Service at the Walters Comanche Nation Community Center Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., Edward Eschiti officiating with burial following in the Walters Cemetery under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home. A Prayer Service will be held on Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Walters Comanche Nation Community Center. 

Jamie Sue (Coy) Tahchawwickah was born to Jerry Wayne and Lou Ellen (Chockpoyah) Coy on May 30, 1963 in Lawton, Oklahoma and departed this life in Walters, Oklahoma on September 28, 2024 at the age of 61 years, 3 months and 29 days. 

Jamie grew up at Walters, graduating from WHS in 1981. She married Patrick Allen Tahchawwickah and to the union, 2 sons were born. Jamie worked at various places including Barbara’s Drive-In and washed dishes at Parkview Manor while still in school, and then worked at the Dairy Queen, E & L Snack Shack. He main employment was near 30 years as a CNA/CMA at Waurika Nursing Home, Duncan Care Center, and Temple Manor. She worked at the Dairy Queen in Comanche, was a manager at McDonald’s under her Aunt Geraldine, and then worked for a time at Comanche Star Casino. 

Jamie enjoyed talking on the phone, listening to the radio, playing cards at Grandma’s, singing opera, crocheting, and visiting with family and friends. She loved going to family gatherings, Powwows and going to sporting events to watch the kids play. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Patrick Allen Tahchawwickah; her mother, Lou Ellen Coy; and a brother, Jerry Coy. 

Jamie is survived by her father, Jerry Coy; her 2 sons, Verdon Lee Tahchawwickah and Johnnathan Riggins Tahchawwickah; her sister, Sally Coy; her stepdad, Popcorn Gwoompi; nieces and nephew, Sidney Barton, Sancey Barton, Penny Reece and Levi Campbell; great-nephews, Henry Jones and Jordan Barton; her aunts and uncles, Jack Chockpoyah, Jeannie Ricketts, Eddie and Rose Chockpoyah, Geraldine Gray, and Jessie Foster; many cousins, other relatives and friends.