6/17/97

Lois Campbell

Lois Campbell, 75, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Services are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church in Shawnee.

Bill Matthews, Phil Thompson and Glenn C. Peck will officiate. Burial will follow at Tecumseh Cemetery.

Campbell was born June 18, l921 to Tom and Ruth (Dunbar)Tibbs in Shawnee.

She was reared in Shawnee and graduated from Shawnee High School.

She married Hugh Campbell in Tecumseh on Aug. 16, 1947. Following her marriage, she lived in Texas for 10 years. She then lived in Wewoka for 30 years and had resided in Tecumseh since l986.

She was a junior draftsman with the Texas Company and a homemaker.

Campbell was a member of the Christian Women’s Fellowship with the First Christian Church of Wewoka. She was also active in the Holiday Ramblers, Inc. She was a former secretary-treasurer with the Buffalo Ramblers Chapter #286.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Loretta Davidson, Evelyn Davidson and Patsy Riggin; and two brothers, Early Tibbs and Jack Tibbs.

Survivors include her husband of the home, one daughter, Cheryl Muirhead of Shawnee; one son, Keith Campbell of Wewoka, and three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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4/8/97

Bernice Alford

Bernice Noble Alford, 87, died Friday. Funeral services are set for April 9 at 11 a.m. at the Evangelistic Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. Her son, Dr. T. J. Roberts will officiate. Burial will follow at Wewoka Westwood Cemetery under the direction of Rolfe Funeral Home.

Alford was born May 15, l909 to Martha Jackson and William Noble in Seminole County.

She married George Alford in Seminole County.

She is preceded in death by her first husband, her parents, two daughters, six brothers and four sisters.

She is survived by her husband George Alford of the home, five sons, T. J. Roberts of Oklahoma City, Edward L. Alford of Wewoka, Ellis Alford of Norwalk, Calif., Wesley Alford of Inglewood, Calif., and Willie Alford of Cerritors, Calif.

She is survived by two daughters, Birdie Davis of Midwest City and Merdine Black of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Mentoria Hood of Seminole and Katherine Walker of Chicago; 25 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren.

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Inez Lee Allen

ADA - Funeral services for Inez Lee Allen, 106, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Sherman Ivy and Rev. Vernal West will officiate.

Interment will follow at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home.

Allen died Monday in her home in Ada.

She was born April 10, 1890 in Geneva, Ky. to Henry Moit and Rosa Clay Moit. As a child she came from Kentucky to a place in the Indian Territory near Pickett.

She attended Center rural schools.

On Sept. 20, 1945, she married Felix Bernard Allen in Yuma, Ariz. He preceded her in death on June 1, 1972.

She was a homemaker and worked in the early days at Ada Steam Laundry. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.

Survivors include one daughter, Ruby Stephens, Ada and one son, Garland Bundy, Seminole, ten grandchildren, 21 great-grand-children, and numerous great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two daughters and two sons.

Pallbearers will be Billy Bundy, Mark Bundy, Joe Frank Land, Don Stephens, Dean Stephens and Phillip Stephens.

Honorary pallbearers will be Bennie Stephens, Charles Bundy, Michael Stephens and Mark Hanna.

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Ina Arbaugh

Ina Arbaugh, 89, died Sunday in Seminole. Services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cooper Funeral Chapel in Tecumseh. George Bone will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home.

4-10-97

"Heartbreak Hotel" Songwriter Dies at 82

Internationally known Oklahoma songwriter died Wednesday at the age of 82.

Oklahoma’s Mae Boren Axton, who wrote Elvis Presley’s first big hit "Heartbreak Hotel," died at her home in Hendersonville, Tenn.

She was widely known in Oklahoma.

She came to Oklahoma as a child in a covered wagon. The daughter of M. L. and Nannie Boren, she was the only daughter in a family of eight brothers.

Her brothers included the late Dr. James B. Boren, early day president of Southwestern Oklahoma University at Weatherford and the last U.S. Congressman, Lyle H. Boren.

Axton was an active partner with her son Hoyt Axton, well known musician and television personality in the creation of the Jeremiah record label.

She has an impact on Oklahoma politics as the author of her nephew David Boren’s Broom Brigade Campaign them song "Let’s Clean Up Oklahoma" during his successful 1974 campaign for Governor.

Services for Axton will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hendersonville Church of Christ, under the direction of Phillips and Robinson Funeral Home of Hendersonville.

She was high school English teacher in Oklahoma at Wewoka, Ada, Broken Bow and Velma-Alma. She later taught in Jacksonville, Fla. before becoming one of the nation’s most successful songwriters.

Over four decades, she wrote more than 50 songs that were recorded by major record companies.

She was a mentor to many young musicians.

She was described by Boren, now President of the University of Oklahoma, as a "pied piper of young people who helped countless numbers of aspiring musicians to believe in themselves."

"Some of them went on to become stars and others did not, but all of them were better off for having known her," he said.

Among the scores of musicians and entertainers who have named her as a mentor are Elvis Presley, Dennis Weaver, Willie Nelson, Mel Tillis, Reba McEntire, Kris Kristofferson, and many others. She often acted as their agent at no cost to get them started.

While still a school teacher in Jacksonville, she first met Elvis Presley and helped convince him to pursue a recording career by writing "Heartbreak Hotel" for him.

In addition to her career in music and education, Mae Boren Axton was a tireless worker for charities including the March of Dimes and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

She has received almost every major award from the music and entertainment industry including the World Recognition Award of the International Songwriter’s Association. She received seven major awards from Broadcast Musicians International and was selected as one of the 50 greatest women songwriters by the National Songwriters Hall of Fame.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Axton, a math teacher and a high school football coach, and by her son John, who was an outstanding southeastern Oklahoma attorney and civic leader.

She is survived by her son, entertainer and musician Hoyt Axton, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.

4/15/97

Martha Barnes

CROMWELL - Graveside services Martha Lucille Barnes, 64, of Cromwell, were held at 2 p.m. today at Schoolton Cemetery. Rev. Frank Young will officiate.

Burial will follow under the direction of Schumaker Funeral Home.

Barnes died Saturday at her home.

She was born on May 15, 1932, in Okemah to Clarence and Dona (Ellis) Rowan. She married Bobby Gene Barnes on Sept. 8, 1953.

Barnes was of the Baptist faith and had resided in Seminole and Okfuskee Counties most of her life.

She was preceded in death by father; sisters, Beulah Piearcy and Lula Fay Ross.

Barnes is survived by her husband of the home; mother of Lamont, Calif.; sons, Slifford Barnes of Okemah and Donald Barnes of Grove; daughter Susan Mead of Okemah; brother, Orval Moore of Lamont, Calif.; sisters, Dovie Rowan and Wima Rush, both of Lamont, Calif.; and 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

4/16/97

Lee Blackwood

Lee L. Blackwood, 95, died on Tuesday at Seminole Municipal Hospital.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at Pickard Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.

Ed Bray will officiate. Burial will take place at Vamoosa Cemetery.

Blackwood was born June 24, 1901 at Muddy Fork, Ark., to Andrew Jackson Blackwood and Sarah Virginia Aylor Blackwood.

He had lived in Konawa since 1917. He married Willie Smith in Konawa on Nov. 22, l927.

He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. He retired after 40 years of employment as an equipment operator for Seminole Company.

Blackwood is survived by his wife of the home, one son, Joe Andy Blackwood of Sasakwa; two daughters, Lois Huff of Sasakwa and Evalyn L. Maxwell of Konawa.

He is also survived by two brothers, Andrew Blackwood and G. C. Blackwood, both of Konawa; two sisters, Estell Sutton of Seminole and Ora Harmon of Moore; 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Blackwood was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Virgil L. Blackwood in l984; and two grandsons.

Blackwood’s grandsons will be pallbearers.

5/20/97

Tonya Braboy

Heavenly angels rejoiced on Sunday afternoon when an angel from earth ascended to meet them.

Dr. Kelvin Moseley will officiate at services scheduled for May 21, at 10:30 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Seminole. Arrangements were made thru Swearingen Funeral Home of Seminole.

Tonya was born on September 14, 1956 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Casey W. and Rhea (Anderson) Pickens.

After graduation from Shawnee High School, Tonya earned an Associates degree from Seminole Junior College and attended Oklahoma Baptist University. She was a hairdresser in Grand Prairie, Texas, Seminole and Shawnee.

It was a blind date that introduced Tonya to Keith. Six months later they were married on June 26, 1982. It was a marriage arranged for them by God. Each spouse had qualities the other spouse learned from allowing the union to grow.

They grieved together as Sarah Nicole was taken to Heaven before they could know her; also Tonya's parents made the journey to Heaven. But their hearts soared as Katie Elizabeth arrived to accept all of their love and return it tenfold. During these years Tonya was a Sunday School teacher and choir member at First Baptist Church of Seminole.

Keith and Katie will always love their wife and mom.

Tonya's other family members include her precious brother Bill and Donna Allen of Sallisaw and sisters Sandra Nichols of Jonestown, Texas and Nancy Johnson of Round Rock, Texas.

Uncle Charles and Aunt Mary McEntire, of Shawnee, showed Tonya unconditional love that she cherished; Uncle Frank and Aunt Auda Anderson, of Earlsboro, urged her to always keep her eye on the Lord.

A smile always appeared as she thought of her times with her special cousins Vicky O'Donnell of Duncan and Paula Dennis of Bowlegs, and even though the ages were close Steve Allen, Cindy Rogers and Lisa Choate of Sallisaw and Shane Allen of Tahlequah were the apples of their "Aunt Tonya's" eyes. Other cousins, nieces and nephews, not mentioned by name, know that there was a special place in Tonya's heart for each of you.

Casket bearers are David Cobb, Gary Adams, Robert Foxx, Terry Howard, David Horton and Ron Henderson.

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June 11, 1997

Montez Braswell

Funeral services for Montez T. Braswell, 79, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Baggerley Greenlawn Funeral Home in Oklahoma City.

Braswell died Tuesday in Bethany.

She was born Sept. 3, 1917 in Phillipsburg, Mo., to Ennis Earl and Ivonne Taggard.

She was raised in Seminole and graduated from Seminole High School.

She had lived in Oklahoma City since 1953.

Survivors include two daughters, Diane Frazier of Bethany and Lee Jernigan of Tucson, Ariz.; one brother, Phil Taggard of Oklahoma City, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Heartland Healthcare Center, Bethany, Okla., or the Alzheimer’s Association, 4900 N. Portland, Suite 116, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73112.

4/8/97

Lloyd Brown

MIDLAND, Texas -- Graveside services for former Letha resident Lloyd H. Brown, 81, were held Saturday at Keller Cemetery, Wilson.

Arrangements were under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home.

Brown died April 2 at Memorial Hospital, Midland.

He was born March 7, 1916, in Wirt, Carter County, to Jessie and Lillie Brown.

He was reared and educated in Carter and Johnson counties.

He was a mechanic and retired from Permian Corp. after 18 years. Before that, he owned a cafe in Letha in the mid 1950s.

He married Faye Bonds on May 1, 1938; she survives him, of the home.

Other survivors include one son, Lloyd Jay Brown, Midland; two brothers, Claude Brown, Oklahoma City, and Doyle Brown, Mustang; one sister, Geneva Myrick, Seminole; three grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

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Jennie Brown

Jennie Elizabeth (Price) Brown, 83, died Sunday at Fountains of Canterbury Health Care Center in Oklahoma City.

Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Darryl Owen will officiate.

Burial will take place at Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Brown was born Feb. 4, 1914 in Houston, Texas, to Robert and Winnie Price.

She married Lloyd Brown on May 13, l934 in Seminole. He preceded her in death on June 4, l983. She was a homemaker and a longtime resident of Seminole.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Seminole and a member of Wedding Ring Sunday School Class of First United Methodist Church of Seminole.

White was preceded in death by her parents and one grandson.

Her survivors include two sons, Lloyd G. Brown of Perry, and Roy A. Brown of Oklahoma City; two daughters, Linda J. Arnett of Tulsa, and Sue L. Brown of Corte Madera, Calif.; one brother, Robert F. Price of Melbourne, Fla.; and four grandchildren.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

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5/28/97

Maynee Brown

Graveside services for Maynee Brown, 88, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Little Cemetery.

Brown died Tuesday in Sand Springs.

Services are under the direction of Moore Funeral Home in Tulsa.

She was born June 4, 1909 in Seminole to Elisha and Winey Brown.

She was a homemaker and a member of the Olivet Baptist Church.

Survivors include one daughter, Joan Reed of Sand Springs, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

5/22/97

Bonnie Cain

Funeral services for Bonnie G. Cain, 83, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the Church of Christ in Wewoka.

Wallace McRay will officiate, and interment will be at Atwood Cemetery.

Cain passed away Tuesday.

She was born Feb. 2, 1914 in Advance, Arkansas to Grace and J.W. Bench.

She was raised in the Wetumka and Hughes County area, and she later moved to the Atwood area.

Cain married Harvey Haskell Cain on Nov. 14, 1932, and he preceded her in death on May 4, 1997.

She had lived in Wewoka for the last 45 years, and she was an active member of the Church of Christ in Wewoka for many years.

Survivors include six children, Hershel Cain of Oklahoma City; Carrol Cain of Harrah; Raymond Cain of Wewoka; Reba Terrell of Cashion; Jane Resler of Minco, and Sheron Hendryx of San Antonio; two sisters, Edith Booze of Okemah and Clara Coffee of Green Acres, Wash.; 14 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Tony Bagwell, Loane Broadbent, Mathew Cain, Brian Cain, Jimmy Sutton, and John Bender

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Charley Alford

Rev. B.G. Renfro is scheduled to officiate; burial will follow in Westwood Cemetery under the direction of Myers Mortuary.

Alford died Monday in Phoenix, Ariz.

He was born Aug. 22, 1911, in Wewoka, where he lived most of his life.

He was retired from Tinker Air Force Base and Forsee Chevrolet.

Survivors include three daughters, Erma J. Emery, Lawton, Annie A. Taylor, Tempe, Ariz., and Doll B. Bly, Phoenix; three brothers, Wesley Alford, Weleetka, Sylvester Alford, Detroit, Mich., and Romeo Alford, Sapulpa; three sisters, Sunshyne French, Owasso, Violet Patterson, Tulsa, and Wessylyne Simpson, Langston; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

6/4/97

Clora Carolina

Funeral services for Clora D. Carolina, 78, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Scipio Baptist Church in Lima.

Rev. E.G. Bert will officiate, and services are under the direction of Meyers Mortuary.

Carolina died May 31.

She was born Jan. 21, 1919.

She had lived in Sasakwa all of her life.

Survivors include a son, Leon Carolina of Seminole; two sisters, Rena Price of Los Angeles and Roxie Manuel of Oklahoma City; three granddaughters, four step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, 11 step-great-grandchildren, and one step-great-great grandson.

Charles Chadick

Charles Albert Chadick, 79, of Wewoka died on Monday.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hilltop Freewill Baptist Church in Wewoka. N. R. Smith will officiate.

Burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.

Chadick was born Dec. 21, 1917 in Calvin to Albert D. and Mamie Mae Chadick.

He is survived by his wife Blanche of the home; seven children, Charles Chadick Jr. of Seminole, Judy Bowling of Roland, Bill Chadick of Coppers Cove, Texas, Debbie Canary of Niardic, Ill., Alma O’Neal of Roland, Mamie Gambrell of Pocola and Doris Khoury of Konawa.

Other survivors include two brothers, Jim Chadick of Wewoka and Harold Chadick of Seminole; 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Vic Watts, L. D. Tribble, Lloyd Bise, Warren Jones, Carl Barnes, Bennie Wilkerson and Herman Harper.

Ferman

Cheatwood

Memorial services for Ferman Cheatwood, 83, of Seminole, have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Seminole.

Drake died Monday in Oklahoma City.

He was born on Dec. 29, 1913, in Paden to C.F. and Z.M.E. (Dawson) Cheatwood.

At the age of eight, he moved to Okemah and attended school

Cheatwood married Frances Stine on Dec. 1, 1933. the couple moved to Oklahoma City in 1935, where they resided for the next 42 years.

He worked in the freight business for 24 years, 20 with Motor Freight Lines.

Cheatwood was an avid bridge player for 45 years and was a Life Master of the game.

In 1981, he married Eva Barry, with whom he traveled extensively.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and served as and elder, clerk of session, treasurer and adult Sunday school teacher.

Cheatwood was preceded in death by his first wife, Frances; parents; brothers, Vernie, Herman and Bernan Cheatwood; and sisters, Viola Mae Hindman and Esther Sweeten.

He is survived by his wife of the home; son, Scott Cheatwood of Oklahoma City; daughter, Carolyn Burkes of Oklahoma City; sister, Mabel Howard of Oklahoma City; and brother, Orman Cheatwood of Edmond; and three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be donated to the First Presbyterian Church.

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Nana Choate

Funeral services for Nana Iva (Barrett) Choate, 89, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Rev. Robert Brasier will officiate. Burial will follow in Little Cemetery.

Choate, 89, died Sunday at Seminole Municipal Hospital.

She was born March 16, 1907, south of Earlsboro, Indian Territory, to H.A. "Andy" and Agnes Melissa (Rogers) Barrett.

She was a lifelong resident of the Seminole-Earlsboro area and was active in her comunity.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Earlsboro. She was a member of the Tracy Rebekah Lodge for more than 40 years, serving as Noble Grand and in other positions.

She was a also a 30-year member of an extension homemakers club.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Arthur Choate on May 20, 1976, and J.C. Hanna on Sept. 1, 1988; two brothers, Robert and Lewell Barrett; and one sister, Audie Barrett.

Survivors include four nieces, Glenda Barrett, Edmond, Nana Cornwell, Waco, Texas, Judy Vanlandingham, Tahlequah, and Terri Watson, Fort Worth; and one nephew, Bob Barrett, Vicksburg, Miss.

Pallbearers will include Steve Copeland, Barrett Vanlandingham, Jimmy Welch, Steve Rasure, Frank Anderson, John Starkey and John York.

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Perennial Candidate Billy Joe Clegg Dies

Former Seminole resident, Billy Joe Clegg, died Thursday in Biloxi, Miss.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday for the self-identified perennial candidate.

Clegg, a Baptist minister who had moved to Miss. from Oklahoma in 1989, had checked into the Biloxi Veterans Administration emergency room when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest, a spokesman said.

He was born with the name of William Joseph Summers in Tulsa in 1928. Tom Clegg, a farm in rural Seminole, adopted Billy Joe.

When Clegg first entered politics in 1971, he quit his job as a worker for Independent Postal Service in Tulsa and hitchhiked to New Hampshire to enter the presidential primary.

Clegg had entered presidential, gubernatorial, and congressional races as a Democratic, Republican and as an independent candidate, even running under his own Loyal U.S.A. Party.

Using the campaign slogan, "Clegg Won’t Pull Your Leg," he had announced in Mississippi last week that he intended to seek the presidency again in the year 2000.

Retired as a tech sergeant after more than 21 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, Clegg was a member of the Bay Vista Baptist Church in Biloxi.

He was president of the Clegg Christian Crusade.

Services will be held Tuesday in the Riemann Memorial Funeral Home in Biloxi with burial at the Biloxi National Cemetery with full military honors.

Survivors are his wife, Betty; a son Joe Darrel Clegg, Arlington, Tex.; and a daughter, Carmen Ruth Arn, Austin, Tex.

5/6/97

Robert Clower

Robert L. Clower, 88, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Burial took place on Monday under the direction of Knight Funeral Home in Maud. Jim Kirkedall officiated the graveside services.

Clower was born Dec. 13, l908 at Vamoosa. He was a lifelong Vamoosa and Maud resident. He moved to Oklahoma City two years preceding his death.

He married Myrhl L. Clower in l930 at Maud.

He was an oilfield pumper and later worked for over 30 years for the Oklahoma State Highway department. He was a member of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and a daughter, Janova Dale Clower.

Clower is survived by his son, Jerry Wade Clower of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Cleta K. Brown, of Oklahoma City; two grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

5/2/97

Julie Conner

Julie Conner, 79, died at her home in Seminole on Thursday. Services are pending with Swearingen.

Julia Conner

Funeral services for Julia Louise Conner, 79, long-time Seminole resident, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Rev. Mike Bentley will officiate. Interment will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Swearing Funeral Home.

Conner died Thursday in her home in Seminole.

She was born July 26, 1917 in Shamrock to C. P. Johnson and Emma (Creason) Johnson.

On Dec. 23, 1938 she married C.B. Conner in Chelsea; he survives her of their home. They moved to Seminole 51 years ago.

Conner was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ at Park and Seminole Streets.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Other survivors include three sons and daughter-in-laws, C. Wayne and Beverly Conner, Bartlett, Tenn., Charles and Linda Conner, Oklahoma City and Bernard G. Conner, Oklahoma City; one daughter Judy and Dave McKinney, Oklahoma City, a sister and brother-in-law, Mozelle and Jim Hall of Seminole; ten grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.

Casket bearers will be Charles Wayne Conner, Daniel Rojas, Brandon Conner, Robert Harris, Bradley Conner, and Tyler Conner. Honorary bearers will be Michael Theriot and Hassie Darweesh.

Pattie Conwell

Word was just received that Pattie (Cross) Conwell, 36, former Seminole resident, died on June 10 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas.

Conwell attended high school in Lumberton, Texas. She graduated from Seminole State College and attended East Central University in Ada. She resided and worked at the Omega Alpha Christian Center north of Wewoka.

Survivors included one daughter Tina Renee Conwell and one son, Joseph Michael Conwell both of Arvada, Colo.; two sisters, Linda Waldrop of Lumberton and Marty Cassens of Clear Lake, Texas.

Other survivors included one brother, Carl Hubert of Lake Charles, La., and one maternal grandmother, Martha Blackburn of Vidor, Texas.

At the request of Conwell, memorials can be made to Omega Alpha Christian Center, Rt 2 Box 186, Wewoka, OK. 74884.

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5/6/97

Grace Cooper

Grace Jeanette Cooper, 89, of Wewoka died at Mission Hill Hospital in Shawnee.

Graveside services are set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.

Cooper was born Aug. 4 , l907 in Ada. She had lived in Wewoka since l942. She was preceded in death by her husband George E. Cooper in l975.

She is survived by two daughters, Deloris Franke of Okmulgee and Doris J. Case of Artesia, N.M.; one son, George E. Cooper Jr., of Wewoka; three sisters, Lena Simpson of Ada, Wilma Whittenbury of Lemont, Ill., and Jerri Wolf of Fresno, Calif.; and one brother, Dempsey Kellum of Konawa.

She is also survived by nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Wonnie Cosar

Dave Bowlegs and Andy Alexander will officiate. Burial will follow in the Mack and Bell family cemetery, two mile west of Cromwell, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

Cosar died Friday at the Wewoka Nursing Center.

He was born Feb. 24, 1916, in Wolf to Lopey and Sophrona (Powell) Cosar.

He worked for the city of Shawnee for a number of years and was a veteran of World War II. He served in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include two sons, Andrew Kosaw, Konawa, and Phillip J. Deere, Moore; two daughters, Alice Mack, Cromwell, and Anita Holuby, Oklahoma City; 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will include Rodney Starr, Steve Yargee, Sam Harjo Sr., Leon Bell, Isaic Walters and Chebon Walters.

5/1/97

Benny Cothern

Benny Cothern, 81, died Wednesday at home.

A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Tri-City Christian Center. Marion Hadsell and Leon Haas will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Cothern was born in Mount Hope, Ala., Feb. 4, l916 to Oscar Cothern and Maggie (Boyles) Cothern. He married Tuki Rogers on June 28, 1947 in Corinth, Miss.

He retired from oilfield work in l986; he worked in Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado and Utah. He also worked for Walt Davis Chevrolet. He served in the U. S. Air Force.

He moved to Seminole nine years ago from California. He was a member of Tri-City Christian Center.

Cothern is survived by his wife, Tuki of the home; two sons, Jack Ryan of Seminole and Billy of Salem, Ill.; and one daughter, Betty Mowry of Decateur, Ill.

Other survivors include a sister, Jessie Kilye of Scotsdale, Ariz., and seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions can be made to New Hope Hospice Program of Ada or a favorite charity.

5/6/97

Doris Cox

Word was received today of the death of Doris Darland Cox, who died March 23.

Burial was in Albuquerque, N.M.

She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. U.V. Darland. She attended Seminole schools and Seminole Junior College.

She moved to Albuquerque in the early 1940s.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Tom Beaver; and one brother, Bill Dan Darland.

She is survived by her husband, R.L. Cox, Albuquerque.

Myrtle Cravens

KONAWA - Graveside services for Myrtle Cravens, 81, were held today at Konawa Cemetery. Rev. Mitch Williams officiated. Burial was under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

The life-long Konawa resident died Saturday in Seminole Municipal Hospital.

She was born Dec. 27, 1915 in Madill to Mark and Lou Bracken; both parents preceded her in death.

She was married to Orville Craven on July 6, 1929 in Stratford; he preceded her in death in 1972. One son, Leon, also preceded her in death in 1989.

Survivors include one son, Jim Cravens, Longview, Tex., two brothers, Afton Bracken and Gene Bracken, both of Tishomingo, one sister, Evelyn May, Tishomingo, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

4/29/97

Ima Curtis

Ima Jean Thomas Curtis, 77, died at Shawnee Regional Hospital on Monday.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Romulus Baptist Church. Darrell Witten and Norman Kiker will officiate. Burial will take place at Tecumseh Cemetery under the direction of Knight Funeral Home in Maud.

Curtis was born in Okmulgee on April 28, l920 to Curtis Peavler and Laura (Hall) Peavler. She moved to the Macomb area as a small child and lived there until 1977 when she moved to Shawnee. She then moved back to the Macomb area three years ago.

She was the owner and operator of Thomas Dairy Ranch. She retired in the early l980s and was employed by Colonial Estates and Sunset Estates care centers.

She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary and attended a non-denominational church.

Curtis was preceded in death by her first husband Leonard Thomas, who died in l975; her parents, three brothers and two sisters.

She is survived by her husband, Harvey Curtis of the home, one son, Gary Thomas of Macomb; one daughter, Mary Jo Hargus of Asher; four stepchildren, Mike Curtis of Rio Linda, Calif.; Robert and Richard Curtis of Sacramento; and Vickie McViar of Carmichael, Calif.

Other survivors include one brother, Joe Peavler of Maud; one sister, Betty Schlehuber of Moore; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Shawnee Hospice, P.O. Box 3194, Shawnee, OK 74802.

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6/20/97

Everett Doren Dobbs

Everett D. Dobbs, 91, died of natural causes on June 17, 1997. Services will be held Monday. In the Chapel of Yanda & Son Funeral Home, 1500 W. Vandament, Yukon. The deceased grandson David Forgety, Seminole, will officiate.

Graveside services will be held at Carney Cemetery at 4 p.m. under the direction of Yanda & Son Funeral Home.

Pallbearers are Richard Dobbs of Overland Park, Kan., Stephen Dobbs, San Antonio, Texas, Larry McAdoo, McGregor, Texas, Matt Seward, Oklahoma City, Tim Paxton, Newcastle and Ted McIlwain, Yukon.

Dobbs was born July 10, 1905 near Tyron, in Lincoln County to Amos and Jenny Dobbs.

He married Ada Faye Osborn in Chandler on Dec. 22, 1927. They had three children; his wife preceded him in death on Oct. 28, 1986.

Dobbs was a farmer near Tyron until May of 1939. He moved to Seminole and was a machinist for Eureka Took Company and Mick Tool Company until he retired in 1972.

After retirement he was an avid golfer at the Seminole Public Golf Course and a member of the Church of God in Seminole.

In 1991 he moved to the Baptist Retirement Center in Oklahoma. He was in hospitals and nursing homes for the past 14 months.

Dobbs is survived by his three children, Leon and Virginia Dobbs, McGregor, Texas, Lorna and Max Prewitt, Oklahoma City and Sue Robison, Yukon; eight grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

5/30/97

Marylee Douthit

Graveside services for Marylee Douthit, 63, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Wolf Cemetery. Rev. Robert Millsap will officiate.

Interment is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

She died Thursday in Eufaula.

A Shawnee resident, Douthit had lived most of her life in the Seminole area. She lived in Bowlegs for 26 years before moving to Shawnee.

She was born on June 15, 1933 in Seminole to Theodore "Ted" R. Price and Mary E. (Coggin) Price.

On Sept. 2, 1949, she married Jim Riley Douthit Sr., in Lindsay; he survives her of the home.

Douthit was an income tax preparer and a member of the Victory Tabernacle, Shawnee. She was also a member of the Communications Worker Union, the AFL-CIO Ladies’ Auxiliary and the P.T.A.

Douthit was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.

Other survivors are two sons, Jim R. Douthit Jr., Oklahoma City, and Steven W. Douthit, Bloomfield, NM; one daughter, Mary Beth Paulk, Shawnee; one brother, Ted Price Jr., Maysville, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Casket bearers will be Paul Hobia, Eric Douthit, Riley Wade Douthit, Joshua Gandy Douthit, Gene Bellows and James Zientek.

Honorary casket bearers will be Steven Douthit Jr., Rickey Paulk, Dale Douthit, James Douthit, Mike Douthit, and Darrin Shulls.

Jim Downing

Funeral services for Jim Downing, 82, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.

Rev. Roger Brewer will officiate. Burial will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens.

Downing died Sunday at Carl Albert Hospital, Ada.

He was born Oct. 2, 1914, in Muskogee, to Benjamin and Josephine (Tucker) Downing. He lived most of his life in Seminole.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945 in Company A 328th Medical Battalion. He was a staff sergeant during World War II.

For 22 years he worked for O.L. Harvey Trucking. He was a lieutenant with Seminole Police Department for 11 years.

He was a member of First Church of God and a lifetime member of American Legion Post 204, where he was past commander.

He married Helen Slay on Oct. 11, 1945, in Ada; she survives him, of the home.

Other survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Glen and Mel Osburn, Oklahoma City; four daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy and Allen George, Oklahoma City, Cecilia and Bill Coker, Debbie and Scott Lewis and Terry and Richard Poulter, all of Seminole; two sisters, Ruby Smith and Bessie Jackson, both of Oklahoma City; and six grandchildren, Greg Osburn, Todd George, Jason Lewis, Jamie Downing, William Coker and Magan Coker.

He was preceded in death by one brother and several sisters.

Pallbearers will include Louis Chase, Oartie Anderson, Denny Evans, Gene Knight, Tom Springer and Todd Vesely.

Members of American Legion Post 204 will serve as honorary casketbearers.

Military graveside rites will be provided by VFW Post 11194 Desert Storm, Konawa; and Oklahoma City Chapter 85 Honor Guard.

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4/23/97

Leah Dozier

Leah Noble Dozier, 92, of Seminole died Monday at a Shawnee hospital.

Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Spencer. Kenn West is officiating.

Burial will take place at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Spencer under the direction of Keller Funeral Home of Wewoka.

Dozier was born Jan. 1, l905 in Seminole County Indian Territory to Logan Noble and Susie Mills.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Dozier; one son, Billie Island and one brother, Tom Noble.

She was a member of St. Luke’s Baptist Church.

4/24/97

John Driver

John Driver, 76, former Seminole resident, died Wednesday in Kingwood, Texas.

Funeral services are pending with Swearingen Funeral Home.

5/22/97

Golda Duty

Funeral services for Golda Leona Duty, 85, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Cooper Funeral Chapel in Tecumseh.

Dwyane Dennis of Central Church of Christ will officiate, and burial will follow in Tecumseh Cemetery.

Duty died Wednesday in Shawnee.

She was born June 1, 1911 in Delta, Colo. to Curt and Lizzie Wells, and she attended Little Public Schools.

On Oct. 7, 1930, she married Frank Duty in Ada. He preceded her in death in May 1985.

She lived most of her life in Seminole, and had lived in Tecumseh since 1964, where she was a homemaker.

She also cooked at Nina’s Cafe in Tecumseh for two years and at Rainbow Cafe in Seminole for 15 years.

She was an active member of the Central Church of Christ in Shawnee.

Duty was preceded in death by four brothers, Elmer, John, Otis, and Harvey Wells, and two sisters, Gertie Grounds and Clara Stidham.

Survivors include two daughters, Nina Baylis of Tecumseh and Betty Ott of Shawnee; two grandsons, and four great-grandchildren.

6/5/97

Ethel Eberle

Funeral services for Ethel Eberle, 84, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sasakwa Church of Christ.

Virgil Romine will officiate, and burial will follow at the Eberle Family Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home in Konawa.

Eberle died Wednesday at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada.

She was born Jan. 29, 1913 in Sasakwa to George and Clemmie Brown.

She married Otto Eberle in May of 1934. He precede her in death in April of 1992.

She worked as an income tax accountant and a seamstress, and she had lived in Sasakwa her entire life, where she was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include two sons, Claude Eberle of Smithville and Ted Eberle of Konawa; four daughters, Betty Parrett of Bartlesville, Barbara Moon of Sasakwa, Ramona Scott of Ada, and Laveda Head of Marshall, Va.; one sister, Mildred Parks of Santa Rosa, Calif., 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Cliff Eberle, Eddie Parrett, Doug Moon, Mike Scott, Doug Martin, Franky Eberle, and Bryan Eberle.

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Dorothy Elliott

Funeral services for Dorothy Marie Peterman Elliott, 74, Maud resident, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hill Top Free Will Baptist Church, Wewoka. Rev. N.R.Smith will officiate.

Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the McLoud Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Elliott died Sunday in her home in Maud.

She was born August 8, 1922, in McLoud to Morris Dee Whittet and Eva May Munson Whittet.

Her first husband, Leonard "Shorty" Peterman, preceded her in death. She is also predeceased by her parents, one brother, Ralph Whittet, one sister, Alice Whittet and two granddaughters, Donna and Tracy Ashlock.

On April 28, 1974, she married Herman L. Elliott in Arizona.

She moved to Maud in 1981 from McLoud. She is a homemaker and a member of the Hill Top Free Will Baptist Church in Wewoka.

Survivors include her husband, Herman L. Elliott of the home, two sons, Leonard Wayne Peterman, McLoud and Herman Elliott, Salida; one daughter Mary Ruth Ashlock, Modesto, Calif., five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Casketbearers will be Hulon Mosley, J. C. Kinard, David Elliott, Tom Whittet, David Whittet and Larry Whittet.

Honorary casketbearers will be Ham Gaines and H. A. Elliott.

6/5/97

Arthur Everhart, Sr.

Funeral services for Arthur William Everhart, Sr., 57, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Pickard Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.

Bill Howse III will officiate, and burial will follow at the Vamoosa Cemetery.

Everhart died Wednesday at his home in Konawa.

He was born April 26, 1940 in Lincoln, Neb., to Floyd and Edith Everhart.

He married Deanna (Blackwood) Everhart on Aug. 18, 1963.

Everhart had moved to Konawa in 1977 from California, where he worked as a journeyman molder and EMS worker.

He was a member of the New Horizons Fellowship in Wanette.

He is preceded in death by his father and one brother, Richard Everhart.

Survivors include his mother and his wife, of the home; one daughter, Carol Morris of Konawa; one son, Billy Everhart, Jr. of Ada; three brothers, Floyd Everhart Jr. of Konawa, John Everhart of Arizona, and Larry Everhart of California, and two granddaughters.

Pallbearers will be Jeff Morris, Billy Everhart, Jr., Floyd Everhart, Jr., Coy Vanschuyver, Johnny Blackwood, and Johnny Everhart.

Christian Factor

Funeral services for Christian S. Factor are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Central Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.

Services are under the direction of Stout Funeral Home, and Leon Postoak and Edmond Harjo will officiate.

Interment will follow at Spring Baptist Church Cemetery in Sasakwa.

Factor died Sunday in the Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

He was 13 days old.

Factor was born on May 12, 1997 to Dennis and Vicki Factor.

Survivors include his parents, five brothers, Warren Tebe of Tulsa, John Factor of Bethany, Schuyler Deal of Moore, Dennis Factor, Jr. of Anadarko, and Jesse Factor of Bethany; three sisters, Jamie Factor of Anadarko, Anita Factor of Wewoka, and Dakota Factor of Bethany; maternal grandmother Genevieve Fish of Oklahoma City; paternal great-grandmother Lena Factor of California; maternal great-grandmother Edna Walker of Oklahoma City, and aunts and uncles.

4/17/97

Burvle Fowler

Burvle F. Fowler, 84, died Tuesday at his home in East Lansing, MI.

Services are planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Burial will take place at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Seminole under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Fowler lived most of his life in Seminole, except for brief periods in the 60s and l987-l992 when he lived in Nashville, Tenn. He moved to Michigan in l992.

Fowler was born in Alabama on July 22, l912 to Daniel Moody Fowler and Arabelle (Lucas) Fowler.

He married Helen Northam on Aug. 24, l935 near Ada. They were married for 61 years.

He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church in East Lansing, MI. He purchased a Texaco Station in Wolf in 1938; he worked in the oil and gas industry until his retirement from Atlantic Richfield (Sinclair) in l977.

Fowler was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Woodrow Fowler and a sister, Margie Elliott.

His survivors include, Helen Northam Fowler of the home, two daughters, Burdeanna Welch of East Lansing, MI., and Sharon Gregg of Nashville, Tenn.

Other survivors include two sisters, Audrey Roberts of Wolf and Minnie Doolen of Midwest City; two brothers, M. D. Fowler of Maud and John Fowler of Oklahoma City, and three grandsons.

4/18/97

Burvle Fowler

Burvle F. Fowler, 84, died April 15, l997 at his home in East Lansing, Mich., following an extended illness.

Services are planned for 2 p.m. April 19, 1997 at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Burial will take place at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Seminole under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

The family will receive visitors at Swearingen Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight.

Fowler was born in Alabama on July 22, l912 to Daniel Moody Fowler and Arabelle (Lucas) Fowler.

He lived most of his life in Seminole, except for living in Tatum, N.M., from 1960-1967; and l987-l992 when he lived in Nashville, Tenn. He moved to Michigan in l992.

He married Helen Northam on Aug. 24, l935 near Ada. They were married for 61 years.

He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church in East Lansing, Mich. He purchased a Texaco Station in Wolf in 1938; he worked in the oil and gas industry until his retirement from Atlantic Richfield (Sinclair) in l977.

Fowler was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Woodrow Fowler and a sister, Margie Elliott.

His survivors include his wife, Helen Northam Fowler, of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Burdeanna and Alford Welch of East Lansing, Mich.; and Sharon and Robert Gregg of Nashville, Tenn.

Other survivors include two sisters, Audrey Roberts of Wolf and Minnie Doolen of Midwest City; two brothers, M. D. Fowler of Maud and John Fowler of Oklahoma City, and three grandsons, Stephen Welch, Christopher Gregg and Michael Gregg, and a host of relatives and friends.

Fowler’s grandsons, sons-in-law and nephews will serve as casket bearers.

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Betty Gaines

Rev. David Cranfield will officiate. Burial will be under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home.

Gaines died Wednesday at Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City. She was 58 years old.

She was born Dec. 27, 1938, in Arizona to Ethel (Shields) and Clarence Glover. She was reared in the Holdenville area and attended Holdenville Schools.

She lived in Seminole for about 10 years.

Survivors include two sons, Roger and Ronnie Gaines, both of Holdenville; two daughters, Teresa Alexander, Oklahoma City, and Lisa Rogers, Enid; three brothers, Ronnie Cherry, Holdenville, Wendell Cherry, Chandler, and Clarence "Snookie" Glover, Las Vegas, Nev.; two sisters, Pauline McMullen and Faye Evans, both of Holdenville; nine grandchildren and a special friend, Willie Walton, Holdenville.

Pallbearers will include Bruce Eperley, Mike Mooney, Jerry Nichol, Randy Leader, B.J. Walter and John Avery.

5/1/97

Pearl Gaines

Jim Gillum will officiate. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.

Gaines died Tuesday at Wetumka Hospital. She was 85 years old.

She was born Feb. 1, 1912, in Sasakwa. She was raised in the Sasakwa area, where she lived most of her life. She worked in area nursing homes for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lodus Gaines; by seven brothers, three sisters and five grandchildren.

Survivors include four sons, Odell Gaines, Wewoka, Eddie Gaines, Bowlegs, Jerry Gaines, Wodland, Calif., and Jimmy Gaines, Oklahoma City; four daughters, Doris Spruill, Allen, Margie Dodd and Belva Krause, both of Bowlegs, and Betty Cook, McAlester; 25 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchil-dren and seven great-great-grand-children.

6/17/97

Leroy Garrison

Leroy Garrison of Duncan, 82, died on Monday at Duncan Regional Hospital.

Funeral services are set for 9 a.m. Wednesday at Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel in Duncan. Phil Wahl will officiate.

Burial will follow at Ryan Cemetery in Ryan under the direction of Grantham Funeral Home.

Garrison was born Nov. 5, l914 in Ryan to Roy and Buena (Keller) Garrison.

He was a self-employed carpenter for 65 years. He belonged to Duncan Moose Lodge where he had served as governor and had attained the degree of pilgrim. He was a former fire chief of Ryan Volunteer Fire Department and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Ryan. He was involved in the Boy Scout Program in Ryan.

He is preceded in death by his wife Lucille Beare Garrison, his parents and one daughter, Theresea Harris in l991.

Survivors include a daughter, Sarah Marsh of Seminole; two brothers, O. B. Garrison of Chickasha and Bill Garrison of Altus; and 12 grandchildren.

Members of the Moose Lodge will serve as pall bearers.

Memorials can be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N. E. 13th, Oklahoma City, OK.

6/20/97

Billy Gentry

Billy David Gentry, 46, died Wednesday. Services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Konawa School Auditorium. Winston Curtis and Arvle W. Knight will officiate.

Burial will follow at McGee Cemetery under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

Gentry was born Feb. 25, l951 in Ft. Hood, Texas to Bobby Jean Pederson and William Dale Gentry.

He married Eston (Winn) Gentry at Stratford on Nov. 7, l970.

He was a managing funeral director for Pickard Funeral Home in Konawa for 28 years.

Gentry was a past member of the Konawa City Council, Konawa School Board for 10 years and also served two terms as president of the board.

He retired from Konawa Fire Department and served as Chief. He was a member of the Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, BPOE #1640 in Ada and member of Konawa Housing Authority and past president of Lions Clubs of Konawa.

He is survived by his wife of the home, a daughter, Jennifer Matthews of Konawa and two sons, Scott and Steven Gentry.

Other survivors include his parents, Dale and Bobbie Gentry of Stratford, two brothers, Tom Pickard of Stratford, and Tony Gentry of Oklahoma City; one grandson, and a maternal grandmother, Corene Holbrook of Vanoss.

Pallbearers include Don Gallagher, Frank Wilson, John Sharber, Milton Courtney, Gary McKnight and Pat Hughes.

Honorary pallbearers are Boyd Perry, Jerry Townley, Tom Farus, Bill Burton, Jerry Surber, Gene Niles, Gary Doner and Roger Harrod.

5/8/97

Benjamin Gordon

Benjamin Gordon of Wewoka, 64, died in Oklahoma City on Saturday. Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Prairie Spring Baptist Church in Castle.

Interment will take place at Church Cemetery in Castle under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

Gordon was born on Feb. 10, l933 in Okemah. He was raised in Okemah. He attended high school in Phoenix, Ariz. He served in the U. S. Army from l952-l955. He lived in Colorado for 30 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers and one sister.

Gordon is survived by his wife Pearl Gordon; one son, Anthony Gordon of Oklahoma City; four step-children, Dana Gittens, Wendy Newsom and Bianca Hudson of Denver and Lanardo Gittens of Pomona, Calif.

Other survivors include three sisters, Emma Gordon and Dorothy Carolina of Oklahoma City; and Dollie Carolina of Wewoka; and seven grandchildren

His nephews will serve as pallbearers and his nieces as flower bearers.

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Bennie Grace

James E. Wigington will officiate. Burial will follow in Sand Creek Cemetery under the direction of Stout Funeral Home, Wewoka.

Grace died Tuesday at Shawnee Regional Hospital.

He was born June 22, 1925, in Bearden, where he was also reared. He lived in Texas and Missouri before settling in Cromwell in 1967.

He married Eva Lee Morris on Nov. 8, 1944; she survives him, of the home.

Other survivors include one son, Tommy Grace, Haddam, Kans.; two sisters, Dean Sikes and Ethel Watson, both of Viburnum, Mo.; and seven grandchildren

He was preceded in death by one son, Johnny Grace, on Dec. 5, 1993.

6/13/97

Edith Townsend Greenlee

Funeral services for Edith Townsend Greenlee, 88, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Pickard Funeral Home.

Richard Winters officiated, and burial followed at Vista Cemetery.

Greenlee died Saturday at Valley View Regional Hospital.

She was born Oct. 31, 1908 in Konawa to Everett and Vertie Townsend.

She married Estal Greenlee, and he preceded her in death in 1993.

She was a homemaker and lived in the Konawa area all of her life.

Survivors include two brothers, Benton Townsend of Oklahoma City and Gene Townsend of Lindsay, and one sister, Margaret Allen of Lubbock, Tex.

6/8/97

Thelma Haddan

The death of local educator, Thelma M. Haddan former Seminole teacher, was just recently announced by her daughter; Haddan died in Westminster, Calif., on May 25.

Haddan was a native Oklahoman who taught at Roosevelt School during her residency.

She received a bachelor’s degree from Durant and her graduate degrees from the University of Oklahoma.

After leaving Seminole, Haddan taught the college in Chickasha and later served as assistant dean of students at the University of Oklahoma.

She is survived by her daughter, Merrell Ann Haddan of Westminster who related, "[Thelma Haddan] always remembered her students in Seminole as some of the best in the state. She was pleased to have been able to work with many of them again when they attended college in Norman."

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5/14/97

William Haley

William Loyd Haley, 60, died Tuesday in Seminole. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Basil Keenan will officiate.

Burial will take place at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Seminole under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

A Rosary will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.

Haley was born Aug. 28, 1936 in Harpster, Ohio, to John David Haley and Irene Bradshaw Haley. He married Sharon Kinsey on March 17, l973.

He was retired from the US Navy Mobile Construction Battalion #1 in Port Hueneme, Calif., in l985. He moved to Seminole in l990.

He is a member of Masonic Lodge of Salem, Ohio.

Haley was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Johnney Haley.

He is survived by his wife of the home; three sons and daughter-in- law, Ken and Francine Haley, William J. Haley of the home and William C. Haley; three daughters, Mary Beth Haley of the home, Cindy Haley and Sue Ann Haley of Marion, Calif.

Other survivors include five brothers, Bob Haley of Wilmington, N.C.; Gary Haley of Austin, Texas; Doug Haley of Marion, Ohio; Pat Haley of Virginia Beach, Va.; Jim Haley of Shelby, Ohio; one sister, Doretta O’Hara of Marion, Ohio; and three grandchildren, Kenneth Haley II, Alicia Haley and Emmanvelle Haley.

Casket bearers are Martin Anthony, Ken Haley (son), Bill J. Haley (son), Soney J. Kiser, Kenneth "Mickey" Haley (grandson) and Aaron Willoughby.

Honorary bearers are Thomas Willoughby and Paige Moore.

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4/24/97

Frances Haney

Frances Bessie Haney, 79, died Wednesday at her home in Seminole.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Hitchitee Methodist Church. Mike Harjo and Don Jones will officiate. Burial will take place at Hitchitee Church cemetery in Seminole under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

A wake service is set for 6 p.m. Friday night at the church. She will be moved to her home Thursday morning and transferred to the church on Friday morning.

Haney was born Feb. 18, 1918 to Evan Jim and Germaine (Phillips) Jim in Atoka. She was a full-blood Mississippi-Choctaw of the Bear Clan.

She moved to Seminole in l946 from Bentley. She married Vernon Haney Feb. 21, l949 at the Hitchitee Methodist Church in Seminole. She was a homemaker.

Haney was self-taught and could speak fluent Choctaw, Seminole and English languages. Her hobbies were quilting, gardening and crossword puzzles.

She was a member of Hitchitee Methodist Church and United Indian Methodist Conference. She taught Sunday School classes and loved gospel singing. She served as church pianist for many years.

She is survived by four sons, Aaron Dixon of Okemah, Evan, David and Joseph Haney of Seminole and one daughter, Eomi Harjo of Okmulgee.

Haney is also survived by one brother, Charles Simpson of McAlester; and one sister, Pearl Reese of Kiowa; and 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Casket bearers are David, Evan, Joseph, Daniel, and Sandy Haney; Victor Harjo. Honorary bearers are Charles W. Harjo, Norman Haney, Sr., Norman Haney, Jr., Michael Haney, Willie and Emmitt Jim and Joe Perkins.

5/29/97

Jessie Hart

Funeral services for Jessie Mildred Hart, 92, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Christ in Little.

Burial will follow in the Little Cemetery, and services are under the direction of Parks Funeral Home.

Hart died Wednesday in Shawnee.

She was born Dec. 19, 1904 in Hunt County, Texas to John and Madge McKelvey.

She graduated from East Central University and taught at Henryetta, Okfuskee and Prairie Valley Schools until she retired.

She was a teacher for 35 years.

She married Elza A. Hart in Henryetta on Dec. 1, 1933. He preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 1959.

Hart had made her home in Seminole County for the last 41 years, and she was a member of the Church of Christ at Little.

Hart is preceded in death by her son, John Hart in 1969, one sister, and one brother.

Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Finke of Seminole; a brother, John McKelvey of Newton, Kan.; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Allen Hensley

WEWOKA - Funeral services for Allen Dewayne (Bud) Hensley, 61, a Wewoka native, will held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Charles Clary will officiate.

Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

Hensley died Wednesday.

He was born on Jan 13, 1936, in Wewoka.

Hensley lived in Arlington, Texas, for the past 20 years. He was self-employed as an environemntal plant maintenance contractor.

He was preceded in death by his father, James Melvin Hensley.

Hensley is survived by his mother, Gladys Crawford of Wewoka; daughters, Rhonda Self of Mansfield, Texas and Shawnette Hensley of Holdenville; brothers, Jack Hensley of Yoakum, Texas, and Jerry Hensley of Wewoka; and three grandchildren.

Correction

Services for Allen Dewayne (Bud) Hensley are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel in Wewoka. Interment will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.

The time for services was inaccurate in Hensley’s Thursday obituary. The Producer regrets the error.

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4/23/97

Edward

Herber

Edward Herber, 85, died April 19 in Tyler, Texas. Funeral services were held in Tyler on Monday for the former Seminole resident.

Graveside services were conducted by Linda O’Neal; burial was under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler.

Herber was born Oct. 25, l911 in Lipscomb, Texas. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. He moved to Tyler in l971; prior to that he owned a service station in Seminole.

He was a member of the Baptist church.

Survivors include his wife, Nellie Herber of the home; son, Edward Fred Herber Jr. of Seminole; daughters, Joyce Rogers, Norman, Shirley Williams, Whitehouse, and Annette Denise James of Tyler; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Honorary pallbearers were Gene Williams, David James, Jesse Williams, Donald Rudd, James Persons and James Emerick.

Tony Hill

Tony Hill, 83, Tribal Town Chief of Greenleaf Ceremonial Grounds, died recently.

Memorial services are set for 7 p.m. tonight at Robert Simmons Funeral Home in Henryetta.

Wake services will take place at Quarsarty Church south of Cromwell at 7 p.m.

The funeral will take place at Quarsarty Church Friday at 2 p.m.

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Lou Hill

Funeral services for Lou Hill, 61, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel.

Rev. Larry Chesser will officiate, and burial will follow at Little Cemetery.

Hill died Wednesday at Seminole Municipal Hospital.

She was born Feb. 22, 1936 in Gonzales, Texas to Tony and Maria Juarez.

She married Davis Hill in 1961. He survives her of the home.

They moved to Seminole County from Deer Park, Texas, ten years ago.

She was a member of the Gleaners Holiness Church in Wewoka.

Survivors include her husband, of the home; one daughter, Gloria Ann Herrera; one stepson, Ray Hill; three brothers, Jesse, Tony, and B.J. Juarez, and four sisters, Christine Juarez, Janie Castillo, Susie Diaz, and Dora Nicar.

Pallbearers will be Darrel Phillips, Dean Walker, Loyd Cross, and Stephen Chesser.

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Jack Hilton

Robert Jack Hilton of Wewoka, 62, died Saturday in Norman. Local arrangements are under the direction of Primrose Funeral Service; services will be held at a later date in Riley, Kan.

Hilton was born Dec.3, l934 to Aubrey and Lillian Hilton in Manhattan, Kan. He graduated from Keats High School in Keats, Kan. He married Tharon Davis on Aug. 25, l958 in Keats.

He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 3260, 143, and Elks Lodge. He served in the U. S. Army for two years and was of the Methodist faith. He was retired from the civil service.

Hilton is survived by his wife of the home; two sons, Paul A. Hilton of Wewoka and Jeffrey Hilton of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two sisters, Myrna Kennedy of Haysville, Kan., and Idamae Gillmore of Lexina, Kan.; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Jack A. Hilton, and one grandson.

Donations or memorials may be made to Robert C. Spain 500 E. Robinson in Norman, OK. 73071

Marguerite

Horne

Former Wewoka resident Marguerite Horne, 74, died at her home in Monarch Bay, Calif., on April 23. She is the sister of AnnLet Moore of Wewoka.

Horne was born in Wewoka on April 19, 1923 to C. Dale Wolfe a local attorney.

She graduated from Wewoka High School and attended the University of Oklahoma.

She married John L. Horne in l946 in Wewoka and moved to California.

She is survived by three sons and one daughter who live in California.

Funeral services are pending in California.

Marcell Carol Horn

Funeral services for long time Seminole resident, Marcell Carol Horn, 40, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Tri-City Christian Center. Rev. Carl Whitfield will officiate.

Interment will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

She died Wednesday at Seminole Memorial Hospital.

Horn was born April 4, 1957 in Tulsa to Loyal Victor Roe and Imogene (Miller) Roe.

On Nov. 9, 1979, she married Jerry L. Horn, in Seminole. He preceded her in death on May 4, 1986.

She graduated from McLain High School in Tulsa. She moved to Seminole from Tulsa 18 years ago.

Horn worked as a bus driver for Seminole Public Schools and at Safeway (Homeland) for 13 years. She was also a self-employed horse trainer.

She was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association and was affiliated with several rodeo clubs. She was a prominent barrel racer.

Survivors include her mother, Imogene Roe, and daughter, Lisa Lynn Horn, both of Seminole; two brothers, Glen Dale Roe, Lebanon, Tenn. and Alton Roe, Sperry; and six sisters, Jeanetta Miller, Ada, Regina Wells, Birchwood, Tenn., Donetta Kemper, Beggs, Teresa Riley, Tulsa, Lisa Towry, Broken Arrow and Deborah Johnson, Owasso.

Ollie Howell

Graveside services were held Wednesday for Ollie Belle Howell, 87, former resident of the Wolf and Konawa area.

She died last Sunday at Geary.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Howell, in 1964 and one granddaughter, Pamela Howell. Survivors are four children, nine grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Alfred Hudson

Alfred B. Hudson, 71, died Thursday at Mission Hill Hospital.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Assembly of God Church in Konawa. Mitch Williams will officiate. Burial will follow at Dora Cemetery under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

Hudson was born Jan. 14, l926 in Konawa to Joseph O. Hudson and Helen Bell.

He married Audrey Ralston on May 5, 1960 in Tijuana, Mexico.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Hudson was a retired Safeway truck driver. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church of Konawa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and one brother.

Survivors include three daughters, Lola Sue Ray, Ada; Sandra Kaye Rain, Newalla; June Chapman, Blanchard; four brothers, Afton, Eunice, N. J.; Cleo, Nicoma, Texas; Charles, Maud and Tommy Hudson of Sasakwa.

Other survivors include two sisters, Vera Doran an June Morgan of Konawa; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers include Faron Morgan, Dennis Hudson, Kerry Hudson, Frankie Hudson, Mike Hudson, Roy Hicks, Bobby Hudson, Charles Wade Hudson and honorary bearer, Tommy Sexton.

4/11/97

Harold Jackson

DEL CITY - Funeral services for Harold Eugene jackson,70, native of Earlsboro, were held at 10 a.m. today at First Southern Baptist Church.

Burial followed at Arlington Memorial Gardens under the direction of Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home.

Jackson died Tuesday.

He was born on July 8, 1926 in Earlsboro to Silas and Elaine (Chesser) Jackson.

Jackson was retired from the U.S. Air Force and Honeywell, Inc. He was also a member of First Southern Baptist Church and was an avid golfer.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia, on February 3.

Jackson is survived by son Stephen Mark Jackson of Oklahoma City; daughters Connie Ruth Denton of Granit, and Kelley Hemphill of Del City; brothers Kenneth Jackson of Tecumseh and Phillip Jackson of Shawnee; sisters, Betty Maston of Shawnee, Carolyn McSperritt of Tecumseh, Vera Smith of Fairfield, Calif., Darlene Wright of Wichita Falls, Texas; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services for Cora Lena, 92, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. George Jesse will officiate.

Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Wewoka, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

The lifelong area resident died Wednesday in Wewoka Nursing Home.

Lena was born Oct. 4, 1904, in Sasakwa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Lillie Lena, and four children, Mike Harjo, Newman Lena, Tony Kilcrease and Sue Johnson, and one grandson, Leroy burns.

Survivors include ten children Roman Kilcrease, Floyd Kilcrease, both of Ada, John Kilcrease, Freddie Lena, both of Wewoka, Lucy Franks, Sasakea, Sammy Kilcrease, Seminole, Rex Kilcrease, Stroug, Walter Lena, Seminole, Eula Robinson, Holdenville and Mable Ward, Seminole; 49 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

7/29/97

Jesse Johnson Jr.

Jesse James Johnson Jr., 51, died at his home in Seminole on Sunday. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Rev. Carl Whitfield will officiate.

Burial will follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Johnson was born Oct. 16, 1945 at Pasadena, Calif., to Jesse James Johnson Sr. and June Oretha (Sullivan) Johnson.

He married Penny Jean Taylor on July 11, l993 in Seminole.

Johnson served in the U. S. Army achieving the rank of sergeant; he was a self-employed roofer. He moved to Seminole 15 years ago from Porterville, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his father.

He is survived by his wife of the home, his mother, two sons, Kris A. Johnson of Bowlegs and Kevin J. Johnson of Shawnee; two daughters, Kara Anna Marie Johnson of Porterville and Tonya Laynette Johnson of Florida.

Other survivors include two stepchildren, Amanda Dawn Simpson and Ricky Clayton Simpson both of the home; one brother, Billy Ray Johnson of Seminole and six grandchildren.

Casket bearers are David Taylor, Butch Taylor, Lonnie Goodnight, Kris Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Gene Renfro.

5/9/97

Rachel Kimery

Funeral services for Rachel Kimery, 80, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Little Church of Christ with John Henley officiating.

Interment will follow at the Little Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home of Prague

Kimery died Thursday in Okemah.

She was born on Dec. 16, 1916 in Okemah to Grady and Ruby McDaniel. She grew up in the Little Community and graduated from Prairie Valley High School.

She married Gerald Reynolds who preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 1971.

In August of 1973, she married Clifford Kimery and in 1990, they moved to Prague; he survives her of the home.

Kimery was a member of the Church of Christ at Little and worked at the First Methodist Church Day Care Center in Seminole.

Other survivors are a brother Hershel McDaniel, Little, and a step-son Steve Kimery.

Betty King

Funeral services for Betty (Pointer) King, 68, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Noma Mansell and Rev. Danny Fisher will officiate.

Interment will follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

The longtime Seminole resident died Tuesday in Seminole Municipal Hospital.

King was born Sept. 10, 1928 in Holdenville to Lizzie Allen "L.A." Pointer and Demma (Stephens) Pointer.

She was married on Nov. 4, 1945 to Wayne King Jr. in Seminole County. He survives her of the home in Norman.

King retired from teaching school in 1988. She taught at Earlsboro school and taught special education for 12 years. She was a member of Emmanuel Fellowship.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Other survivors include two sons, Wayne King III, Midwest City, Tim King, Purcell, four brothers, Bob Pointer, Seminole, Bill Pointer, Enid, Phillip Pointer, Ada and Don Pointer, Chicago, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

4-1-97

William Lackey

EL RENO - Funeral services for William D. Lackey, 72, formerly of Seminole, were held at 11 a.m. on March 29 at Bible Baptist Church. Rev. Steven Ostten officiated.

Burial followed at El Reno Cemetery with Military Honors under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Lackey died March 26 at his home in El Reno.

He was born on June 14, 1924, in Oklahoma City.

Lackey grew up and attended school in Seminole. During World War II, he served in the 513 Parachute Division of the 17th Airborne Division and as a prisioner of war in Germany. He was later awarded the Bronze star and the Purple Heart.

He was a member of VFW Post 382, the Telephone Pioneers of America, and the AARP.

Lackey is survived by his wife, Louise, of the home; daughters, Linday Kay Carpenter of Yukon and Sandra Krittenbrink of Okarche; brother, Jim Lackey of Houma, La.; sisters, Juanita Renton of Seminole, Erma Jean Sheppard of Enterprise, Ala., and Leota Mears of Tulsa; and five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The family requests memorials be donated to Russell-Murray Hospice of El Reno.

5/27/97

Bessie Landrum

Bessie Lee Landrum, 95, died on Monday in Seminole.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Paden Holiness Church, Wayne Ray will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Paden Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home of Prague.

Landrum was born in Indian Territory on March 13. l902 to William and Leota (Cheatwood) Dawson. She was a life long resident of Okfuskee County. She and Elmer Huston Landrum were married on June 2, l918. He preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 1960. She was a member of Paden Holiness Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one daughter, Audrey Addington.

Survivors include four sons, Elmer Landrum of Seminole, Jack Landrum of Cromwell, Joyce Kenneth Landrum of Okemah, and Don Landrum of Shawnee; four daughters, Odrey Muncy of Oklahoma City, JoAnn Redage of Covington, La.; Doretha Lowery of Seminole and Syble Berry of Oklahoma City.

She was survived by 25 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

April 8, 1997

Robert
Langdon

Funeral services for Robert Lee Langdon, 77, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.

Rev. Roy Robertson Jr. will officiate. Burial will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens.

Langdon died Sunday at Seminole Municipal Hospital.

He was born April 2, 1920, in Quay to Calvin and Ruth (Looney) Langdon. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1942-46.

Langdon moved to Seminole from California 25 years ago. He was retired from Seminole Lumber.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and one sister, Wanda Jordan Paty.

Survivors include three brothers, C.J. and Donny Langdon, both of California, and Charles Langdon, Arkansas; two sisters, Ruby Morris, Duncan, and Dorothy Baker, California.

Casketbearers will include Cevin and Monte Holland, Lance Jordan, Erick Hilton, David Colvin and Raymond Langdon.

Honorary bearers will include Jerold Hill and E.J. Paty.

6/10/97

Sarah Langston

Sarah Z. Langston, 96, died on Saturday. Funeral services were held today at 10 a.m. at Stufflebean Funeral Home Chapel in Pauls Valley. Dr. Joe Elam officiated.

Burial took place at Blackburn Chapel Cemetery near Shawnee.

Langston was born on Feb. 14, l901 in Yell County, Ark. She married William F. Langston on Sept. 19, 1925 in Arkansas.

She was a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church.

Langston had lived in Pauls Valley since l955.

She is survived by three children, Frances Adams of Nashville, Tenn., William P. Langston of Bartleswille and Phillip W. Langston of Shawnee.

Langston was preceded in death by her parents; and by her husband, William F. Langston on Feb. 22, l979. Memorials were requested in writing by Langston to be made to the First Baptist Church or to Child Care.

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David Lehman

David Phillip "Dutch" Lehman, 82, of Konawa, died at Shawnee Regional Hospital on Monday.

A Rosary is set for 7 p.m. tonight at Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. A funeral Mass is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Justin Jones will officiate.

Burial will take place at Sacred Heart Cemetery under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

Lehman was born July 29, 1914 at Sacred Heart to David Lehman and Anna Diester Lehman. He grew up in Konawa but moved to California in l948. He returned to Konawa in l988.

He married Georgia Crouch in Bakersfield, Calif., Feb. 26, l988.

Lehman was a member of VFW and serviced in the U.S. Army in World War II. He was a retired machinist for Northrop Aircraft Corp.

He is survived by his wife, one stepdaughter, Lynn Wells of Moore; two stepsons, Bill Dodd of Tulsa, and Jack Dodd of Greenville, Tenn., and one brother, Bill Lehman of Konawa.

Pall bearers will be Emmit McCraw, Robert McCraw, Dean McCraw, Tom Lehman, Bob Lehman and Darrell Kurstersteffen.

5/6/97

Guye

Lemmings

Guye G. Lemmings, 77, died on Saturday at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole.

Graveside services were held 2 p.m. today at Little Cemetery. Burial was under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Bill Burns officiated.

Lemmings was born May 1, l920 in Seminole to Thomas Gaines Lemmings and Ezra V. Wilson Lemmings. He married India B. Stratton on Oct. 26, l940; she preceded him in death in March l984.

He was a lifelong resident of Seminole. He worked for Halls House Moving until l967 when he retired. He was a master sergeant in the U.S. Army and Air Force. He was a member of Twin Oak Baptist Church and the American Legion.

He was preceded in death by four brothers, Morris, Roy, Clifford and Leon; one sister, Opal and a granddaughter, Julia Waterman.

Survivors include a son, Wendell Lemmings of Wewoka and one daughter, June Houck of Seminole; two sisters, Sunshine Malone of Lindsay and Velma McCants of Denver, Colo.; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Cora Lena

Funeral services for Cora Lena, 92, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. George Jesse will officiate.

Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Wewoka, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

The lifelong area resident died Wednesday in Wewoka Nursing Home.

Lena was born Oct. 4, 1904, in Sasakwa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Lillie Lena, and four children, Mike Harjo, Newman Lena, Tony Kilcrease and Sue Johnson, and one grandson, Leroy burns.

Survivors include ten children Roman Kilcrease, Floyd Kilcrease, both of Ada, John Kilcrease, Freddie Lena, both of Wewoka, Lucy Franks, Sasakea, Sammy Kilcrease, Seminole, Rex Kilcrease, Stroug, Walter Lena, Seminole, Eula Robinson, Holdenville and Mable Ward, Seminole; 49 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

6/1/97

Lester Little

Funeral services for Lester Leo Little, 68, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at the Assembly of God in Little.

Orval Kendrick will officiate, and burial will follow at the Little Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Parks Funeral Home in Prague.

Little died Friday in Seminole.

He was born April 17, 1929 to Leo and Vina Little.

He was a resident of Seminole all of his life, and he worked as a truck driver.

He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Little.

He was preceded in death by his father and three sons, Mitchell and Kelly Little and an infant son.

Survivors include his mother and eight sons, Clarence of Lemoore, Calif., Larry, J.C., Buddy, and Cory of Shawnee, Michael and Kevin of Seminole, and Jeffrey of Hominy; three brothers, Frank Little of Seminole, Eddie Little of Shawnee, and Keith Little of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Loretta Snow of Weatherford, Wanda Hollenbeck of Seminole, and Judy O'Neal of Harrah, and four grandchildren.

6/1/97

Lester Little

Funeral services for Lester Leo Little, 68, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at the Assembly of God in Little.

Orval Kendrick will officiate, and burial will follow at the Little Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Parks Funeral Home in Prague.

Little died Friday in Seminole.

He was born April 17, 1929 to Leo and Vina Little.

He was a resident of Seminole all of his life, and he worked as a truck driver.

He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Little.

He was preceded in death by his father and three sons, Mitchell and Kelly Little and an infant son.

Survivors include his mother and eight sons, Clarence of Lemoore, Calif., Larry, J.C., Buddy, and Cory of Shawnee, Michael and Kevin of Seminole, and Jeffrey of Hominy; three brothers, Frank Little of Seminole, Eddie Little of Shawnee, and Keith Little of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Loretta Snow of Weatherford, Wanda Hollenbeck of Seminole, and Judy O'Neal of Harrah, and four grandchildren.

April 8, 1997

Ruby Lucas

Ruby Loraine Lucas, 71, died on Saturday at the Wewoka Nursing Center.

Graveside services are scheduled for Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Oakwood Cemetery. Meredith Robinson will officiate.

Lucas was born July 6, l925 in Pratt, Kan. She lived in Wewoka for 35 years.

She is survived by her daughter, Loretta Kaye Bishop of Hemett, Calif.; three sons, Larry Eugene Lucas and Terrell Wayne Lucas of Seminole and Erik Ian Lucas of Wewoka.

She is also survived by Katherine Johnson of Portogeville, Kan.; one brother, Clyde Armstrong of Pratt, Kan., and six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

April 3, 1997

Bobbie Martin

Funeral services for Bobbie Jean Martin, mother of Wewoka resident Jim Bob Martin, were scheduled for today in Odessa, Texas.

Burial followed in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

Martin died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital, Odessa. She was 61 years old

She was born July 12, 1935, in Odessa. She graduated frm Odessa High School in 1953, and from Abilene Christian University in 1957.

She taught at Odessa Christian School for 25 years and was a member of the Sixth and Jackson Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her father, Barmon Keel "Slim" Wineberg.

Other survivors include her mother, Cleta Lillian Wineberg, Odessa; one daughter, Jamie Lynn Martin, Poteau; and three grandchildren.

6/3/97

Toney Martin

Funeral services for Toney Martin, 73, were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Sand Creek Eufaula Baptist Church in Wewoka.

Interment will follow at Many Spring Church Cemetery in Holdenville.

Houston Tiger and George Jesse will officiate.

Martin died Saturday at his home in Wewoka.

He was born Nov. 16, 1924 to Samuel and Mary Martin in Holdenville.

He was a member of the U.S. Army during the Korean War, where he acted as corporal.

He had lived in the Wewoka area since 1982 and was a member of Many Spring Baptist Church.

Martin was preceded in death by his wife, two brothers, and one sister.

Survivors include seven children, Lloyd Martin of Denver, Robert Martin of Ponca City, Janie Hand of Oklahoma City, Mary Yearby of Overbrook, Scott Martin and Toni Greg of Wewoka, and Tamara Martin of Shawnee; two step-sons, Ronald and John Melton of Seminole; 25 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

April 8, 1997

Colleen
McGehee

Funeral services for Colleen (Rowe) McGehee, 67, were scheduled for today at the Church of Christ at Little.

Rusty Dawson officiated; burial followed in Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

McGehee died Saturday at Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City.

She was born July 22, 1929, in Seminole County to R.D. and Lucille Mae (Oliver) Rowe. She lived in Borger, Texas, for 15 years before moving to Seminole, where she spent the rest of her life.

She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.

She married Tommy McGehee on July 22, 1950, in Seminole County; he survives her, of the home.

Other survivors include two sons, David McGehee, Tuttle, and Danny McGehee, Oklahoma City; one brother, Ted Towe, Yellville, Ark.; three sisters, Clois Wickell, Fulton, Mo., Eldine Hatchett, Oklahoma City, and Jean Humphreys, Texas; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

5/6/97

Alta June

Merryfield

Funeral services for Alta June Merryfield, 77, long time Seminole resident, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Mike Bentley will officiate.

Interment will follow at the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Merryfield died Saturday in her home in Seminole.

She was born March 10, 1920, in York, Neb., to Fred Scamehorn and DeWella Marie (Derr) Scamehorn.

She married W.C. "Bill" Merryfield on Nov. 26, 1939 in Long Beach, Calif. He preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 1996.

Merryfield was a homemaker and worked at Park’s Drug in Seminole for ten years.

She was a member of the Church of Christ at Park and Seminole and a member of Brothers Keepers Group Two at the church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two sisters, Virginia Caffey and Darlene Scamehorn.

Survivors include two daughters, Wanda Chapman, Oklahoma City, and Ann Anderson, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; one brother, Denver "Bunny" Scamehorn, York, Neb., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Casket bearers will be Gordon Melson, Frank Seay, Bill Hicks, Cecil Sullivan, James Vanlandingham and Alvin Yoesel.

Honorary casket bearers will be Jim Post, Joe Tracy, John Johnson, Phillip Parks, Jack Arthur and Bill Kepler.

Merryfield

4/6/97

Leola Miles

Leola Irene Miles, died March 27, in Sherman, Texas. Services were held on March 29 at Waldo Funeral Home Chapel in Sherman.

Gaither Day of Key Memorial Methodist Church officiated.

Miles was born Sept. 24, 1921 in Poteau. She and her husband Bill Miles lived in Seminole for many years before moving to Sherman.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1995. He was employed by Hough Machine Shop. She was a homemaker.

She is survived by her sons, Bill Miles of Oklahoma City, Mike Mlies of Ft. Worth, Texas; and her daughters Mary DeRouse of Jacksonville, Ark., Elizabeth Spencer of Rockwell, Texas, Nancy Miller of Sherman, Texas. She is survived by her brother, Tommy Cummings of Tecumseh and four grandsons.

Funeral services for Cora Lena, 92, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. George Jesse will officiate.

Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Wewoka, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

The lifelong area resident died Wednesday in Wewoka Nursing Home.

Lena was born Oct. 4, 1904, in Sasakwa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Lillie Lena, and four children, Mike Harjo, Newman Lena, Tony Kilcrease and Sue Johnson, and one grandson, Leroy burns.

Survivors include ten children Roman Kilcrease, Floyd Kilcrease, both of Ada, John Kilcrease, Freddie Lena, both of Wewoka, Lucy Franks, Sasakea, Sammy Kilcrease, Seminole, Rex Kilcrease, Stroug, Walter Lena, Seminole, Eula Robinson, Holdenville and Mable Ward, Seminole; 49 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

6/10/97

Annlet Moore

Funeral services for Annlet Moore are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Wewoka. Wayne Parker will officiate.

Interment will take place at Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Stout Funeral Home of Wewoka.

Moore, a life long resident of Wewoka, died on June 10.

She was the daughter of C. Dale Wolfe, a Wewoka attorney. She graduated from Wewoka High School and the University of Oklahoma.

Moore was active supporter of the Wewoka Public Library and the Seminole Nation Museum. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, P.E.O. Chapter BZ, Atheneum Study Club, Jonquil Garden Club, and the Wewoka Cemetery Committee.

She is survived by her husband, Tom of the home; three daughters, Ann of Florida, Tish of Michigan and Susan of Dallas.

Other survivors include six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The family requests that memorials be made to the Seminole Nation Museum or the Wewoka Public Library.

6/3/97

Michael Murphy

Graveside services for Michael Joe Murphy, 40, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.

Services are under the direction of Stout Funeral Home in Wewoka, and Rev. Mark Cordrey will officiate.

Murphy died Sunday in Enid.

He was born Nov. 5, 1956 in Oklahoma City.

Survivors include his mother, JoAnn Murphy of Midwest City; one brother, Johnny Ray Murphy of Woodland Park, Colo.; one sister, Vicki Lee Moorer of Midwest City; and a maternal grandmother, Lee Hisaw of Midwest City.

7/29/97

Clyde Nero

Clyde Nero, 73, died on Monday at Wewoka Nursing Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Pickard Chapel in Konawa. Rev. Bryant Jess will officiate. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.

A wake service is set for Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at Pickard Chapel.

Nero was born May 18, 1924 in Bowlegs to Willsie Nero and Lucinda (Bowlegs) Nero.

He was a World War II veteran. He was a mechanic by occupation and lived most of his life in Konawa.

He is survived by three brothers, Dorsey Nero of Seminole, Joseph Cully of Konawa and Johnny Wilson of Kadoka, S.D.

Casket bearers include Rex Cully, Lance Cully, Billy Merrill, Mark Porter, Raymond Harjo and Roy Cosar.

Honorary bearers are Ben Tiger, Phillip Loon, Louis Wise, Don Palmer and George Bunny, all classmates while Nero attended Euchee Boarding School in Sapulpa.

Nero

4-5-97

Dorothy Newlin

WEWOKA - Private services are being planned for Dorothy Miller Newlin, 82, of Wewoka.

Newlin died Friday at her home.

She was born in a farm home near Blanchard to Myrtle Tidwell and Robert Foster.

Newlin attended the University of Oklahoma, where she competed as a varsity athlete in swimming, rifle and equestrian events.

She was married in 1936 to the late Tuskhoma Brown (Mutt) Miller, and later married Stewart Newlin.

She lived in Wewoka for the past 37 years and was involved in AAUW, the Hyacinth Garden Club, Boy Scouts and Teen Town activities.

Newlin is survived by her husband of the home; sons, Dr. Robert Foster Miller of Davean, and David Mark Miller of Bisbee, Ariz.; sisters, Lois Miller of Los Angeles, and Wanda Schwilling of Carson, N.M.; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.

The family request memorials be made to a fund established in her name at the Seminole Nation Museum in Wewoka.

O’Dell

5/6/97

James

Newman Sr.

James Edward Newman Sr., 71, died on Saturday in Oklahoma City at Presbyterian Hospital.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Wewoka. Dan Anderson and Don Smith will officiate. Burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.

Newman was born March 31, l926 in Wewoka to Havis and Opal Newman. He was raised in Wewoka and graduated from high school in California. He married Pauline Langwell on March 11, l950 in Wewoka. He owned and operated Jim Newman Construction Company and retired in 1991.

After his retirement he moved to the east coast to be near his children and worked as a supervisor for Ansco Construction. He retired again in l993 and returned to his home in Seminole. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Wewoka.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Jerry Williams.

Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Linda Lunsford and Glenda Robertson; one son, Jimmy Jr.; two sisters, Barbara Orsburn and Bertha Sanders; one brother, Bob Newman, Sr.; one step-brother, Frank Williams; one step-sister, Jerri Williams; seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

5/9/97

Audrey Michelle Orr

Funeral services for Audrey Michelle Orr, 2 months old, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sand Creek Eufaula Church in Wewoka. Rev. Houston Tiger and Rev. Sandy Harjo will officiate.

Interment will follow at the Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

Orr died Tuesday in her home in Konawa.

She was born on March 6, 1997 in Ada to Lavena Orr and Anthony Joseph Orr. Her parents survive her of the home.

Other survivors are a brother Donovan Orr and a sister, Sabrina Orr. She is also survived by her grandmother, Marilyn McCulley.

April 10, 1997

Nelsa Lee Pack

Brother Roy Smith officiated. Graveside services were conducted at Little Cemetery, Seminole County, under the direction of Moore’s Memory Chapel.

Pack died Saturday at her residence in Berryhill.

She was born Feb. 15, 1921, in Haskell. She grew up in Seminole and attended Seminole Schools. She was a homemaker.

Her husband, Floyd Wilford Pack, preceded her in death on March 22, 1992.

Survivors include daughter, Kay Walker, Berryhill; one granddaughter, one great-daughter; two sisters, Eva Hunter, Wetumka, and Bertha Carrol, Tulsa.

Carolyn Pagan

A memorial service to honor Carolyn Hope Eidson Pagan is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Maud.

Pagan died Jan. 29 after a long battle with cancer.

She was born Dec. 26, 1942, in Maud. She graduated from Central Bible College in Springfield, Mo., and moved to New York City to work with street gangs.

She worked alongside David Wilkerson, founder of Teen Challenge and author of the best-selling "Cross and the Switchblade."

She later served as a teacher at the Youth Challenge Bible Institute before moving to Fayetteville, N.C., to start a Nicky Cruz Outreach Center.

Pagan obtained her masters degree in special education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Most recently she had worked with the Moore County School system in North Carolina.

Survivors include her husband, Emilio Pagan, of the home; two sons, Kevin Pagan, Greensboro, N.C., and Danny Pagan, Charlotte, N.C.; one brother, Lanny Dee Eidson, Broken Arrow; and five sisters, Patsy Jo Lawrence and Sandra Reedy, both of Jenks, Donna Bell Henry, Blowing Rock, N.C., Deyauna Faye Spradling and Rubia Adwan, both of Oklahoma City.

Pagan

5/6/97

Oscar Phillips

Oscar C. Phillips, 83, died in his home in Wewoka on Saturday.

Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Bill Worden officiated. Burial took place at Little Cemetery in Little.

Phillips was born Dec. 14, l913 in Savannah to Joseph Phillips and Dolly Anna Willard Phillips. Phillips was raised in Wewoka and was employed in the oilfield and pipeline business, he retired in l976.

His wife, Pauline Betty Phillips preceded him in death on March 28, l994.

He is survived by one sister, Wilma Blue of Walnut Creek, Calif.

Edna Pratt

Rev. Wayne Parker will officiate; burial will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Seminole, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

Parker died Saturday at Wewoka Nursing Center.

She was born Oct. 21, 1911, in Wewoka to John A. and Emma O. (Jamison) Gosey. She was a veteran of World War II, where she served in the U.S. Army.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David Pratt, on June 9, 1991.

Survivrs include two sisters-in-law, Hazel (Mrs. Bob) Gosey and Hazel (Mrs. Carl) Gosey, both of Wewoka.

Cora Lena

Funeral services for Cora Lena, 92, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. George Jesse will officiate.

Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Wewoka, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

The lifelong area resident died Wednesday in Wewoka Nursing Home.

Lena was born Oct. 4, 1904, in Sasakwa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Lillie Lena, and four children, Mike Harjo, Newman Lena, Tony Kilcrease and Sue Johnson, and one grandson, Leroy burns.

Survivors include ten children Roman Kilcrease, Floyd Kilcrease, both of Ada, John Kilcrease, Freddie Lena, both of Wewoka, Lucy Franks, Sasakea, Sammy Kilcrease, Seminole, Rex Kilcrease, Stroug, Walter Lena, Seminole, Eula Robinson, Holdenville and Mable Ward, Seminole; 49 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

5/23/97

Oma Pullin

Graveside services for Oma Pullin, 90, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Konawa Cemetery.

Rev. Dick Couple will officiate, and services are under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

Pullin died Monday.

She was born July 29, 1906 in Vinnea, Miss., to Willie and Alice Morrision.

She married Alfonso Pullin in January 1926. He preceded her in death in 1946.

Pullin lived in Konawa for several years, where she served as a housewife, and later moved to California.

She was a member of the Nazarene Church for 64 years.

Survivors include one daughter, Geraldine Williams of Paradise, Calif.; two sisters, Opal Cravens and Gladys Langford, both of Oklahoma City; one brother, John Morrison of San Angelo, Texas; two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

The family asks that donations be made to the Nazarene Church for missions.

Maxine Spencer

Funeral services for longtime Seminole resident, Maxine Spencer, 74, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.

Spencer died Thursday at Seminole Municipal Hospital.

She was born Feb. 24, 1923.

Ada Mills

Graveside services for Ada Elizabeth Mills, 91, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Vamoosa Cemetery south of Seminole.

Mills died Thursday at Konawa Convalescent Home.

She was born Jan. 16, 1906 in Tulsa to Wesley Sullivan and Emmy Kelly.

She married Leo Lowe in 1926 and later married Jim Mills in 1970.

Mills had lived in Konawa the last eight years, where she served as a housewife.

She was a member of the WWI Auxiliary Club.

Mills is preceded in death by two husbands, one son, Jack Emmons Lowe, and two daughters, Juanita Cook and Elizabeth Bazel.

Survivors include three sons, James Lowe of Konawa, Leo Lowe of Baldwin Park, Calif., and David Lowe of Sacramento, Ky.; and two daughters, Louise Bazzil of Ark. and Ona Francis of Perrymont, Calif.

5/13/97

Bill Redding

Graveside funeral services for Billy Joe "Bill" Redding, 84, were scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at New Hope Cemetery, Meeker.

His nephew, R. Scott Baird, officiated. Burial was under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Redding died Saturday at Pioneer Nursing Home.

He was born June 6, 1912, in Meeker to Joseph Perryman and Ruby (Percival) Reding.

He lived and worked in and out of Seminole and Shawnee all his life. He was last employed with LSI in Vietnam as a sheet metal specialist. He was a veteran and a Seminole resident.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include two sisters, Myrtle Martin and Mildred Pettigrew, both of Shawnee.

4/6/97

Connie Reich

WEWOKA - Graveside services for Connie Leta Reich, 42, daughter of Wewoka residents Roy and Oleta Clark, have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Lone Dove Cemetery.

Reich died Saturday at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa.

She was born on Dec. 6, 1954, in Anadarko.

She was preceded in death by a brother, David Houston Clark in October of 1996.

Reich is survived by her parents of Wewoka, daughters, Tina Rene Reich of Sasakwa and Tanya Lee Igart of Ft. Gibson; brother Roy Dale Clark of Bakersfield, Calif.; and one grandchild.

Roland
Reschke

Pastor Doyle Gadberry and Rev. Sam Johnson officiated. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery.

Reschke died Saturday.

He was born July 8, 1922, in Madison, Wis. He was raised in Milwaukee before moving to Oklahoma in 1962.

He served in the U.S. Navy and later retired from Tinker Air Force Base.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Martha Reschke.

He married Ruth Jane Harjo on April 19, 1963, in Seminole; she survives him, of the home.

Other survivors include two daughters, Editha G. Dority, Wewoka, and Debra A. Baker, Oklahoma City; one son, Wendell K. Reschke, Seminole; and one grandson.

Pallbearers included Ronald K., Eddie, Mark and Chuck J. Johnson, Darell J. Baker and Herbert "Hap" Harjo.

Eldon Rodgers

Eldon Dean Rodgers, 56, former Seminole resident, died Friday in an Oklahoma City Hospital.

Services are pending with Swearingen Funeral Home.

Kenneth

Roebuck

Chaplain Raymond Jones officiated. Burial was under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.

Roebuck died Saturday in a Shawnee nursing home.

He was born Nov. 16, 1922, in Pawhuska to Bessie (Tripp) and Marion Roebuck. He lived in Seminole County before World War II, when he served with the 533rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment.

During World War II, he earned a Good Conduct medal, American Defense Service ribbon, and a Philippine Liberation ribbon with one Bronze Star.

During the Korean War, he won medals including the Korean Service medal with two Bronze Service Stars, the United Nations Service Medal, Merit Unit Citation and an assignment with the 10th Special Service Company.

He was a life member of the VFW and the DAV; he retired after 20 years with the U.S. Army.

He married Julia Newberry in 1974; she survives him of the home.

Other survivors include eight children, 21 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, three sisters, and one brother.

He was preceded in death by his parents and nine brothers and sisters.

Sandra Sands

Sandra Annette Sands, 34, was killed in a car wreck on Monday at Konawa.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Prairie Springs Baptist Church in Castle. Joe Smith will officiate. Burial will take place at Sands Family Cemetery in Castle under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home.

A wake will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the church.

Sands was born Oct. 28, l962 at Claremore to Lemley and Lena (Hicks) Sands.

She was a nurse’s aide and a member of Prairie Springs Baptist Church. She had resided in Konawa the past year. Prior to that she was a resident of Okemah.

She is preceded in death by her father; one brother, Tommy Sands, and one sister, Rita Sands.

Survivors include her mother, two sons, James Nuttle and Matthew Nuttle, both of the home; one daughter, Shannon Nuttle of the home; three brothers, Ronnie Sands of Ft. Gibson; Rickey Sands and Bobby Sands of Pennsylvania; one sister, Stacy Scott of Okemah; a half-brother, Robert Sands of Seattle; two half-sisters, Sandra Greenrock of Okemah and Linda Sands of Shawnee.

Members of Prairie Springs Baptist Church will serve as pall bearers.

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4/3/97

Bonnie Seigel

TULSA - Memorial services for Bonnie Seigel, 70, former Seminole County resident, are set for 6:30 p.m. Sunday at All Souls Unitarian Church on S. Peoria in Tulsa.

She was born in Seminole County in Dec. 1927 to Callie and Ruth Hall. She died April 1 in Tampa, Fla.

She entered St. John’s School of Nursing in Tulsa in 1945 and graduated in 1948 with honors.

She served as Dr. Otis Lee’s surgical nurse at St. John’s Hospital for many years. She joined the Tulsa County Health Department as a public health nurse in 1971 and worked with the Health Department’s Communicable Disease Unit.

She was a charter member of the Tulsa County Bar Auxiliary and served as president of that organization for 1964-65.

She was instrumental in founding the Tulsa’s Juvenile Detention Center which was built in 1969. She was given the distinction of being the first Honorary Lifetime Chairman of the center.

Another of her volunteer efforts was the Tulsa Boys Home, where she spent many working hours.

She is survived by one son, Steven B. Seigel, Valricox, Fla., and one daughter, Deborah K. Seigel, Catoosa, and three grandchildren.

June 11, 1997

Agnes Shackelford

Funeral services for Agnes E. Shackelford, 88, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at Gleaners Church in Wewoka.

Larry Chesser will officiate, and burial will follow at Little Cemetery.

Shackelford died Tuesday.

She was born April 25, 1909 in Arkansas, and she married Clarence Shackelford in 1924. He preceded her in death in 1984.

She was the postmaster in Bearden for 28 years before retiring.

Survivors include three sons, Bill Shackelford of Sand Springs, Bob Shackelford of Wewoka, and Melvin Shackelford of Midwest City; one daughter, Lorene Scheirmann of Ft. Lauderdale; one sister, Marie Robbins of Moore; one brother, Elbert Anderson of Okemah, 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Lori Lee Windle Shattuck

Graveside services were scheduled this morning at Vamoose Cenetery for Lori Lee Windle Shattuck, 39, a long time area resident.

Her uncle, O. D. Ramey officiated. Interment was under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

Shattuck died Wednesday at the Wilshire Nursing Home in Oklahoma City.

She was born May 28, 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas to Louis G. Windle and Mary Jo Vance Windle.

Shattuck moved to Okla. when she was 12 years old and completed high school and two years of college here. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include her mother, Mary Jo Tuttle, Oklahoma City and one sister, LuAnn Tuttle, Edmond.

The family requests memorial donations be made to Huntington’s research.

4-8-97

Epoe Shuler

EDMOND - Funeral services for Epoe Harley Shuler, 82, father of Seminole resident William H. Schuler, are pending with Baggerley Funeral Home in Edmond.

White died Monday in Edmond.

He was born on April 2, 1943, in Downey, Calif., to Sam White and Maxine McConnell.

White moved to Hominy at an early age, where he grew up and attended school. He served in the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam war, then moved from Oklahoma to Natoma, Kan., before moving to Russel. He worked for Koch Industries for many years and was currently a pipeline inspector.

He married Diane Marie Kraus in Hominy on Oct. 30, 1965. She was a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Mary’s Catholic Church, both of Russell.

White was preceded in death by his father and son, Chad White.

He is survived by his wife of the home; sons, Kevin White, Brad White and Charles White, all of Russell; daughter, Cristine White of Russell; sister, Barbara Hansen of Seminole; half-sisters, Kathy White and Karen Owens, both of Sonoma, Calif.; step-sister, Reba Yeksavick of Tulsa; mother and step-father, Maxine and Lee Myers of Seminole; step-mother, Dorothy White of Sonoma, Calif.; and two grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

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Della Sigler

ARDMORE - Funeral services for Della V. Sigler, 74, mother of a Seminole resident, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at McClure Chapel of the First United Methodist Church. Dr. Wade Paschall and Rev. Dan Patman will officiate.

Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home, Ardmore.

The lifelong resident of Ardmore died Monday in Mercy Memorial Hospital following a sudden illness.

Sigler was born Oct. 3, 1922, at Brock to George and Josie Stafford Porter.

She was married on Nov. 15, 1940 to John J. Sigler, in Ardmore.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, five brothers and two sisters.

Survivors include one son, Guy H. Sigler II "Buddy", Ardmore, one daughter, Sharon Knowles, Seminole, two sisters, Mille Mapp, Ft. Worth, Tex., and Georgia Estes, Burleson, Tex., and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Avon Barber, Ray Knight, Frank Shaaf, Bill Mullinex, Matthew Sigler and Andy Monson.

Lucy B. Sitton

Memorial services for Lucy B. Sitton, 98, long-time Wewoka resident, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church in Wewoka. Rev. Wayne Parker will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.

A memorial reception, hosted by family and friends, will be held at the Wewoka Country Club from 3-5 p.m.

Sitton died Friday in Oklahoma City.

She was born July 29, 1898 in McLoud, in Oklahoma Territory. She was the first living child of Judge J.A. and Jeannie Baker. The Baker family moved to Wewoka, Indian Territory, before statehood.

While still in her teens, Lucy received her teacher’s certificate from East Central State College. In 1948 she received her Master’s in English from the University of Oklahoma.

"Lucy B" as she was known to friends and former students, began teaching in Haileyville. Her teaching career spanned over 35 years.

After teaching English and music at Cowart Jr. High in Wewoka in the 1930s, she became an instructor of English and journalism at Wewoka High School from 1940 through 1962.

Lucy was especially proud of the Lucy B. Sitton Scholarship, the largest of its kind given in Wewoka. It is funded by former students.

Lucy was predeceased by Preston L. "Peck" Sitton, her husband of 57 years, and a first husband, Paul D. Cole. She was also preceded in death by three daughters, Carolyn McEachin, Jeanella Helmgren, and Paul Bagley.

Survivors include her daughter, Sarah Menefee; seven grandchildren, Preston Bagley, Kurt Helmgren, Karl Helmgren, Jeannie Long, Christopher O’Hara, Sean O’Hara, Kathleen Farley, and 12 great-grandchildren.

The family requests memorial donations be made to the Lucy B. Sitton Scholarship, c/o Wewoka High School, Attn: Marilyn Kincade, P. O. 870, Wewoka, OK 74884.

In 1997, her eyesight failing, Sitton dictated a last short poem call "Epitaph,"

4//15/97

Stella Stamps

HOLDENVILLE - Funeral services for Stella Elouise Stamps, 78, a former teacher in Seminole County, were held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. Rev. Earl Stephenson officiated.

Burial followed at Holdenville Cemetery under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home.

Stamps died Saturday at her home.

She was born on April 28, 1918, in Glenn to Silas and Stella Stamps. She was raised in the Lamar community and moved to Holdenville in 1926. She attended Lamar and Holdenville Schools, graduating in 1934. She graduated from East Central State Teachers College in Ada in 1938.

She bagan her teaching career in 1940 in Lamar and Taught in Seminole County for one year before returning to Holdeville in 1942 until retiring in 1984.

Stamps was a member of the first babtist Church of Holdenvill, where she was a member of the Retired Teachers Association and a former member of the BPW.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and brother, Elgin Stamps.

Stamps is survived by sister, Jeanette Adams of Sapulpa.

Pallbearers will be Andy Young, Bill Robinson, Jay Janes, Steve Enos, Dennis Phillips and Gordon Allen.

Honorary pallbearers are Gary Petete, Verl Roberts, Gary Majors and Floyd Johnson.

Dora Stephens

Bishop Charley G. Gilbert Jr., will officiate. Burial will be under the direction of Myers Mortuary.

Stephens died Wednesday at Seminole Municipal Hospital.

She was born Nov. 15, 1918, in Wewoka. She lived in Wewoka most of her life. She was a member of Ethiopian Reformed Coptic Church of Christ.

Survivors include her stepmother, Pearl Gordon, Wewoka; four daughters, Dorothy Miller, Claudia Ann Gilbert, Verdelma Lee Carolina and Velma Jean Moore; three sons, Willie F., Ray M. and Claud Stephens; four brothers, Charley Alford, Napoleon, Cliffton and Nathaniel Gordon; one sister, Louise Gordon; 48 grandchildren, 93 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

5/30/97

Eugenia Sturgeon

Funeral services for Eugenia Sturgeon, 82, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Myers Mortuary Chapel in Wewoka.

Burial will follow at Lima Cemetery.

She died Tuesday in Seminole.

She was born April 13, 1915 in Chicago.

Survivors include one sister, Edna Laura of Chicago and six great-grandchildren.

4/16/97

Cora Tiger

Funeral services for lifelong Wewoka resident Cora Mae Tiger, 52, are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Sand Creek Eufaula Baptist Church. Rev. Houston Tiger will officiate.

Interment will be in the Tiger Cemetery, located southwest of Justice School, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

Tiger died Thursday in her home in Denver.

She was born in Wewoka on April 8, 1945 to Sam and Maley Tiger. Her parents preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Hilltop Presbyterian Church in Wewoka as a child. After graduating from Eufaula High School, she attended trade school in Denver where she received was certified in printing.

Tiger pursued her career at Penny Records in Oklahoma City for 21 years before moving to Denver.

Survivors include four sisters, Clara Goode, Denver, Betty Tiger, Oklahoma City, Billie Tiger and Maureen Tiger, both of Holdenville; two brothers, Malcolm Tiger, Holdenville and Allen Tiger, Denver.

5/27/97

Mary Tiger

Mary Elizabeth Tiger, 76, died at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City on Saturday.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. on Tuesday in the Hudson-Phillips Funeral Chapel in Holdenville. Tom Bear officiated. Interment took place in the Tiger Family Cemetery west of Spaulding.

Tiger was born in Schulter on Jan. 5, l921 to Willie and Jeannie Burgess. She was reared in the Schulter area and attended school there. She married Dickie Tiger in Hughes County in l938. He preceded her in death in l979.

She lived in Oklahoma City for several years before returning to this area in l963. She was a member of the Little Cuseteah Methodist Church near Schulter.

She was preceded in death by four sons, Edward, Joseph, Kenneth and George.

Tiger is survived by one son, Rick Tiger of Bowlegs; five daughters, Naomi and Liz Tiger of the home, Jeannie Henry of Holdenville, Peggy Haire of Holdenville, and Roseann Smith of Devils Lake, N.D.; she had numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

4-8-97

Zelma Tucker

KONAWA - Funeral services for Zelma Lucille Tucker, 90, of Konawa, have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Richard Winters will officiate.

Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

Tucker died Saturday at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada.

She was born on Dec. 26, 1906, in Sacred Heart to John P. Nelson and Anna May Paris.

Tucker live in the Konawa area all her life and retired from Konawa Schools.

She married W. "Bill" Tucker, Jr., in Konawa on March 30, 1935. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Tucker is survived by her husband of the home; brothers, Gene Nelson of Duncan and Vernon Nelson of Oklahoma City; sisters, Mary Houk of Chickasha; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Dick Wilkins, Frank Nelson, Jerry Butler, Melton Courtney, Mart Haiden and Jim Lowe.

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5/2/97

Bill Tucker Jr.

W. "Bill" Tucker Jr., 88, died Wednesday in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was a resident of Konawa.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Pickard Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Richard Winters will officiate. Burial will take place at Konawa Cemetery under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.

Tucker was born May 15, 1908 to Willie Tucker and Kate Robinson Tucker in Konawa. He was a life-long resident of Konawa. He married Zelma Lucille Nelson on March 30, l935.

He was a banker and an insurance agent. He was also a member of Lions Club, former Mayor of Konawa, secretary and treasurer of the school board, served on the board of Konawa Industrial Foundation and a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

Tucker was a life-long member of the Church of Christ.

He was preceded in death by his wife on April 5, l997.

He is survived by a son, Larry Tucker of Grand Prairie; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Jerald Jackson, James Love, Lillard Berry, Mike Boren, Carl Roper and Milton Courtney.

5/2/97

Jose Vazquez

Jose Manuel Vazquez, age 2, died Tuesday as a result of a car crash near Konawa.

Services were held on Friday at 3 p.m. at Criswell Chapel in Ada.

He was born Aug. 24, l994 to Lupe Vazquez and Jose Guadalupe Segoviano in Ada. He is survived by his mother, his sister, Mariesa Britanie Guitirrez of the home; and his grandparents, Manuel and Cuca Vazquez of Ada.

4/20/97

Curtis Webb

Curtis C. Webb, 75, died Friday at South West Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

Graveside funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday at Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.

Webb was born May 12, 1921 in Wetumka; his parents were H. B. "Bud" Webb and Ruth (Rutledge) Webb.

He lived most of his life in Seminole. He married Jewell (Steward) Webb on Jan. 8, 1947. She preceded him in death on Dec. 16, l989.

Webb served in the U.S. Army in the 3rd Army in Europe during World War II.

He was a member of the Methodist church.

Webb was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Jess Webb.

Survivors include one son, Bill Morris of Tuskin, Calif.; one daughter, Joyce Yerby of Stillwater, and three grandchildren.

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5/27/97

Minnie Wheeler

Minnie V. Wheeler of Wewoka died in Holdenville General Hospital on Sunday at the age of 100.

Funeral services are set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Dan Anderson will officiate.

Interment will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at G.A.R. Cemetery in Miami.

Wheeler was born April 28, 1897 in Texas County of Missouri. She came to the Creek Nation area which is now Pryor at the age of six.

She later moved to Keefer and then moved to Preston where she and her mother ran a boarding house. Then she moved to Sasakwa and later to Cromwell in l932. She lived in Miami for ten years until her husband died. She returned to Wewoka area to live for 28 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Evert Wheeler and one son, Warren V. Wheeler.

Wheeler is survived by three children, Edna Stung of Moore, Margret Stephens of Miami and W. E. (Gene) Wheeler of Wewoka; seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

4/9/97

Shirley

Whisnant

WEWOKA - Funeral services for Shirley Lorretta Whisnant, 60, of Cromwell, have been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Stout. Funeral Chapel. Bob Woodward and Darrell Smith will officiate.

Burial will follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

Whisnant died Monday.

She was born on March 19, 1937, in Stroud to Nannie and William Roundtree.

Whisnant was raised in the Stroud and Prague area and lived in Sasakwa for two years. She had lived in Cromwell since 1950 where she graduated high school.

She was a member of the Assembly of God Church and attended the Pentecostal Church and taught Sunday school. She was a member of the Home Extension and an activeleader in 4H.

Whisnant was preceded in death by her father; brother, haward Lee Roundtree; and sister, Josehpine Stroud.

She is survived by her husband, Alva, of the home; sons, Dennis Whisnant of Oklahoma City, and Leslie Whisnant of Missouri; mother, Nannie Roundtree of Okemah; Brothers, Troy Roundtree of Cromwell, and Kenneth Roundtree of Blackwell; sister, Dollie Stanfield of Rankin, Texas; and two grandchildren.

4-8-97

Robert White

RUSSELL, Kan. - Funeral services for Robert C. White, 54, son of Seminole resident Maxine Myers, have been scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Revs. Charles Steier and James Grennan will officiate.

Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery under the direction of Pholman’s Mortuary.

White died Monday at Russell Regional Hospital in Russell.

He was born on April 2, 1943, in Downey, Calif., to Sam White and Maxine McConnell.

White moved to Hominy at an early age, where he grew up and attended school. He served in the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam war, then moved from Oklahoma to Natoma, Kan., before moving to Russel. He worked for Koch Industries for many years and was currently a pipeline inspector.

He married Diane Marie Kraus in Hominy on Oct. 30, 1965. She was a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Mary’s Catholic Church, both of Russell.

White was preceded in death by his father and son, Chad White.

He is survived by his wife of the home; sons, Kevin White, Brad White and Charles White, all of Russell; daughter, Cristine White of Russell; sister, Barbara Hansen of Seminole; half-sisters, Kathy White and Karen Owens, both of Sonoma, Calif.; step-sister, Reba Yeksavick of Tulsa; mother and step-father, Maxine and Lee Myers of Seminole; step-mother, Dorothy White of Sonoma, Calif.; and two grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

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Helen White

Helen Bernice White, 72, of Sasakwa, died at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City on Sunday.

Services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel in Wewoka. George Jesse will officiate. Interment will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.

White was born Feb. 2, 1925 in Tulsa. She was raised and lived most of her life in Sasakwa. She graduated from Sasakwa High School.

She was married to Oscar Aaron White on June 15, l943. She was preceded her in death by her husband, by one son, William Edmond White in l983, by one brother, Robert Smith and two granddaughters.

White is survived by three sons, Hershall Eugene White of Oklahoma City, Darrell Lynn White of Shawnee and John Frank White of Sasakwa; two daughters, Hazel Louise Phillips of Holdenville and Anita Sue Blevins of Sasakwa; one brother, William Smith of Indianapolis, Ind., 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

4/13/97

Rosie Williams

Funeral services for Seminole resident Rosie Lucinda Williams, 77, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Rev. DeWayne Bobbitt will officiate.

Interment will follow at the Little Cemetery under the directions of Swearingen Funeral Home.

She died Saturday at Shawnee Regional Hospital.

Williams was born Oct. 31, 1919 at Alton, Mo., to Jack G. Price and Geneva Catherine (Cartee) Price.

On April 13, 1935 she married Edward E. Williams in Saddle, Ark. He predeceased her on March 20, 1981.

She is also predeceased by her parents and three sisters.

Williams moved to Seminole from Oklahoma City in 1974. She was retired as cook from Seminole High School in 1983. She is a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church.

Survivors include one son, Lennit Edward Williams, Freedom, Ind., two daughters, Inez Looney and Donna Whisenhunt, both of Seminole, three sisters, Alma Smith, Kimberling City, Mo., Ruby Bussell, West Plains, Mo., and Fay Rader, Koshkonong, Mo., ten grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Bowlegs Woman
Dies of Injuries
Received in Wreck

By KAREN ANSON
Managing Editor

A Bowlegs woman has died of injuries she received when she ran into a dump truck parked across old SH 99 last week.

Linda S. Woods, 46, died Saturday at Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that Woods suffered multiple head, chest and internal injuries when the 1983 GMC pickup she was driving struck a dump truck driven by Donald Wayne Robertson, 52, Seminole.

Robertson was apparently trying to pull a car out of a ditch. He was not in his vehicle and was not injured.

The accident occured at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, 1.8 miles south of Seminole on old SH 99.

There was no flagman or lights to warn oncoming traffic of the roadblock.

Woods was pinned in her car for 20 minutes before being extricated by Seminole Fire Department and the Jaws of Life.

She was transported to Seminole Municipal Hospital and, at about midnight, was taken by Medicus, Seminole’s ambulance service, to the Oklahoma City hospital because fog had grounded Medi-Flight helicopters.

Hospital sources reported on Friday that Woods’ condition had been upgraded from critical to fair.

Woods’ husband said this morning that her condition worsened late Friday when she began to bleed internally.

Funeral services were scheduled for today at Highland Cemetery, Okemah, under the direction of Schumacher Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Clay officiate