Naoma Ruth Cushenbery, 86, of Arkansas City, Kansas, died Sunday, August 11, 2019, at the Generations Home Plus of Arkansas City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the First Baptist Church of Arkansas City. Burial will follow in the El Paso Cemetery of Derby, Kansas.

The family will greet friends 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

Naoma was born May 2, 1933, in Fairvalley, Oklahoma, to Henry Sam and Nora (Vincent) Devine. She was reared and educated in Freedom, Oklahoma, graduating from Freedom High School in 1950. On January 18, 1953,...