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Nurse case manager
One registered nurse who visits on a schedule, manages pain and symptoms, and gives you her direct line.
Medicare
Est. 1986 · Hospice for southern Oklahoma
Forty years of sitting up with neighbors.
Hospice care at home across five counties of the Cross Timbers, from Healdton oil leases to lake houses on Texoma, by people who have been doing it since 1986.
How it started
A nurse, a church basement and one promise.
In 1986, a public-health nurse named Lorene Pruitt borrowed a desk in the basement of a Main Street church and started visiting the dying at home, because the nearest hospice was ninety miles away. She promised every family the same thing: you will not be alone at night.
Our office has moved twice since then, but the promise hasn't. A Cross Timbers nurse still answers every call, and still drives out when a call isn't enough.
— Ruth Ann Colbert, RN, Executive Director
What families count on
The promise, in practice
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Night and weekend nurse
A Cross Timbers nurse answers and drives out when needed, holidays included.
24/7
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Grief support
Calls, letters and visits, and a grief group that meets Monday evenings on Main Street.
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The people we sit with
Sample family reviews
What Carter County families say
Daddy worked the Healdton oil field for forty years. Our aide, Shawna, shaved him every morning just the way he liked, and he went out looking like himself.
I thought hospice meant they'd take over our house. Instead they taught me how to care for Mama and then stood right behind me.
Dr. Haney sat on our couch for an hour and answered every question my brothers had. Nobody had ever done that for us.
They held a pinning ceremony for Granddad on the porch, with a flag and a letter of thanks. He saluted from his wheelchair. We all cried.
A year later the grief group is still how I get through Mondays. Those folks understood without my having to explain.
Our team
Faces you'll come to know
Ruth Ann Colbert, RN
Executive Director
Ruth Ann started here as a hospice aide while she was in nursing school at Murray State, came back as a nurse, and has run the agency since 2021. She still takes call one night a month.
Dr. Walter Haney
Hospice Medical Director
A family doctor in Ardmore for thirty years before joining us. He makes house calls and keeps your own doctor in the loop.
Rev. Calvin Brooks
Chaplain
Pastored in Lone Grove for twenty-two years. He listens more than he talks, and he knows most of the hymns by heart.
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Lately in Carter County
Now hiring
Good people make Cross Timbers Hospice. We are hiring for every shift.
Contact
On West Main, since 1998
- 214 W Main Street
Ardmore, OK
Park along Main or in the lot behind the building. The back door has a ramp and opens straight into our family room. - (580) 555-0163
- Text us
- help@crosstimbershospice.example
- Cross Timbers Hospice
When to reach us
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Hospice nurse on call24 hours, 365 days
- Admissions7 days a week
One number, any hour: (580) 555-0163. After 5 p.m. it rings straight to the nurse on call.
You don't have to decide today.
Call and ask anything. A hospice nurse will answer, and nobody will rush you.