Stan Lightfoot was born 87 years ago to Augustus and Vesta Lightfoot in Santa Anna, Texas.

As a child he absolutely knew he wanted to become a doctor after resetting his little brother's dislocated arm (when he had mistakenly attempted to fly like Superman off the roof of their garage). Years later, Stan entered UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. In 1962 he met his wife, Barbara, (a nursing student) in the Parkland Hospital cafeteria. They married a few months after that meeting and remained lovingly devoted to each other for the next 62 years.

At the school's graduation ceremony, Stan and another student tied for the class's "Outstanding Student" award. After graduation, the Vietnam war began to heat up. It was at that time he joined the Air Force and was stationed at the Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida.

Stan cared for the families of those who had been sent to war. Upon completion of his service duty, he returned to Dallas, Texas, to resume and complete a Pathology residency program. He worked in Texas until he was offered a position in the Department of Pathology on the OU Health Sciences Center campus. Over the years, he achieved the rank of full professor and served as Chief of Pathology at the Oklahoma City VA Hospital. Stan's reputation as a teacher brought him invitations from foreign medical schools to teach their English-speaking medical students a required medical course. Upon retirement in 2013, he continued to work with researchers on the OU Health Sciences Center campus, OSU in Stillwater, and other locations. His name as a contributor to a variety of research studies appears on hundreds of published papers.

Stan began to study, write, and teach various Bible studies at his church. It was his desire to help people in his classes grow closer to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He created a huge personal library to help him achieve that goal.

He enjoyed cooking and made his family happy when it was time for him to bake bread, grill a steak or hamburger or cook pork chops with his special recipe.

Stan loved to travel! He and his family visited many interesting places in America and abroad. They hiked most of the trails in Glacier National Park. When the boys grew tired, he would make up a story, get to an exciting part, stop, and then point to one of the boys saying..." And THEN what happened?" It was a creative way of keeping them busy so they didn't realize how weary they might be. And now Stan is on his last trip. He was met at Heaven's gate upon his arrival March 3, 2025 by his two children, Greg and Mark, his brother, Richard, his parents and grandparents, and his Aunt Adon and Uncle Bud Evans. He loved exercise and running... and hopefully he is able to run again, but without any of the pain or injury he sustained while on earth. He would like that.

Stan is survived by his wife, Barbara; daughter-in-law, Kathy; his two grandchildren, Seth and Kaitlyn and their spouses; his great-grandson, Aaron; his sister-in-law, Patricia; and his cousins, Jimmie, Ky, and Kim Evans and their spouses.

Viewing at Mercer-Adams will be Sunday, 11am-8pm with family present from 4-6pm. Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 10, 2:00pm at Mercer-Adams Chapel. Interment will follow in Fairlawn Cemetery.