Paul Wesley T Overholt

Paul Wesley T Overholt, 88, of Bartlesville, went to his eternal home in Heaven on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Paul was born to Enos and Mildred (Freysz) Overholt on February 29, 1936, in Takoma Park, MD. He was raised in Riverdale, MD, graduating from Bladensburg High School in 1954. Paul served for 8 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve. During this time he worked for various employers, including the postal service. While he was in his mid-twenties, the Lord spoke to Paul and encouraged him to repent and return to his church family. He started riding the streetcar to church with his parents on Sundays. At the age of 28, Paul received his call to the ministry. He enrolled at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts, before transferring to Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University) to finish his undergraduate degree. One summer during his college years, he was thrilled to get a seasonal job working for a railroad, because from a young age Paul had developed a lifelong passion for trains. After graduating from Bethany, Paul enrolled at Nazarene Seminary in Kansas City. This is where he met the love of his life, Jeanene Edwards. They were united in marriage on August 1, 1970, in Overland Park, Kansas. Paul received his first pastoral appointment at the Nazarene Church in Udall, Kansas, in the summer of 1972. Both of their daughters were born while they were in Udall. Shortly after the birth of their youngest daughter, the family moved to Knowles, Oklahoma. After prayerful consideration, in 1978 he made the decision to switch denominations from Nazarene to United Methodist. The family moved to Sharon, Oklahoma for his first United Methodist Church appointment. Over the years the family would move to several more communities in Oklahoma, where he pastored churches in Lucien/Hayward, Coweta, Talihina/Tuskahoma, and finally Bartlesville, where he pastored Grace-Epworth United Methodist Church until his retirement in 2002. Just a few months after his retirement, he was asked to assume the pastorate at Barnsdall United Methodist Church, where he served until the church closed its doors in 2013. Paul liked to keep busy. He worked many tax seasons at H&R Block in Bartlesville, and then several more tax seasons at Accounts by Jana in Dewey. He also served at the local polls on Election Day for many years. Paul was a member of the National Railway Historical Society for over 50 years. He and Jeanene traveled to many of the yearly conventions of the NRHS and rode the featured train for that convention. Paul loved his wife, daughters, and grandchildren deeply, and was always there for them. He loved people and he was loved by everyone who knew him. Most of all Paul loved the Lord. He was an active member of Bartlesville First Church. He especially enjoyed the men’s groups and he looked forward to their weekly meetings. Paul is survived by his wife Jeanene of the home; two daughters, Kimberly Hornbeck and husband Mark of Bartlesville, and Cheryl Overholt of Dewey; one sister, Joan Dozier of Oklahoma City; and nine grandchildren, Mark Jr., Elyssa, Jonathan, Timothy, Lily, Josiah, Nathanael, and Naomi Hornbeck, and Dylan Beck; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives. He is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Ruth Overholt; and one brother, Charles Overholt. Paul’s family will receive friends on Sunday, from 3-5 p.m., at the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel, 918-333-7665, 4201 Nowata Rd, Bartlesville. Visitation will also be held on Sunday from 12-5. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Paul’s memory to your charity of choice. Services will be held on Monday, 11 a.m., at the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Greg Tener officiating. Services are under the direction of Carter Davis and the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel. Online condolences and remembrances may be shared at www.DavisFamilyFuneralHome.com.

Paul Wesley T Overholt

February 29, 1936 - June 18, 2024