He was born May 22, 1930, in Goodnight, Oklahoma, to Jimmie Lee and Alena Westbrook Muse. He grew up in the Goodnight area and later moved to Langston, Oklahoma, where he married his first wife, Barbara Benson Henderson in 1955 and moved to Guthrie, Oklahoma, in 1966. He later married Georgetta Brown in 1977 in Enid, Oklahoma. They lived in Guthrie and were married for 19 years. She died in 1995. He later married Pearline Copeland of Oklahoma City in 1996 and she died two years later. In 1999, he married his current wife, Anita Maloy McInnis. They were married for 18 years and lived in Guthrie for a short time before moving to Oklahoma City. He was employed as foreman for the Oklahoma Furniture Manufacturing Company in Guthrie from 1955 until 1966 when he moved to Guthrie. He left there and was employed as a custodian at Langston University for approximately two years before returning to the furniture factory where he remained until the late 1980s. while working at the factory, he attended Indian Meridian Area Vocational Technical School where he received a certification in welding in 1976 for Small Engine Repair in 1995. He was later employed as a truck driver for Guthrie Greenhouses where he retired in 2011. He began preaching at the age of 25 at Langston Church of God in Christ. In 1965, he was ordained and became pastor of Cushing Church of God in Christ in Cushing, Oklahoma. He would later become the pastor of Highway Church of God in Christ in New Lima, Oklahoma. He also served as Assistant Pastor to the later C.C. Lindsey at the Langston COGIC. He served as the pastor in 1990. He also served as pastor of all three churches at the same time for a while but remained the pastor at Langston from 1990 until the time of his death. He was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, Georgetta and Pearline; a son, David Muse, Guthrie; two brothers, James Muse and Shadrach Muse; Four sisters, Rose, Mabel, Eula Mae Putnam and Laura Muse; a grandson, Justin Philip Luke Muse; and a granddaughter, Letitia Stanton; a stepson, Henry J. Brown and Stepdaughter, Safronia Lee Patton. He is Survived by his wife, Anita; a brother, Jesse Muse, of Wichita, Kansas, two sisters-in-law, Juanita and Alfreda Muse, of Phoenix; six sons, Cortez Madison, Oklahoma City; Ronnie Muse, Oklahoma, Darrell Muse and Victor Muse, both of Tulsa; Philip Muse, Lawton, and Joseph Muse, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; three daughters, LARhonda Muse and Zelda Mitchell, both of Wichita, and Genese Muse, Martinez, GA, seven stepdaughters, Raye Fern Parker, Watonga, Oklahoma, Tynthia Brown, Oklahoam City, Stacy Brown, Enid, Oklahoma DeAngela Brown, McLoud, Oklahoma, Lorene Reynolds, Wewoka, Oklahoma; Regina Copeland, of Texas, and David Copeland, both of Oklahoma City; and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great- grandchildren, cousins nieces and nephews.





My Journey "On Earth"

It was beautiful as long as it lasted, the journey of my life. I have no regrets whatsoever. Save the pain I'll leave behind. Those dear hearts who love and care, and the strings pulling at the heart and soul... The strong arms that held me up when my own strength let me down. At every turning of my life I came across good friends, and family who stood by me, even when the time raced me by. Farewell, farewell, my loved ones, I smile and bid you so long. No, shed no tears for I need them not, all I need is your smile. If you feel sad do think of me, for that's what I'll like when you live in the hearts of those you love, remember then you never die.