Barbara Irene (Traylor) Stephens, 87, of McAlester, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2024 at McAlester Regional Health Center.

Services will be 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, 2024 at Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel in McAlester with Tracy Lenox officiating.  Burial will follow at Ash Creek Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be James Morgan, Brian Morgan, Ron Traylor, Jimmy Brown, Elijah Williamson and Wendell Huggins.

Irene was born on January 16, 1937 at Ash Creek, Oklahoma to Clarence and Rosie Adeline Traylor. She graduated from Vireton Grade School and Crowder High School. She was an avid crafter, mostly bird houses.  She married Homer L. Stephens, Jr. on June 8, 1987 in Pecos, Texas. She was a member of the Ash Creek Church and loved her church family.

Irene is survived by one son, Carlie Joe Williamson of McAlester, OK; one daughter, Marilyn Rice of McAlester, OK; two grandsons, C.J. Williamson and wife, Bridget of Spalding, OK, Dalton Weiher and wife, Destiny of McAlester, OK; four great-grandchildren, Elijah Williamson, Audrey Williamson, Knox Weiher and Reed Weiher.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Stephens; her parents, Clarence and Rosie Traylor; sister, Wanda Washington; brother, Willie Traylor and an infant great-granddaughter, Emma Williamson.