Teresa Ann Ginden

Funeral services for Teresa Ann Ginden, an Atoka resident, will be held Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. Joey Lansdale officiating. Burial will be in Lehigh Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements.

Teresa Ann Ginden was born September 26th, 1962 to Carolyn and Roy Sweeten. She attended Lehigh Public Schools and worked on her family farm. Teresa enjoyed being a thorn in the side of her cousin Dosha on Saturday nights in Coalgate. Teresa met Steve through a mutual friend, Lynn Calvert, and they fell in love. With city charm and country charm mixing well they were married in only two weeks in 1983. She moved to Chicago with Steve, where Robert was born and they lived for 9 years before moving back to Oklahoma. Teresa was a homemaker. She loved her fur babies Gizmo, Tobey, and Trixie more than she did Steve sometimes, she loved to take them to the lake. Teresa’s favorite thing to do was talk to people to make them happy, sending love and kindness to all of her friends and even total strangers all across the United States that were going through a rough time or just needed some light in the darkness. She was very proud of her son Robert and always pointed him out to say, “That’s my son.” when around people. Teresa had many illnesses but kept going and stayed positive until the end of her days.

Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Steve Ginden of Atoka; son, Robert Ginden and friend Latosha Safe of Atoka; grandchildren, Claysen, Chaini and Benjamin; mother, Carolyn Sweeten of Lehigh; cousins, Ann Cathey and Dosha Sanders, both of Ada; nephews, Christopher Ginden and wife Jamie of Anna, TX, their children, Henry Ginden and Jackson Ginden; niece and nephew, Jennifer Ginden and Alan Ginden; brothersin-law, Dave Ginden of Coalgate and Randy Ginden and wife Betty of Skokie, IL; along with numerous other dearly loved relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, Roy Sweeten; grandparents, Doshie and Robert Jones; aunts, Nadine Donnelly, Izzeta Estes, Burthal Sweeten, Lloyd Sweeten, Mini Repass; uncle, Miles and wife Maudie Jones; cousin, Sue Laflore; special friend, Lynn Calvert; and fur babies, Gizmo 1, Gizmo 2 and Peaches.

Casketbearers will be Mike Hensley, Micheal Baker, Steve Mazey, Robert Ginden, Chaini Ginden, Kyler Heck and Alan Ginden. Honorary bearers will be Chris Ginden, Danny West, A. J. Horn, Gerald Sweeten, Claysen Ginden, William Spears and Alfred Horn.

Condolence may be sent to the family by email to: browns@atoka.net. Please reference the name of the deceased in your correspondence.