A.V. Looney Obituary March 12, 2026 - Ferguson Funeral Home

Allen Victor Looney, known to many as A.V., was born on October 26, 1925, in Alex, Oklahoma, the son of Doyle Lee Looney and Jinnie Bell (Middleton) Looney. He passed away on March 12, 2026, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, at the age of 100.

A.V. grew up south of Alex and joined the United States Air Force before finishing high school. He served in the Pacific Theater, Hawaii, Vietnam, and Okinawa as an airplane electrical mechanic. On June 1, 1946, he married Mildred Virginia Godwin, and together they shared 41 years until her passing in 1987. They were blessed with five children.

A.V. worked as a meat cutter for various companies, including Frosty Foods, H & P Wholesale Meats, Howards Packing Plant, and BT Packing. He found great joy in fishing and was a master gardener. Above all, he cherished time with his family, treasuring holidays and shared meals. He was remembered as a caring, loving, and generous man with an easy-going and calm nature. In his long life, he outlived his side of the family, all of his in-laws, and most of his poker and fishing friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Mildred, his sister Imogene Maxwell, his infant daughter Robin Leigh Looney, and his grandson Bryson Anthony Braziel. He is survived by his children Reta Sherwin and husband Bruce of Larwill, Indiana, David Looney and wife Melinda of Chickasha, Mary Braziel of Blanchard, and Rebecca Ottaviani and husband Mark of Edmond; ten grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; and other extended family.