Olivia Mitchell

April 27, 1939 - January 5, 2021

Olivia (Dunlap) Mitchell of Watts, Oklahoma, was born April 27, 1939 in Bixby, Oklahoma to Richard and Dollie Dunlap. She departed this life on January 5, 2021 in Springdale, Arkansas. Olivia enjoyed crocheting and making table cloths for family and friends. You could always find her reading her romance novels, playing mahjong on her tablet, shopping online or ordering out of her catalogs and on Mondays, watching Monday Night Wrestling. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, telling stories of days past. She was one of a kind, a very special lady and loved by so many. She married Carl Lykins and had 3 children: one son, Eddie Earl Lykins and two daughters, Sharon Kay Lykins and Shirley Jean Lykins. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Dollie Dunlap; son, Eddie Lykins, daughter, Shirley Bridgeforth; three brothers: Raymond “Sonny” Dunlap, Bill Dunlap and Richard Dunlap; three sisters: Shirley (Dunlap) Giangreco, Ethel (Dunlap) Barrows and Charlotte (Dunlap) Carns. She leaves behind a loving family that includes one daughter, Sharon Lykins of Watts, OK; four grandsons: Bruce Lykins and wife Lynetta of Watts, OK, Danny Matlock and wife Tina of Fresno, CA, Eric Wayne Lykins and wife Emily of Westville, OK, and Blaze Lykins of Watts, OK; five granddaughters: Shelly Jones and husband Ron of Fresno, CA, Christie Phifer and husband Troy of Watts, OK, Angela Matlock of Fresno, CA, Amber Lykins of MO, and Raven (Lykins) Phifer of Watts, OK; 20 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren, and sister, Leona “Skee” Turner; and a host of other relatives and friends. Gravesides services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 11, 2021 at Watts Cemetery in Watts, OK.