Obituary of Charles Colpitt

Charles H. "Chuck" Colpitt, Jr. died in peace on December 28, 2013, after a short illness in Tulsa. He was 57. The son of Charles H. Colpitt and Jean Tucker Colpitt, Chuck graduated from Edison High School in 1974, and received a degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa. As the third-generation owner of C. H. Colpitt Drilling Company, he followed his father and grandfather into the oil fields of Oklahoma. An exuberant family man, he and his wife, Sheri Bishop Colpitt, have three children: Charles H. Colpitt, III; Jack Hunter Colpitt; and Frances Paige Colpitt. From skiing in the Alps to scuba-diving in the Cayman Islands, he celebrated every day of his too-short life. Described by his lifelong friend Gregory Phillips as a hunting and rocket enthusiast, Chuck loved solving the engineering problems associated with rocketry, and hunting with his KTA fraternity brothers. He was also a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Tulsa. Chuck Colpitt is survived by his wife and children of Collinsville, Okla.; his sisters, Mary Colpitt of Ketchum, Okla., and Frances Colpitt and her husband Donald Walton of Fort Worth; and his brother, Terrence H. Colpitt of Tulsa. They are joined by many cousins, nieces and nephews, and innumerable close friends, many of whom he knew since childhood. Services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Tulsa on Tuesday, December 31 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that you make a donation to the charity of your choice. Ninde Brookside - www.ninde.com