MUSKOGEE, OK—MAY 22, 2019—Longtime Oklahoma horseman Nolan D. Pevehouse, 87, of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma passed away on Monday (May 20).

A celebration of Nolan’s life will be held 10:00 am Friday (May 24) at Muskogee First Assembly of God Church with Chaplain Justin Haywood officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Checotah, Oklahoma.

The family will receive friends from 5:30 to7:30pm Thursday(May 23) at Cornerstone Funeral Home.

Nolan was born on December 15, 1931 to Theodore “Theo” Henry Pevehouse and Edna Marie Pevehouse-Withrow (Jones) in Wainwright, Oklahoma. He attended and graduated from Oktaha High School and then joined the Navy. He later attended Oklahoma State University and received his master’s degree in accounting to become a CPA.

Nolan worked for the IRS for more than 20 years and then retired from the BIA. He was a rancher and an avid Horse racer, he also loved to go bird hunting.

His first horse was Turnpike Patty and every horse from her is also named Turnpike. He raised and raced Painted Turnpike, who was the only APHA Triple Crown Winner. He won 26 of 30 career starts and earned $463,836. The son of leading QH sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon was named the APHA 3-time world champion, and Nolan was so proud of him.

Nolan is preceded in death by his father Theodore (Theo) Pevehouse; mother Edna Pevehouse-Withrow (Jones); brother Carl Pevehouse, and granddaughter Misty Rogers Vaughn.

He is survived by his wife Verna Pevehouse, Ronnie and Dianna Pevehouse of Webbers Falls, OK, Judy and Tracy Rogers of Aztec, NM, Michael Pevehouse or Porum, OK, Ronald and Janet Steveson of Bache, OK, 7 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren, brother Gordon and wife Jackie Pevehouse

Tracy Rogers, Bret Pevehouse, Billy Pevehouse, William Whiteagle, Rooster, Casey Pevehouse, Drew Pevehouse, and Jeremy Rogers will serve as Pallbearers.

Honorary Pallbearers include Carl White, Rex Brooks, Charles Leggett, Jack McBroom, Jim Wheeler, Mel Bollenbach, George Miller, Glyde Miller, Carol McBroom, and Carole Stacy.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that all donations or memorials be made to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). Donations can be made online at pdjf.org/donate or mailed to Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, P.O. Box 803, Elmhurst, IL 60126.