In Memory of T.J. Chronister

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4

TJ Chronister, 84 of Wilburton, Oklahoma passed away at his home on Friday, March 29, 2024

He was born at home on March 27, 1940 to Charles Burton and Clara Ethel Chronister in the

Bowers Community. TJ’s elementary education began in the Bowers School where the Bowers

Community Center is now located. He graduated in 1958 from Wilburton High School where he

was awarded many Science Awards. He attended college at Eastern Oklahoma State College

where he proudly served in ROTC. He worked for a while in Wichita, Kansas at Cadahy and

then moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked for Bar S company before returning home to

Wilburton. He married Rose N. Moore on June 18, 1962 and they settled in Bowers to start a

family. He was a member of Bowers Baptist Church since 1977.

TJ is preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Rose (Moore) Chronister; his parents, Charles

and Clara Chronister; brothers, Charles Chronister and Fred Chronister; along with one baby

sister, Della Jane Chronister.

He is survived by one sister, Claris Ann Poor of Tulsa; his sons, Ross Chronister of Hartshorne,

Kevin Chronister of Hacket, Arkansas, and Rex Chronister of Wilburton; his favorite daughter,

Cendy Chronister of Wilburton; five grandchildren, Sarah and Justin Wartick of Wilburton,

Nicholas and Angie Dennis of Tulsa, Jewelie Moore and Robert Larsen of Nowata, Shenae

Chronister-Sanders of Greenwood, Arkansas, and Bailey and Ryan Smith of Hacket; nineteen

great-grandchildren, Ashley, Pyper, KK, Ishy, Isaac, and Eugene Wartick, Murphy and Gabriel

Dennis, Stormy, Heaven Leigh, Brother, Little TJ, and Creek Moore, Lily Dyer, Parker, and

Olivia Sanders, Kaisley, Kylie, and Kensley Smith; one great-great grandchild, Eliana Grace

Beldon; as well as a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Pallbearers are Nicholas Dennis, Justin Wartick, Brother Moore, Jason Lawrence, Ryan Smith,

and Brandon Isom.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Waldrop Funeral

Home in Wilburton, Oklahoma.

Services will be on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Bowers Baptist Church in Wilburton

with Rev. Kenneth Rouviere officiating. Interment will follow at Cambridge/Gowen Cemetery.

Services have been entrusted to Waldrop Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Baptist Children’s Home would be greatly cherished.