Bryan County, OK - February of 1999 Obituaries Indexed --------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 by Trudy Marlow. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. Source: Durant Daily Democrat --------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------- First Column - Date Obituary appeared in the newspaper. Second Column - Did a picture appear with the obituary? ETC. ---------------------------------------------------- Source DateP/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 of Funeral Home ********** **** ******************************** ***************** ****************** ************************ ************************** ******************** *************** ************************ 2-1-1999 No Smith, Frankie August 4, 1927 January 30, 1999 Robert H. Sawyers Floyd (Red) Smith September 7, 1946 Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home Colbert, OK Denison, TX Lila L. March 21, 1971 Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 2-1-1999 No Masoner, Clifford O. March 16, 1937 January 29, 1999 Vernon Masoner Norma Sanders April 12, 1959 Highland Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Durant, OK Midwest City, OK Bertha Lamar Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 2-1-1999 No Bennett, Vesta Indiana (Faulkner)January 31, 1905 January 30, 1999 George W. Faulkner John Thomas Bennett September 6, 1925 Restland Cemetery Miller and Miller Funeral Home Westpoint, Indiana Durant, OK Ross Catherine Graham in 1992 Bennington, OK Boswell, OK Boswell, OK 2-1-1999 No Graham-Johnson, Amber Leigh Ann October 20, 1992 January 30, 1999 David Johnson Rosewood Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home 2-3-1999 Yes Denison, TX Madill, OK Anita Achille, OK Achille, OK 2-1-1999 No Brundeen, Edith A. March 30, 1901 January 31, 1999 George Anderson Lovett Arnold Brundeen January 6, 1979 Mead Cemetery Brown's Funeral Home 2-2-1999 Decatur Co., GA Colbert, OK Susan Luticia (Eakin) Mead, OK Mead, OK 2-2-1999 No Hall, Harold Dorse February 10, 1932 February 1, 1999 Goldie Ezekiel Hall Tommie Charlene July 18, 1952 Center Hill Cemetery Brown's Funeral Home 2-3-1999 West of Caney, OK Atoka, OK Annie Luella Campbell Durant, OK Atoka, OK 2-2-1999 No Chambers, Mary Eva November 1, 1937 February 1, 1999 Claude Duckworth Claude Louin Chambers December 20, 1954 Rosewood Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home 2-3-1999 Kemp, OK Denison, TX Eva Achille, OK Achille, OK 2-2-1999 No Conner, Hugh Arlington March 9, 1928 February 1, 1999 Hugh Conner Sr. Evaline Dobbs June 11, 1955 Pleasant Hill Cunningham Funeral Home 2-3-1999 Vernon, TX Bonham, TX (VA Hosp) Thelma R. Riley Caddo, OK Caddo, OK Caddo, OK 2-4-1999 Yes Shastid, Lenora Mae March 22, 1939 February 3, 1999 Richard Gilbert Lloyd D. Shastid October 29, 1955 Bennington Cemetery Murray Funeral Home Ladonia, TX Durant, OK Velma Dean Norris Hallis, Bennington, OK Durant, OK 2-4-1999 No Pickens, Evelyn Billy December 31, 1916 February 3, 1999 Williamson Billy Eastman Pickens McMillan Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home McAlester, OK Durant, OK Lucinda Thompson Prior to Feb. 1999 Madill, OK Madill, OK Durant, OK 2-4-1999 Yes Haddock, Keiler November 27, 1933 February 3, 1999 Lando Crandon Haddock Sue Dudley in 1968 Highland Dalton-Holmes 2-3-1999 Kemp, OK Durant, OK Rumina Mapp Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 2-4-1999 No McGehee, Ruby Gertrude September 12, 1911 February 4, 1999 Oscar Wheeler Ayers Roy B. McGehee January 5, 1951 Rosehill Cemetery Murray Funeral Home 2-7-1999 Yes Montague Co., TX Calera, OK Gracie M. Byford May 13, 1983 Ardmore, OK Calera, OK Durant, OK 2-5-1999 No Stewart, Patricia L. June 13, 1962 February 3, 1999 Lee Charles Stewart Gary McClanahan September 7, 1996 St. Joseph's Cemetery Smith and Kernke Funeral Home Annette Oklahoma City, OK Hennessey, Oklahoma City, OK 2-5-1999 No Trammell, Patsy Gail Gordon August 25, 1938 February 1, 1999 Pat Gordon James Trammell August 11, 1956 Crestview Memorial Park Colonial Funeral Home Caddo, OK Wichita Falls, TX Faye Bardwell May 20, 1996 Sherman, TX Wichita Falls, TX 2-5-1999 No Horath, Jimmie Dwight August 12, 1945 February 5, 1999 Jim Horath Mary Adams November 5, 1963 Coleman Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home 2-7-1999 Yes Atoka, OK Durant, OK Gertrude Courtney Arcota, CA Durant, OK 2-5-1999 No Hall, Effie N. August 10, 1911 February 4, 1999 Jack Little Talmadge Hall July 19, 1930 Kemp Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home 2-7-1999 Kemp, OK Durant, OK Elsie Reynolds August 16, 1993 Kemp, OK Kemp, OK Achille, OK 2-7-1999 No Dykes, Margie October 24, 1926 February 4, 1999 Henry Clover Joe Dykes January 29, 1941 Restlawn Memorial Park Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Durant, OK Sulphur Springs, TX Rosie Dilbeck May 13, 1972 Durant, OK Sulphur Springs, TX 2-16-1999 No Phillips, Della May Boatman July 10, 1915 February 16, 1999 Jim Alexander Gethsemane Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home Fulsom, Durant, OK Emeline Brown Caddo, OK Caddo, OK 2-16-1999 No Bruner, Linda Sue December 12, 1959 February 13, 1999 Willie Manning Timmy Bruner April 22, 1976 Yarnaby Cemetery Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home El Paso, TX Sherman, TX Mary Crain Yarnaby, OK Bonham, TX 2-15-1999 No Murray, Grover July 19, 1931 February 12, 1999 Arthur Lewis Murray Judy Pierce Bennington Cemetery Miller and Miller Funeral Home Bennington, OK Paris, TX Louella Jones Bennington, OK 2-15-1999 No Ervin, Richard Lee March 21, 1922 February 13, 1999 James Leroy Ervin Kay Williams January 29, 1973 Cunningham Funeral Home 2-16-1999 Chickasha, OK Bonham, TX (VA Hosp.) Sarah Ellen Branc Prior to Feb. 1999 Albany, Achille, OK 2-15-1999 No Jackson, Mary Jo Walton January 12, 1937 February 12, 1999 Bryant Walton Robert Barnard Kemp Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home 2-16-1999 Yes Kemp, OK Ada, OK Hellen Arizona Duckworth Kemp, OK Achille, OK 2-10-1999 Yes Williamson, Esther S. June 29, 1912 February 7, 1999 James Miller Edward Williamson Rosehill Coffey Funeral Home Bennington, OK Durant, OK Mae Shoemake Calera, OK Durant, OK 2-10-1999 Yes Ramey, Kenneth J. December 14, 1932 February 9, 1999 Jake Ramey Bobbie Crabtree August 17, 1951 Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home Colbert, OK Colbert, OK Ola Mae Bryan County, OK Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 2-10-1999 No Thrift, Bette Jo December 26, 1925 February 9, 1999 Paul Traughber Paul Thrift Leticia Cemetery Watts Funeral Home Lawton, Sophia Rhodes Madill, OK 2-11-1999 No Hannan, Rosa Bell June 16, 1903 February 10, 1999 Calvin Hannan December 23, 1923 Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home Watson, Indian Territory Colbert, OK In 1945 Colbert, OK Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 2-8-1999 No Harris, Lila age 85 February 8, 1999 Coffey Funeral Home Durant, OK Durant, OK 2-9-1999 Yes Harris, Lila Grace December 9, 1913 February 8, 1999 George Nelson Rev. Lawrence Harris May 21, 1932 Sunset Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home Kalamazoo, Michigan Durant, OK Mary Griffen Siver August 10, 1975 Pentwater, Michigan Albuquerque, N.M. Durant, OK 2-12-1999 No Smith, Ola Haney March 25, 1901 February 10, 1999 McDaniel Haney Homer Smith September 11, 1919 Tushka Cemetery Brown's Funeral Service Stratford, Indian Terr. Caddo, OK Mary Jane Dake Prior to Feb. 1999 McAlester, OK Tushka, OK Atoka, OK 2-12-1999 No Fry, Mildred Massey March 3, 1905 February 11, 1999 Gus Roland Massey Henry Erkel Fry June 7, 1953 Highland Cemetery Dalton Holmes Funeral Home Sterritt, OK (now Calera)Ardmore, OK Nancy Elizabeth Duckworth September 12, 1965 Gretna, LA Durant, OK Durant, OK 2-12-1999 No Nichols, Lucy age 81 February 11, 1999 Bratcher's Funeral Home Durant, OK Colbert, OK 2-12-1999 No McKeown, Francis age 59 Cunningham Funeral Home Caddo, OK 2-14-1999 No Sears, W.L. August 3, 1922 February 13, 1999 Frank J. Sears Opal Craige September 11, 1948 Kemp Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home Liberty, Bonham, TX Mollie Skinner Denison, TX Kemp, OK Durant, OK 2-14-1999 No Nichols, Lucy July 15, 1918 February 11, 1999 George Manning Wylie Nichols Lewisville, TX Bratcher's Funeral Home Magnolia, AR Durant, OK Minnie In 1943 Cremation Colbert, OK 2-14-1999 No Brundeen, Arnold Everett April 13, 1911 February 12, 1999 Jonas Brundeen Edith Ann Curry January 6, 1979 Mead Cemetery Brown's Funeral Home Akron, Iowa Colbert, OK Marie Anderson January 31, 1999 Mead, OK Mead, OK 2-14-1999 No McKeown, Francis "Mac" Xaviar March 10, 1939 February 11, 1999 Joseph Thomas McKeown Donna Gail Dobbs December 9, 1963 Pleasant Hill Cunningham Funeral Home White Plains, NY Durant, OK Margaret Farrington Katlic Armstrong, OK Caddo, OK Caddo, OK 2-23-1999 Yes Hervey, Marie January 15, 1910 February 19, 1999 Ed Elgin Carl Hervey August 3, 1930 White Chapel Murray Funeral Home Sterlin, Kansas Durant, OK Jessie Batty December 1992 Wichita Memorial Gardens Wichita 2-23-1999 No Smithart, Coria Lee January 24, 1933 February 19, 1999 Odis Dean Smithart Gethsemane Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 2-22-1999 Folsom, Durant, OK Della Mae Alexander Caddo, OK 2-23-1999 No Fults, William Wade December 14, 1921 February 23, 1999 George Fults Grace Hall In December of 1940 Bokchito Cemetery Murray Funeral Home 2-25-1999 Yes Bryan County, OK Bokchito, OK Lela Lambert Durant, OK Bokchito, OK 2-24-1999 No Cunningham, Ludie Jane Ellis July 28, 1925 February 23, 1999 Roy Ellis Jay D. Cunningham April 10, 1943 Caddo Cemetery Clark Funeral Home Caddo, OK Tishomingo, OK Nellie Davis Caddo, OK Caddo, OK Tishomingo, OK 2-24-1999 No Harris, Ferrell A., Jr. February 3, 1962 February 22, 1999 Ferrell A. Harris, Sr. Baken Cemetery Huckleberry Funeral Service Jacksonville, FL Antlers, Ruth North of Valliant Valliant, 2-24-1999 No Walker, Velma J. Billington January 7, 1913 February 20, 1999 Alford Burney Noel Billington Highland Coffey Funeral Home Bryan County, OK Lawton, OK Robert Walker Durant, OK Durant, OK 2-24-1999 No Parker, Mary Etta Tidwell July 9, 1904 February 23, 1999 Wheeler Tidwell Horace Oakley Bell (1963) January 26, 1921 Bokchito Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 2-25-1999 Banty, Durant, OK Dora Bettis Ted Jennings Parker (1995) January 6, 1971 Bokchito, OK Durant, OK 2-24-1999 No House, Harlan September 14, 1960 February 23, 1999 John Alden House Mindy Brown September 19, 1986 Restland Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 2-25-1999 Yes Dallas, TX Denison, TX Merna Janssen Euless, TX Silo, OK Durant, OK 2-24-1999 No Bone, Bonnie (Kelly) October 23, 1905 February 23, 1999 William Augusta Kelly Mansville Bone July of 1945 Kemp Murray Funeral Home Bryan County, OK Denison, TX Emma Frances Kemp, OK Durant, OK 2-25-1999 No Rose, Euda M. "Rosie" June 30, 1924 February 25, 1999 Hugh Lee Beal Preston L. Rose March 4, 1940 Pleasant Hill Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 2-26-1999 Utica, OK Durant, OK Lucina Elizabeth Martin Pirtle, Caddo, OK Durant, OK 2-25-1999 No Weger, Cole Wayne February 24, 1999 February 24, 1999 Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home Sherman, TX Sherman, TX Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 2-25-1999 No Bennett, Vernon R. January 5, 1921 February 24, 1999 Robert H. Bennett Virginia Dickinson April 14, 1948 Chapel Hill Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 2-16-1999 Sulphur, OK (VA Hosp) Ethel Anderson Davis, OK Oklahoma City, OK Durant, OK 2-19-1999 Yes Tidwell, Catherine April 29, 1927 February 16, 1999 Henry Pack Tidwell Highland Coffey Funeral Home 2-17-1999 No Broken Bow Oklahoma City, OK Georgia May 24, 1905 Durant, OK Durant, OK 2-18-1999 Yes 2-17-1999 No Clark, Grace July 12, 1903 February 17, 1999 David C. Williams Joel Peter Clark August 13, 1928 Gethsemane Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home 2-18-1999 Yes Granite, I.T. Weatherford, TX Nora Bell Copelin in 1974 Vernon, TX Caddo, OK Caddo, OK 2-18-1999 No Pickens, Elizabeth June 19, 1910 February 17, 1999 John Frank Moore I.H. Pickens October 28, 1932 Restlawn Memorial Park Gililland-Watson Funeral Home Kress, TX Wichita, Kansas Nettie Elizabeth Skipworth Falfurrias, TX Hereford, 2-21-1999 No Walker, Velma J. age 86 February 20, 1999 Murray Funeral Home Sherman, TX Durant, OK 2-21-1999 No Hervey, Marie January 15, 1910 February 19, 1999 Ed Elgin Carl Hervey August 3, 1930 White Chapel Memorial Murray Funeral Home 2-22-1999 Yes Sterling, Kansas Durant, OK Jessie Batty December of 1992 Wichita, Wichita, Durant, OK 2-21-1999 No Roper, Emma Jean Harper May 24, 1925 February 20, 1999 Robert Harper Jack G. Roper October 13, 1942 Highland Cemetery Murray Funeral Home 2-22-1999 Durant, OK Sherman, TX Pearl November 20, 1993 Tacoma, Washington Durant, OK Durant, OK 2-22-1999 Yes Whitson, Brian Keith September 9, 1965 February 20, 1999 Kenneth Taylor Hope Watson July 28, 1989 Rosehill Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Denison, TX Pushmataha Co, OK Linda Calera, OK Calera, OK Durant, OK 2-22-1999 No Crank, Claude Cornelius May 21, 1919 February 21, 1999 Herbert Lee Crank Evelyn L. Mead Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Anna, TX Durant, OK Myra Brasher Mead, OK Durant, OK 2-22-1999 No Grounds, Doyle A. June 23, 1928 January 29, 1999 Charlie Grounds Kiersey, Dallas, TX Mary 2-22-1999 No Stoddard, Robert E. November 13, 1919 February 20, 1999 Robert Franklin Stoddard Wanda Orrie Hendrix October 18, 1941 Tishomingo Cemetery Clark Funeral Service Sherman, TX Tishomingo, OK Bessie Esoline Treadway January 23, 1989 Okmulgee, OK Tishomingo, OK 2-22-1999 No Medler, Betty Jean January 1, 1940 February 21, 1999 Clifford Hull Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home Durant, OK Garland, TX Lindy Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 2-16-1999 No Allman, Louise S. August 26, 1928 February 23, 1999 Garland Memorial Park Williams Funeral Directors Garland, TX Garland, TX 2-28-1999 No Sommers, Deborah Sue March 21, 1970 February 25, 1999 Wilburn Holt Ronald Sommers August 19, 1986 Burns Cemetery Waldo Funeral Home Groom, TX Sherman, TX Freda Tom Bean, TX Trenton, TX Sherman, TX 2-28-1999 No Raines, Franklin D. age 59 February 27, 1999 Sharon Simmons May 12, 1967 Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home Denison, TX Durant, OK Colbert, OK Denison, TX