Memorial Service for Billie Sue Kinder, age 85, of Frederick, Oklahoma, was held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 16, 2023, at the Jackson Funeral Home Chapel in Frederick, Oklahoma, with Rev. Les Banks officiating. Services are under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home.

Ms. Kinder passed away at her home in Frederick, Monday morning, November 13, 2023.

Billie Sue Kinder was born on March 2, 1938, in Wisner, Louisiana, to Grover Roscoe and Mattie Lou (Fatheree) Adams. Sue was the oldest of their ten children. She graduated from Winnsboro High School in Winnsboro, Louisiana, with the Class of 1955. She was united in marriage to Charles Lamont Guimbellot on December 13, 1956. Charles joined the United States Army, and he and Sue moved to Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Later, Sue married Donald Glen Kinder on December 13, 1972, in Jackson, Mississippi.

They made their home in Frederick where Sue enjoyed farming and ranching with Don’s parents, Chester and Gracelee Kinder from 1972 until she decided to go to nursing school.

In 1981, she attended Vernon Junior College obtaining her Licensed Practical Nursing certification. She worked as an LPN while attending Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, to earn her degree as a Registered Nurse. Sue worked at the Frederick Memorial Hospital, where she was Director of Nursing for 38 years. If you or any of your family had been in the Frederick Hospital, Sue had probably taken care of you.

Sue is survived by her daughter, Natalie Hilburn and her husband, Sach, of Frederick; grandson, Gregory Sach Hilburn and his wife, Rachel Lynn, of Frederick; great-grandchildren, Faith John Michael Cardoso and his wife, Rain, of Waukegan, Illinois, Grady Sach Hilburn, and Gia Raelyn Hilburn of Frederick; brother, Gary Wayne Adams and his wife, Nelda, of Winnsboro, Louisiana; two sisters, Mattie Janice Fassino, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Marcia Lou Payne and her husband, Donald Ray, of Crowville, Louisiana; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Grover and Mattie Lou Adams; her husband, Don Kinder; stepson, Steven Don Kinder; sister, Julie Faye Daigle; three brothers, Charles Lewis Adams, Pat Arthur Adams, and Grover Roscoe Adams, Jr.; brother and sister that died in infancy, Samuel Adams and Pamela Adams; and her in-laws, Chester A. and Gracelee Kinder.

Memorial donations may be made to the Frederick Athletics Department in loving memory of Billie Sue Kinder.