Alvin Buchanan Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Alvin Buchanan in Durant, Oklahoma, who passed away on April 7, 2025, at the age of 91, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Alvin Buchanan to pay them a last tribute.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Eston Buchanan and Avis Mernervey Buchanan (Smith); his wife Lena Buchanan (Beal); his son Alvin Lynn Buchanan; his grandchildren, Misty Lynn Polson and Johnny Lynn Christian; his siblings, Charles David Buchanan, Robert Lee Buchanan, Eston Buchanan, Jr., Clarence Buchanan, Edgar Buchanan "Little Red", Albert David Buchanan, Lois Buchanan Waitman, Jolene Buchanan Rochelle, Dessie Mae Buchanan McCarty, Gladys Buchanan Williams and Edna Buchanan Taylor; and his nieces and nephews, Robert Eston Buchanan (Bobby), Michael Ralph Buchanan, Ralph Buchanan, Donald Buchanan, Larry Buchanan, Rhonda Estep (Rochelle) and Carrie Arnold.
He is survived by: his children, Rickey Lynn Buchanan of Durant and Avis Louise Buchanan of Durant; his grandchildren, Rickey Shawn Buchanan of Durant, Moe (Veda Christian) of Norman, Oklahoma, Paula Dillingham (Don) of Edmond, Oklahoma and Elizabeth McIver (Roger) of Altus, Oklahoma; his sisters, Joyce Buchanan Cleveland of Durant and Marie Ricks (J. R.) of McAlester, Oklahoma; his great grandchildren, Shawn Cole Buchanan of Durant, Alexus Buchanan of Durant, Kalee Beth Buchanan of Durant and Sarah Polson of Calera, Oklahoma; his stepgrandchildren, Billy Barnes of Oklahoma, Gary Barnes of Oklahoma, Kenneth Barnes of Oklahoma, Anna Hare of Texas, Phyllis Barnes of Texas, Susie Barnes of Oklahoma, Melissa Wilson of Oklahoma, Rebecca Wilson of Texas, Gloria Robertson of Texas and Jackie Robertson of Texas; his nieces and nephews, Kenneth Powell of Ardmore, Oklahoma, Jerry Buchanan of Silo, Oklahoma, Randy Rochelle of Durant, Oklahoma, Stanley Buchanan of Coalgate, Oklahoma, Terry Waitman of Oklahoma City, Gray Buchanan of Durant, Oklahoma, Ervin McCarty of Durant, Bill McCarty of Durant, Kirvin McCarty of Durant, Clara Baker of Durant, Charlotte Waitman of Bonham, Texas, Mary McCalib of Durant and Jerrie Hankins of Durant; and his children, Billy Joe Robertson, Donnie Houston Robertson, Dorothy Carol Robertson Barnes and Linda Sue Robertson Christian.
