Winey Scott Yargee passed away at Holdenville General Hospital on Monday, February 25, 2013, at the age of 86 years.

Winey was the daughter of James & Nausoche (Beaver) Scott, born on March 17, 1926, in Wetumka, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended school in the Wetumka area. She was married to Phillip Yargee in Wetumka in 1946. For nearly all their married life their home was in the Holdenville area, until Mr. Yargee passed away in 1991.

Winey worked for many years as a care provider for the Hughes County Department of Human Services. She went to work in 1974 as a cook for Boyce Manor Nursing Home, and retired in 1992. She was baptized on April 13, 1947, by Willie King. She was a member of the Wetumka Indian Baptist Church and served as a Women's Leader. She was also the Head Woman of the Alabama Ceremonial Ground. She loved to fish, quilt, work puzzles and watch Wheel of Fortune.

Winey is preceded in death by her parents, James & Nausoche Scott; her beloved husband of forty-five years, Phillip, in 1991; three sons: Samuel Yargee, Roman Yargee, and Joseph Yargee; six infant children; a granddaughter Winey raised as her daughter, Phyllis Ann Yargee; four brothers: Wilson Scott, Henry Scott, Samuel Scott, and Mose Scott; four sisters: Susie Simpson, Lucy Gray, Lily Whitlow Harjo, and Annie Harjo.

She is survived by twelve children: David Yargee of Okemah, Evelyn McLemore and husband Edwin of Wetumka, Bessie Wise Talamasy and husband Kennedy of Wetumka, Tarpie Yargee and wife Amy of Cromwell, Henry Yargee of Allen, Robert Yargee and wife Lesah of Okemah, Jack Yargee and companion Leola West of Cromwell, Phillip Yargee and wife Annette of Checotah, Rovena Yargee of the home, Josephine Yargee of Holdenville, Wallace Scott and wife Margie of Yeager, and John King and spouse Donna Harjo of Tennessee; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great great grandchildren, more than 300 in number; one brother, Turner Scott and wife Geraldine of Wetumka; numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Winey will be transported to her home on Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. A wake service will be held at the home at 7:00 p.m.

Procession from the home will be at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday to Wetumka Indiana Baptist Church, where a wake service will be held at 7:00 p.m.

Funeral services will be Thursday, February 28, 2013, 1:00 p.m. at the Wetumka Indian Baptist Church, and Winey will be laid to rest in the Wetumka Indian Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Bill Hobia and Rev. Houston Tiger are the officiating ministers. Winey's grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Gilbert Scott, Edward Robison, Edwin McLemore, Kennedy Wise-Talamasy, Monroe Marshall, and David Capps.