Bryan County, OK - December 1999 Obituaries Indexed http://files.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/obits/durantdemocrat/index1999/dec.txt --------------------------------- Copyright © 2000 by Trudy Marlow. trumarlow@earthlink.net This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. --------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ---------------------------------------------------- Source: Durant Daily Democrat ---------------------------------------------------- First Column - Date Obituary appeared in the newspaper. Second Column - Did a picture appear with the obituary? ETC. ---------------------------------------------------- Source Date P/A Name Date of Birth Date of Death Parents Spouse Marriage Date Cemetery Funeral Home & Birth Location Death Location Spouse's Death Date Marriage Location Location ********** ************************************ ***************** ****************** ************************ ********************************************** ********************* ************* 11-30-1999 No Petty, James M. August 12, 1913 November 29, 1999 George C. Petty Grace Turner February 25, 1956 Bennington Cemetery Brown's 12-1-1999 No Bennington, OK Durant, OK Nora Lee Gardner Ardmore, OK Bennington, OK Durant, OK 11-30-1999 No Knickle, Edna Earl March 3, 1931 November 27, 1999 Alvin Blankenship W.O. Mahan June 21, 1947 Garden of Memory Cem Liberty, Platter, OK Lois Walton September 12, 1955 Denison, TX Colbert, OK Harry Knickle June 28, 1958 Denison, TX 12-2-1999 No Craig, Molly Valentine (Moon) February 14, 1906 December 1, 1999 Joe A. Moon James R. Craig July 10, 1935 Gethsemane Cemetery Cunningham Caddo, OK Caddo, Ok Durant, OK Caddo, OK Caddo, OK 12-2-1999 No Lievsay, Johnie July 14, 1896 November 1, 1999 John Allison Morris Lievsay October 26, 1913 Rosewood Cemetery Cunningham 12-3-1999 No Denison, TX Denison, TX Alice in 1988 Achille, OK Achille, OK 12-5-1999 12-2-1999 No Marsden, Belva Mae November 26, 1999 12-2-1999 No Conley, Betty Ann June 10, 1973 December 1, 1999 Coleman Cemetery Clark Idabel, OK Durant, OK Coleman, OK Tishomingo, OK 12-2-1999 No Caruthers, Joseph W. about 1920 November 2, 1999 Thelma Rosewood Cemetery Bratcher 12-5-1999 No Wade, OK Arlington, TX prior Dec 1999 Achille, OK Denison, TX 12-5-1999 Yes Robertson, Ruby Lee April 26, 1912 December 3, 1999 Joseph Ellis Wilson Walter Norris Robertson August 1, 1931 Rosewood Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Limestone County, TX Durant, OK Bertha Ellen Jordan prior Dec 1999 Calera, OK Achille, OK Durant, OK 12-5-1999 No Marsden, Belva M. April 3, 1920 November 26, 1999 Alva Lavere Ryan Harry A. Marsden September 1, 1937 Buswell Cynthiana, Ind Black River Falls, WEllen Godby in 1987 Bowling Green, Ohio Black River Falls, Wis 12-5-1999 Yes Bardwell, Georgianna Jo June 8, 1920 December 3, 1999 Gene Tyree Odis Bardwell May 8, 1936 Highland Cemetery Murray Caddo, OK Durant, OK Lillie November 7, 1999 Frederick, Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-5-1999 No Smith, Amos August 15, 1930 December 2, 1999 Etta Wildrose Bennington, OK Fresno, CA Fresno, CA 12-5-1999 No McDougal, Mabel Berry August 25, 1904 December 4, 1999 Thomas Levi Berry Clayton McDougal in October 1927 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes 12-6-1999 Yes Louisville, Miss. Watauga, TX Barksdale Taylor in 1981 Fort Towson, Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-5-1999 No Burgess, Peggy about 1942 December 3, 1999 Caddo Cemetery Donnelly's Colonial Dallas, TX Caddo, OK Irving, TX 12-6-1999 No Jones, Ellen Dean June 22, 1927 December 5, 1999 Miles Richard Flaiz Leroy "Beno" Jones March 22, 1995 Bratcher Douglas, AZ Denison, TX Katherine Harris Denison, TX Denison, TX 12-6-1999 No Dawes, Priscilla Wike August 29, 1920 December 5, 1999 Jacob Wike Richard Dawes in 1981 Rosehill Cemetery Dalton - Holmes Calera, OK Lovella Channell prior Dec 1999 St. Louis, MO Wapanucka, OK Durant, OK 12-6-1999 No Webb, Frank November 1, 1930 December 6, 1999 Geraldine Sanders June 11, 1952 Rosehill Cemetery Coffey 12-7-1999 Yes Gunter, TX Denison, TX DeQueen, AR Calera, OK Durant, OK 12-7-1999 No Wright, Gary Neil June 30, 1945 December 6, 1999 Edgar Warren Wright Center Hill Cemetery Murray 12-8-1999 No Bakersfield, CA Caddo, OK Lillian Crites Atoka County, OK Durant, OK 12-8-1999 No Gray, Lois Marcell November 10, 1922 December 7, 1999 J.W. Sims Arte J. Gray June 8, 1940 Highland Cemetery Murray 12-9-1999 Yes McKinney, TX Ida Mae Dodd in Dec 1994 Bokchito, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-8-1999 No Cundiff, Pauline October 11, 1924 December 7, 1999 J.W. Sims Darce Ammons April 16, 1941 Pleasant Hill Cemetery Dalton-Holmes 12-9-1999 No Bryan County, OK Westminister, TX Ida Mae Dodd June 22, 1985 Armstrong, OK Durant, OK William Cundiff October 11, 1986 November 24, 1996 12-9-1999 No Stroup, Fred Sr. January 9, 1910 December 8, 1999 Isaac Stroup Jewell August 24, 1936 Rosewood Cemetery Murray 12-12-1999 Yes Norman, OK Calera, OK Mossie Myers McAlester, OK Achille, OK Durant, OK 12-10-1999 No Vandergriff, Jessie Ray April 26, 1919 December 8, 1999 David Vandergriff Dorothy Elaine Hester May 12, 1939 Waldo Sherman, TX Sherman, TX Mattie Ross Sherman, TX Sherman, TX 12-10-1999 No Dollarhide August 5, 1924 December 8, 1999 Lee Swartz Lenard Dollarhide Denison Cemetery Norwood, Coffey-Leonard Haworth, Dallas, TX Mandy Randolph February 24, 1999 Idabel, OK Idabel, OK 12-10-1999 No Sheehan, William Russell July 13, 1928 December 5, 1999 Carolyn Fairlawn Cemetery Bill Eisenhour Goodman, MO Oklahoma City, OK 12-12-1999 Yes Weibling, Bessie August 21, 1905 December 10, 1999 William Ellsworth William Weibling December 21, 1921 Highland Cemetery Brown's DeCalb, TX Durant, OK Minnie Shaw in 1977 Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-12-1999 No Wigington, Leroy Max January 23, 1920 December 10, 1999 Flodel Kemp, OK Sherman, TX prior Dec 1999 Rosewood Cemetery Cunningham-Beasely Jan Perryman Achille, OK Sherman, TX 12-1?-1999 Yes Helling, Donna Louise Lambert August 25, 1953 December 11, 1999 Don Lambert Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth, TX Nina Perkins Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-1?-1999 No Stewart, Martha about 1918 November 12, 1999 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes 12-16-1999 No Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-1?-1999 No Towne, Anna L. May 18, 1904 December 12, 1999 Fred Simmons Highland Cemetery Coffey 12-14-1999 No Roberta, OK Durant, OK Charles Towne Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-14-1999 No Tidwell, Nova December 1, 1913 December 2, 1999 Amos H. Polson Hilltop Cemetery Colonial Durant, Ok Wichita Falls, TX prior Dec 1999 Wichita Falls, TX Wichita Falls, TX F.M. Tidwell prior Dec 1999 12-15-1999 No Barnes, Vernon Otis July 23, 1915 December 13, 1999 Cecil Pearce Barnes Mattie Lorene Houston September 16, 1939 Cumberland Cemetery Watts Cumberland, OK Greenville, TX Letha Kennedy Haskell, TX Madill, OK Madill, OK 12-15-1999 No Calhoun, Lavern January 30, 1938 December 12, 1999 Kosoma Cemetery Mills & Coffey 12-16-1999 No Bennington, OK Antlers, OK Antlers, OK 12-16-1999 No Henderson, Marilyn L. September 2, 1956 December 15, 1999 Hack Wall Jackson Cemetery Coffey 12-17-1999 No Plainview, TX McKinney, TX Mary Ellen Bennington, OK Durant, OK 12-16-1999 No Revis, Frances A. Williamson, Dr. December 10, 1910 December 15, 1999 Harve Williamson Sidney Revis in 1962 Garden of Memory CemeteryBratcher 12-17-1999 Yes Colbert, OK Colbert, OK Ophelia Dane in 1983 Colbert, OK Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 12-16-1999 No Morrison, Eugene, Rev. March 21, 1905 December 16, 1999 Mamie Lewis December 15, 1929 Rosehill Cemetery Bratcher 12-17-1999 No Meade, Indian TerritorMidwest City, OK Colbert, OK Calera, OK Denison, OK 12-17-1999 No Cobarrubias, Petra Rose (infant) December 14, 1999 December 14, 1999 Jose Cobarrubias Rosehill Cemetery Murray Durant, OK Durant, OK Linda Cannon Calera, OK Durant, OK 12-17-1999 No Mays, Willis Jefferson "Bill" April 6, 1908 December 16, 1999 Dilla Fate Mays Beulah Mae Grider December 30, 1925 Bokchito Cemetery Dalton-Holmes 12-19-1999 Yes Johnston County, OK Bokchito, OK Minnie Lee Quarles in 1996 Yarnaby, OK Bokchito, OK Durant, OK 12-20-1999 Yes 12-17-1999 No Simmons, Wenzlo W. April 26, 1913 December 16, 1999 Cutis Simmons Ruth Rosewood Cemetery Murray 12-19-1999 Yes Ringwood, Denison, TX Florence Perry Achille, OK Durant, OK 12-17-1999 No Grover, Delores April 24, 1939 December 17, 1999 Charles Zeller Amos Allen Grover in June 1974 Rosehill Cemtery Brown's 12-20-1999 No Plummer, Idaho Calera, OK Lily Zurcher Spokane, Wash. Durant, OK 12-17-1999 No Disheroon, Leo Wallace July 2, 1941 December 17, 1999 Orville Leo Dsheroon Tyanna Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes 12-19-1999 Yes Durant, OK Mead, OK Lucille Cargol Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-20-1999 Yes 12-19-1999 No Edelen, Essie September 16, 1909 December 17, 1999 James Dowling Alvy Grounds Highland Cemetery Coffey Atoka, OK Durant, OK Dora prior Dec 1999 Durant, OK Durant, OK Carl Edelen prior Dec 1999 12-19-1999 No Dobbins, Bobbie J. July 25, 1944 December 18, 1999 Clifford spearman Dobbins Mary Skinner June 22, 1962 Kemp Cemetery Cunningham 12-21-1999 yes McKinney, TX Durant, OK Mary Nina Reynolds Van Alstyne, TX Kemp, OK Achille, OK 12-20-1999 No Blalock, Fred Debbs April 21, 1912 December 18, 1999 Henry Edd Blalock Emma Mae Oltmanns in 1937 12-22-1999 No Springer, Calera, Ok Inez Phillips prior Dec 1999 12-20-1999 No Trantham, Thomas D. December 15, 1938 December 19, 1999 Franklin Harold Trantham Betty Jo Spurgeon in 1958 Rosehill Cemetery Brown's 12-21-1999 No Platter, OK Boswell, OK Mary Lee Lonsford prior Dec 1999 Seminole, TX Calera, OK Durant, OK 12-22-1999 No Underwood, Wade July 29, 1929 December 21, 1999 John Underwood Betty Witley June 15, 1975 Highland Cemetery Turrentin-Jackson-Morrow Durant, OK McKinney, TX Beatrice Turner Denison, TX Durant, OK McKinney, TX 12-22-1999 No Justice, Julia November 23, 1905 December 22, 1999 Horace Inge Cecil Justice August 22, 1923 Mead Cemetery Murray 12-26-1999 Yes Cumberland, OK El Paso, TX Elizabeth McMenemy in 1983 Mead, OK Mead, OK Durant, OK 12-21-1999 No Drake, Joseph Layton May 5, 1913 in December 1999 Dr. Irving Layton Essie Opal Russey October 10, 1941 Bulards Cabiness, Josephine Sittel Drake February 27, 1971 Cloride, Ariz. Chandler, Arizona 12-21-1999 No Morton, Ken Sr. August 2, 1939 December 19, 1999 Marvin A. Morton Navada Bickford January 11, 1960 Condon Grove Cemetery Corbin Oklahoma City, OK Tishomingo, OK Evelyn Mullins Hollywood, CA Milburn, OK Tishomingo, OK 12-21-1999 No Johsnon, Turner August 31, 1927 December 19, 1999 William Thomas Purcell Eula Lea Vaughan October 29, 1948 West Hill Cemetery Cunningham-Beasley Van Alstyne, TX Sherman, TX Etta Hodges Strong Johnson in 1989 Howe, TX Sherman, TX Sherman, TX 12-21-1999 No Bell, Billy Wade September 5, 1977 December 18, 1999 Bill Bell Stena Dawn Rattan Cemetery Mills & Coffey Antlers, OK Durant, OK Debbie Antlers, OK 12-23-1999 Yes Wingfield, James Henderson October 19, 1920 December 22, 1999 Benjamin Franklin Wingfield Hazel Corene Evans April 6, 1940 Gethsemane Cemetery Murray Milburn, Sherman, TX dulcie Beatress Fite Caddo, Ok Caddo, OK Durant, OK 12-23-1999 No Nankivil, Betty age 79 December 15, 1999 North Brevard Melbourne, Fla. Florida 12-23-1999 No Owens, Ray W. November 20, 1915 December 23, 1999 George Jackson Owens Annie Whitmire April 17, 1960 Highland Cemetery Murray 12-26-1999 Yes Ada, OK Denison, TX Rachel Louise Snider Durant, Ok Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-23-1999 No Taylor, Clara ae 81 December 22, 1999 Durant, OK 12-23-1999 No Herd, Beverly Borin June 10, 1944 December 22, 1999 Oscar Borin John Herd III August 22, 1962 Highland Cemetery Murray 12-26-1999 Yes Tulsa, OK Dallas, TX Beatrice Mead Madill, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-27-1999 Yes 12-26-1999 No Parrott, Douglas January 30, 1942 December 24, 1999 Orville Parrott Carolyn Bates February 10, 1996 Rosehill Cemetery Coffey 12-27-1999 No Woodson, TX Durant, OK Vera Virginia McBryde Calera, OK Durant, OK 12-28-1999 No 12-26-1999 No Crow, Mary Francis March 28, 1924 December 23, 1999 Walter Lee Scribner Toss Crow October 17, 1942 Oakland Cemetery Watts Madill, OK Madill, OK Lillie Mae Madill, OK Madill, OK 12-26-1999 No Cox, Pauline March 22, 1914 December 23, 1999 Sherman Johnson in 1946 Garden of Memory CemeteryCunningham Denison, TX Colbert, OK March 5, 1974 Durant, OK Colbert, OK Achille, OK 12-28-1999 No Jones, Clarence N. February 7, 1924 December 28, 1999 Clarence Oscar Jones Highland Cemetery Murray 12-29-1999 Yes Eastland, TX Durant, OK Pearl Henson Durant, OK Durant, OK 12-28-1999 No French, Faye November 7, 1929 December 28, 1999 William Wesley Adams Royce French June 13, 1952 Wade Cemetery Murray 12-29-1999 Yes Tipton, Durant, OK Bennie Ray Pye Durant, OK Boswell, OK Durant, OK 12-29-1999 No Corbin, Naomi age 85 December 28, 1999 Calera, OK 12-29-1999 No Thompson, Gladys Mae April 2, 1911 December 27, 1999 Arthur Lee Cole Joe B. Thompson April 30, 1932 Highland Cemetery Craddock Shawnee Clara Webb December 12, 1972 Durant, Ok Ardmore, OK 12-29-1999 No Fisher, Thelma October 5, 1908 December 27, 1999 Joseph A. Parker E.E. Fisher in 1920 Harper Cemetery Murray Harper, Kansas Durant, OK Lula Agnus Harper, Kansas Harper, Kansas Durant, OK 12-30-1999 No Gregory, Esta P. age 82 December 27, 1999 Cunningham Lindsay, CA Bokchito, OK 12-30-1999 No Jones, Dovie J. age 73 December 29, 1999 Brown's Huntington, TX Durant, OK 12-30-1999 No Kelsey, Thomas July 12, 1937 December 29, 1999 William H. Kelsey Shirley Wade Cemetery Miller & Miller 12-31-1999 Yes Yarnaby, OK Durant, OK Dorothy Walker Boswell, OK Boswell, OK 12-30-1999 No Smith, Verna C. age 89 December 29, 1999 Cunningham Colbert, OK Achille, OK 12-31-1999 No Wall, Betty P. Unknown December 29, 1999 J.W. "Bill" Grantham Henry L. Wall June 23, 1946 Woodbine Cemetery Metropolitan Direct Artesia, NM Gertrude R. Albuquerque, NM 12-31-1999 No Burns, Melbie Kenneth Beck age 69 December 29, 1999 Murray Norman, OK Durant, OK 12-31-1999 No Price, Lawrence age 86 December 31, 1999 Dalton-Holmes Durant, OK Durant, OK