Verda Mae Stephens, 83, passed away November 11, 2019. She was born Steptember 8, 1936 to Howard Avery Carpenter and Jessie Nichols in Old Alluwe, OK. Verda loved sewing, cooking, making porcelin dolls and being around her family. She was also very faithful servant of God. Verda attended a business school in Wichita and graduated in 1956 with a business degree. She is preceded in death by her parents, Howard and Jessie; 2 brothers, Buck and Joe Bob; 2 sisters, Sue Vorris and Dorothy Woods; a daughter Betty Jane Metz-McClarty and a grand daughter Mackenzie Marie Metz-McClarty. Verda is survived by her daughter, Susan (Bub/Jim) Bowles; 5 grandchildren; Monica Metz-McClarty, Andrea Gerringer, Derek Bowles, Brady Bowles and Breann Bowles; 6 great-grandchildren, Nathen O'Quinn, Aiden O'Quinn, Iveri Tracy, Ira Cox, Riley Cox and Scarlett Bowles and numerous nieces and nephews.