With a heavy heart I report that Trad Gang member Gene Eakins (BodarkOkie) lost his battle with cancer early this morning. More info will be passed on to all as soon as I hear.
God speed to Gene :pray:
Prayers for the family.
My Thoughts and Prayers will Be With Gene and His Family....
Sad news. I never got to meet him but we chatted on here and our "spots" were not far apart in Oklahoma. Thought I would see him some day. Interesting how this site touches our lives.
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My prayers for Gene and family.we all loose something when a member passes away.
Peace to all his loved ones, Gene is free.
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My Thoughts and Prayers will Be With Gene and His Family....
May the Great Spirit welcome Gene with open arms. May He watch over and comfort Gene's family in the days to come.
Prayers on an Arrow of Love sent skyward to the Heavens!
JAG
We are having a tough week around here...............prayers and positive thoughts to Gene's friends and family.
God Bless and keep him safe and free from pain. :pray: :pray: for Gene's loved ones
Prayers to his family.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
Positive thoughts and prayers sent from my house...
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May God Rest His Soul. Prayers for his family during this time.
Even though I did not have the pleasure of knowing him I can tell by the replies the quaility of this bowman gone by. My the grace and the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ comfort all that this brave soul is leaving behind. Rest high on that mountain.
"Life is a journey that ends in paradise to all that know Him"
Best wishes to Gene's family and friends during these difficult times.
Praying for his family and friends.
My heartfelt prayers to his family
Yes, Bjorn, we are having a tough week on here. Prayers and thoughts to Gene's family.
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Sent from Texas!
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Gene was loved and respected here and throughout the traditional archery family. He made us all richer and will be deeply missed.
Godspeed Gene, and prayers for your family.
Condolences to his family,Godspeed sir.
Leland
Wow, another one of the good guys passes...very sad...
Prayers sent for his family
Prayers sent for his family.
May God bring peace to his family. RIP Gene
I had the privilage to meet him a couple years ago at OJAM. A fine gentalman and a fellow with a kind heart.
His friends and family are in my thoughts.
OkKeith
Hate to read these kind of post.
God speed to his family.
Stiks
My condolences to Gene's Family. God Bless
God speed prayers from Texas. (nut)
One of the best from here in Missouri. He was one of the founders of United Bowhunters in Missouri. I didn't know him as long and as well as I would have liked but did get to share a hunt or two with him. A wonderful, fun loving happy guy. He will be missed.
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My prayers to Gene and his family. I have fond memories of sharing a mule deer hunting camp with Gene many years ago. Jim
My prayers go out to Gene and his family. Gene was a true gentlman.
Prayers for Gene and his family. Had several visits with him at Ojam and at the old Cheyene, OK Hunting and Shooting Expo.
Sorry to hear this.
Mike
I'm so sorry. The first year I ran the Comptons vendor tent, he showed up and helped arrange the tables. Very nice man.
I first met Gene when I played for the UBM Banquet some years ago. He told me that he wanted to get something for me. The next time I saw him was at Compton in Michigan. He presented me with a 20x stetson camo hat that he had custom made for be by one of his friends who owned a western shop. It is the official camocowboy hat. He even had that monogramed
into the band liner. I'll miss you my friend, but I will think about you every time I put on my hat.
We need all the good Okies we can get, and Gene was definitely one of them, even if he arrived here via the "Show Me" State. He will be missed, but has now arrived at his final home.
Allan
Prayers sent for the family.
God Bless,
Nathan
May God grant his family peace.
Gene fought a good fight and is in his reward now.
Gene will be missed by many.
God bless,Mudd
Like so many, I called Gene friend. Travel well Gene.
I met Gene through my first White Elephant trade here on Trad Gang; his offering was a brand-new, custom made set of arrows....we had a number of conversations on KC, Oklahoma, and Missouri...
Prayers sent for his family.
To All,
The funeral will be in Crawford Oklahoma at the Magnolia Babtist Church (service and lunch are at church) on Wednesday Oct. 27th at 2:00pm. There will be a lunch held at church at noon for anyone who wants to come. Crawford is just a few minutes North of Cheyenne. There is open visitation in Cheyenne on Tuesday 26th all day at the Rose Chapel Funeral Home. There are two motels in Cheyenne Lindsay was pretty sure the names were-- M's Motel and Cheyenne Motel and then few minutes down road is a crossroads called Croton Creek and they have a motel she didn't know the name.
The family would prefer you give to charity of your choice (Gene was partial to St. Judes). Another option is Lindsay is going to donate a bow of Gene's to the UBM Festival for us to raffle off and money to go to Hunt of Lifetime or returning war veterans in our communities of MO choice will be announced later. You could wait and buy tickets to donate then if you wish.
I am sure Jeanie and girls (Nikki, Lindsay, Mia (grand daughter) would appreciate cards. Mail to RR2 Box 196, Cheyenne, OK 73628.
Sad news for all that knew Gene. Condolences to the family, we all will miss him.
Peace be with you and your Family Gene!!
He will be missed but his memory will live on with those who were blessed to meet him.
Tom
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For those of you who knew Gene Eakins I would like for you to email me with a memory about Gene that I can share during his services on Wednesday. My email is pcumc@ptsi.net. I know that Jeannie would appreciate it very much.
Thanks,
Greg
God bless his family. Will put them in my prayers.
Our thoughtrs and prayers to Gene and family. I haven't seen Gene in quite a few years. We touched base once in a while, but I never made it to see him in OK. I'll remember him as a friend, bow brother and maker of GREAT campfire coffee.
Sad to hear this news about my old friend. That 'ole' boy" Gene was a good man.
Thank You Guys for all the kind words. This is Gene's brother, Bruce. He will be missed here I see, as well as home. We both enjoyed the passion for hunting, tho I never used a bow as much as he. I am a vamint hunter (coyotes, bobcats, prairie dogs, etc.) When I hunt deer, elk, etc., my primary weapons have alway been pistols or my Shiloh Sharps 40-70. Here at the hunting lodge, my son, daughter-in-law, and the grandkids are bow hunters. But, as Gene alwats told them, they use training wheels on theirs. We do have a few clients here that do use traditional archery and they do very well.
Thanks again for all the kind words and prayers for our family. WE APPRECIATE IT.
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No worries....we allow Birthdays and passings on the PowWow.
I'll miss Gene as well. He was a hoot. :campfire:
Prayers for the family sent from Georgia.
Bruce: I hunted turkeys on your ranch way back around 1997. One thing I loved about Gene is when he started pulling knives out. Just when you would have thought he was done there would still be a couple more still tucked away! Will be thinking about you, Jeanie and the girls today.
Gene was one of the good ones. Had a lot of fun times with him at the UBM banquet I will miss him greatly. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Gene was one of those guys that always seemed to have a smile on his face. I got to know him a little better the year I camped next to him at Comptons. He was a very warm and friendly man and he will be missed greatly. Prayers for his family.