Funeral services for Dyanthia Gayle Chiles, 70, of Pocasset will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in the First Missionary Baptist Church, Pocasset, Oklahoma with David Treadaway officiating.
Dyanthia Gayle (Layton) Chiles was born on August 3, 1945 in Lindsay, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Thomas Pettigrew, Jr. and Geneva Mildred (Wall) Pettigrew. She died at her home in Pocasset, Oklahoma on Saturday, May 7, 2016.
Dyan grew up in Lindsay and attended Lindsay Public Schools.
She married W.L. Layton on August 12, 1961 and they had two sons, Brent Alan Layton and Brian Heath Layton.
Dyan worked at Grady Memorial Hospital as a histotech in the Pathology Department and also worked as a cosmetologist at Hairy’s Beauty Salon.
On February 22, 1981, she married William Chester “Bill” Chiles in Maui, Hawaii and together they raised cattle and farmed wheat and alfalfa.
Dyan enjoyed her horses and traveling. Her sons and grandchildren were her life and spending time with family was most important to her. She took in every stray animal and loved her dogs, cats, chickens, horses, donkeys and cows. Dyan has so many dear friends and never met a stranger. She loved cooking for everybody and also enjoyed canning and gardening. She was a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church of Pocasset.
She was preceded in death by both parents, her husband, Bill Chiles, and a step-daughter, Wendy Chiles Hatcher.
She is survived by sons; Brent Layton of Pocasset, Brian Layton and his wife, Kelly, of Pocasset; Kevin Chiles and his wife, Tracy, of Pocasset, and Chet Chiles and his wife, Stephanie, of Minco; brother, Johnny Pettigrew, and his wife, Terri, of Yukon; grandchildren, Andy, Audrey, Patrick, Jessica, Bryan, Randall, Jennifer, Annessa, Zach, Brayden, Brittany, John, Will and McKenzie; great-grandchildren, Landon, Reagan, Zander, Chris and Luke; nieces and nephews, Stephanie, Brad, Paige, and Garrett Davis, Kris, Emily and Finley Pettigrew, Klint, Shana, Kyler and Kit Pettigrew and Jeff, Tammy and Devin Thompson; and other extended family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made through Billy Scott with the Amber/Pocasset FFA to The Dyan Pettigrew Chiles Memorial Fund, mail to PO Box 38, Amber, OK 73004.
Services and interment in Greenhill Cemetery, located in Lindsay, are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home of Chickasha, Oklahoma.