Funeral service for Alice Lenora (Sprout) Bard, 91, of Lawton, Oklahoma, will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Calvary Baptist Church with Dr. David D. King, pastor, officiating.
     A visitation will be from 7 until 9 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Bard died on Saturday, June 9, 2007, at a local hospital.
     Burial will be at Pecan Cemetery under the direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home.
     She was born on April 6, 1916, in Holliday, Oklahoma, to Edward Page and Mary (Hitchcock) Sprout. She attended school and graduated from Faxon High School. She married Charlie Franklin Bard on June 28, 1935, in Anadarko, Oklahoma. They moved to the Hulen Community in 1948. She was a farm wife and loved gardening and raising her own food and canning. She raised chickens for eggs and food. She enjoyed baking and was a very talented quilter and made many quilts for her family members. She also made clothing for her children and grandchildren. She crocheted many bedspreads as well as dolls. In 1980, she began china painting. She was a member of the Comanche County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee for a number of years, and joined the Home Extension in 1948, called the Hulen Packers of Cotton County. She was also a member of the China painting clubs of Lawton and Duncan. Mrs. Bard was a member of the Letitia Baptist Church.
     Survivors include three sons and their wives, Walter Edward and his wife, Patsy, of Lawton, Oklahoma, Jack William and his wife, Pat, of Geronimo, Oklahoma, and David Franklin and his wife, Carol; eight grandchildren, Terry Bard of Aztec, New Mexico, Jack E. Bard of Cotopaxi, Colorado, Kimberly Arnold of McAlester, Oklahoma, Vicki Blanchard of Lawton, Oklahoma, Lisa Plotkin of Elgin, Oklahoma, Gay Barrett of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Donna Daugherty of Cache, Oklahoma, and Travis Bard of Lawton, Oklahoma; 16 great grandchildren, five great great grandchildren, and one great great grandson on the way; several nieces and nephews and a number of friends.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and her brothers and their wives, Hiram Sprout and wife, Elizabeth, Lloyd Sprout and his wife, Anita, and granddaughter, Cherly Ann DeSilver, three nephews, Jimmy Sprout, Edward Sprout, Richard Sprout, and one niece, Barbara Jean Ross.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, 1930 Ferris Ave. Ste.# 5, Lawton, OK 73507.