07/24/1943 – 08/01/2024

Chickasha, OK

Memorial Service for Robert Parnell McKenna will be held on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Sevier Funeral Home Chapel in Chickasha, Oklahoma. 

Robert Parnell McKenna passed away on August 1, 2024, in Nowata, Oklahoma at the age of 81. He was born on July 24, 1943, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to his father Parnell Robert “Shug” McKenna, and his mother Margaret Weaver. Robert graduated from high school and completed college at Oklahoma State University.

Robert married his wife Rita Gail Langford in 1963 and together they built a life filled with love and cherished memories. Robert dedicated his career to teaching at East Central College and Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.

In his leisure time, Robert found joy in playing tennis. Robert’s love for tennis put him in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and the OSU Big 8. He also played in the U.S. Open. Although his accomplishments were great, his biggest accomplishments were having his children, daughter, Donna Gail and son, Robert Parnell.

Robert is preceded in death by his parents, “Shug” McKenna and Margaret Weaver, Donna Gail and Rita Gail Fischer.

Robert is survived by his son, Robert Parnell, Jr. and wife Michele; grandsons, Dustin Fischer and his wife Amy, and their children, Alyson, Kaylee, Brantley, River, and Drew Fischer; and Robert’s granddaughter, Sarina Parkhurst and husband Erick, and their child Karter.