The Divot Diva

Kenneth Craig Provine departed this earth for his home with God, on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Kenneth was born January 22, 1926, in Webb City, OK, to Charles Craig Provine and Mary Edith Isabell Provine.

He was a graduate of Pawnee High School, and attended Oklahoma A&M University. He became a Marine in 1942. He served during WW II in places such as Guadalcanal, Saipan, and Tinian. He later served in the Army, and the Army National Guard, where he held the rank of Master Sergeant. His early marriage to Bama Sneed in Oklahoma, resulted in three daughters, Evelyn Burns of Tulsa, OK, Connie Gibbons of Richardson, TX, and Janice Rains Moran of Clear Lake, TX.

He married Emma "Jean" Trahan in Houston, TX., in 1970. He retired as a Superintendent for W.S. Bellows Construction Company in 1988. He was proud of his work on the Wortham Center in Houston, and the Rennisance Tower in Dallas. He was a member of the Texas Ave. Baptist Church in League City. In his retirement, he continued his construction work for The Volunteer Christian Builders Association. He became a Master Mason after fifty years of service in 2007, while a member of the Masonic Lodge in League City, TX. After the death of his beloved wife Jean, he moved from his home in Nassau Bay, TX, to Richardson, TX, where he made his new home with Connie and Gary Gibbons.

He was preceded in death by his wife Jean, step-son Skipper Trahan, his parents, and ten siblings. He is survived by Evelyn Burns, Connie Gibbons, Janice Rains Moran, Donald Trahan of Santa Fe, TX, Donna Peake of Houston, TX, brother Lt. Col. (retired) Carl Provine of Yelm, WA, sisters Lorene Knaak of Pawnee, OK, Ruby Maloney of Bartlesville, OK, numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and his faithful dog, Stella.

A private celebration of his life will be held March 12, 2011, in Yale, OK, where he will be interred with Jean at the Lawson Family Cemetery.

Published in Houston Chronicle on February 27, 2011

Most of you already know about this, and that's the reason I haven't been blogging. Janice, my sister from Houston, has been here since Dad became ill. We finished sorting all of his belongings yesterday. She "inherited" from Angie, their old Explorer. She then spent some big bucks repairing it for her grandson. We'll load it up today and head for Houston tomorrow. I have a little unfinished Dad issues there to tend to. I'll fly home Wednesday.

My knee is still bothering me, seems to be getting worse. It hurts all the time, and is continually hot to the touch. If the surgeon can't give me something concrete that is causing the problem, and something to relieve the symptons, then I'm off to a different doctor. I see him on Thursday. Janice will fly back a week from Wednesday to make the trip with me to Dad's interrment. Thank goodness, cause I don't want to make that trip alone. Gary and Angie and clan will meet us in Yale on Friday, the 11th.

I am praying that once that is done, my life will return to a somewhat normal pace....whatever that is. I probably won't blog too much between now and then. Here is the last video I have of Dad, and I want to share it with you. He was soooooo happy...... he thought we'd forgotten his birthday. I didn't tell him that day that we were having a party, we wanted to surprise him. He was the happiest he'd been in ages. This was Jan. 22.