Mrs. Katie House McClinton

Katie Harris was born on December 5, 1926, to Holsey and Ida Harris in the small town of Watonga, Oklahoma. She was the second of four daughters born to this union. At an early age she contracted Typhoid Fever, which significantly weakened her. She was bed-ridden to a point where she had to learn to walk again. After recovery from this fever, she became the enforcer for her sisters, Katie protected them with a fearless confidence that kept offenders at bay and dared others to challenge any of her sisters. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at Langston University where she met dad, Harrison Emmett House from Okmulgee, Oklahoma, a newly enrollee himself, as well. She would tell the story about after first meeting Harrison, he will be her husband. And it happened. After a reasonable duration of the courtship, they were married in Watonga in her parents’ backyard with family and friends. A small and loving backyard ceremony with her parents and sisters, alone with Harrison’s brother, J.C. After the ceremony, the couple moved to Oklahoma City, closer to Tinker AFB, where Harrison Senior worked. They joined True Vine Baptist Church, soon after their arrival in Spencer, Oklahoma. They experienced marital bliss for many years. After seventeen years, this marriage eventually produced four children. She would often say that she asked God to stagger her children’s ages three years apart. From this mother’s pray came Harrison, Jr., Nathan, Marilyn, and Stephen. Much too soon, the unexpected death of her first husband, Harrison Senior, Katie was left with the daunting task of raising her young family, alone, as a single mother. When he passed in 1967, she was devastated. However, she quickly grew into the knowledge of important components her family needed to strive. Even with Harrison Senior untimely death, Katie made good choices with what he set into motion for financial support for his family beyond the grave. Katie became the sole provider for all her family needs, she continuously projected a nurturing and loving spirit that truly made her a world-class matriarch. After thirty years of being a widower, she married O.G. McClinton where she was loved and cared for until his passing in 2007. Katie was known to many members at True Vine and all blood and adopted relatives and many others as “Aunt Katie”. This lineage and endearing title went beyond bloodlines, primarily due to her alluring personality. She was always influencing others usually with the fewest of words. God called her to be with him in paradise on October 21, 2023. In Paradise, she joined all loved ones that had gone before her. From her children came a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved most people just by mere sight, alone. Regardless for the length of time knowing her, just knowing her had an impressionable impact on many she met. She possessed a loving and kind spirit accompanied with her signature-loving smile. You will be missed, Mama!

Mrs. Katie House McClinton

December 5, 1926 - October 22, 2023

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December 5, 1926 - October 22, 2023

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