Funeral services for Kelby Ray Spain will be held Friday, April 7, 2023 at 1 p.m. at the Buckeye Baptist Church of Okemah. Interment will follow at the Barnett/Fisher Cemetery near Weleetka. Kelby Spain, 28, is survived by his mother, Jennifer Spain Dye and step-father Joseph Dye of Okemah, OK as well as his father and step-mother William and Jennifer DeQuinzio of Dayton, Ohio; grandparents Mary Jo Jones of Clovis, New Mexico and Ray and Patti Spain of Edgewood, New Mexico; his siblings Melissa and husband Leonard Copeland of Bristow along with their two children Gavin and Alice, Serra DeQuinzio and partner Carlos Sierra of Henryetta; Braden Spain, Trinity Dye, Sierra LaRue, and Nevaeh and Addison Lee all of Okemah.
He was born in Clovis, New Mexico Oct. 26, 1994.
Kelby is preceded in death by his grandmother Joan Elizabeth Spain of Clovis, New Mexico.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Braden Spain, Leonard Copeland, Carlos Sierra, James Lampkin, Timmy Thomas and Tyler Erickston.
Honorary bearers include Joseph Dye and William DeQuinzio.
Services will be under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Okemah, Oklahoma and officiated by Rev. Wayne Harjo.