Obituaries

Cummings Michael “Mike” Keith Cummings was born January 6th, 1947, in Vallejo, California to Buiel and Alice Cummings. He attended Benecia High School and belonged to the graduate class of 1964. After High School, he joined the U.S.

Carolyn Sue (Cole) Hooper, age 72 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away September 28, 2023 at her home. A memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 6, 2023 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma.

Lena Geraldine “Jerry” Sullivan, lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away at the age of 99 on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Jerry was born November 17, 1923 in Seminole to Winford Fisor Matthews and Ira Dell (Barnett) Matthews.

Long time Seminole resident Norma J. Smith Wilcox, 85, died on September 27, 2023 with her family at her side. Norma was born in Seminole County on July 29, 1938 to Marvin Emmett Smith and Laura Ellen (Goss) Smith.

W.D. Jett, age 69, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2023. He was born on August 26, 1954, in Beaver, Oklahoma, the son of Winton Jett and Billie (Gardener) Jett. W.D. was a Laverne (Oklahoma) High School valedictorian.

Jerry Sullivan, lifelong resident of Seminole, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at the age of 99. The funeral service for Jerry will be on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. at the Seminole church of Christ.

Andrew Taylor was born on July 8, 1937, at home on the family’s allotted Cherokee Homestead in Gideon, Oklahoma, to Andy and Hersie Taylor. He was their pride and joy since they already had his six older sisters. It didn’t take long for the family to start calling him A.C.

Garner Family and friends came together at the Wewoka church of Christ on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, to commemorate the life of Sharyn Kay (Streater) Garner from Wewoka, OK, who peacefully passed away, surrounded by her beloved family on Thursday, September 21, 2023.

Land Bradford West, 66, Passed away on September 14th, 2023, in Seminole Oklahoma. Land was born on June 17th, 1957, in Farmington, NM. to Crawford and Yvonne est, and was named “Land” by this state’s moto! “The land of enchantment” as Crawford was an oilfield roughneck at that time.

McConnell Karen Elaine McConnell, Seminole, OK resident, passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 in Seminole, at the age of 67. Karen was born on October 15, 1955 in Ohio to Eddie Bowling and Mary Lou (Justice) Bowling.