Donna Elizabeth Liddell Hartman, age 77, of Love County, OK, passed away on October 25, 2025, in Ardmore, OK. She began her life on December 17, 1947, in Gladewater, TX. She was born to Bonnie Jean (Brewer) Liddell and Billy D. Liddell, Sr.

Donna grew up living in many different towns according to construction jobs her father worked. At age eleven, she moved with the family back to Oklahoma to live on her grandmother's Chickasaw allotment land located between Marietta and Thackerville, Oklahoma.

She attended schools in Gladewater, Thackerville, and Leon, OK, and graduated from Leon High School in 1966. She graduated from ECU with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Donna was a certified teacher in Oklahoma, teaching second grade at Turner Public Schools. She later earned two different master's degrees in education administration and human resources. With those degrees, she eventually worked for the Higher Education Center as a TRIO counselor with East Central University, where she was able to motivate students to continue their education and work towards achieving their goals. She also enjoyed working with the Children's Shelter in Ardmore.

Donna was very proud of her Chickasaw heritage and culture and everything about it. She served as a Chickasaw Legislator for 11 years, where she felt blessed to serve the people of the Chickasaw Nation. She continued to work for the Nation in another capacity as an interviewer, gathering the amazing stories of elders in the community. She also loved collecting pictures of her family, with whom she worked hard to share her genealogy knowledge and the importance of gathering as a family. She loved deeply and was loved by her family and friends.

Donna loved nature and never met a critter she didn't like, but her favorite animals of all were horses. When she was younger, she enjoyed dancing, was an avid reader and liked riding horses.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Bonnie Jean and Billy Douglas Liddell, Sr., grandparents, Evylee and Claud Brewer and Minnie and Daniel Vernon Liddell; brother, Bobby Daral Liddell; sister Glenda Jean Liddell; and nieces and nephews: B.B., B.J., Christopher and Kristina Liddell.

Left to cherish Donna's memory are her sons, Danny Lee Hartman and Denise Prince, Ricky and Amy Hartman, Ronald Houston Hartman and honorary daughter LaDonna Liddell; grandchildren, Jenna and Manuel Escobedo, Asher Hartman and Paige Seely, Sydney Hartman, Kaleb & Lucia, Quinton & Courtney, Nicholas (Willa); great-grandchildren, Rigley and Madilyn Escobedo, Henley Hartman, Ozzie, Isabel and Jack; sister, Amy Liddell; brothers, Billy, Jr. and Martha, Mike and Vanessa, Murray, Brian and Teresa; many nieces, nephews, extended family members and special friends LaCretia Scott, Barbara McCain and Stephanie Furrh.

Services will be at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, October 30, at  the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Hollis Parsons of Gainesville, TX officiating. A time of visitation will be Wednesday, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Cremation services are under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Marietta.

Honorary casket bearers will be Ty Liddell, Randall Liddell, Richard Pierce, Jaylin Miller and Manuel Escobedo.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ardmore Animal Shelter, 321 Carol Brown Boulevard, Ardmore, OK 73401.