Bryan County, OK - March 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. ---------------------------------------------------- Date of Birth Date of Death Spouse Marriage Date Cemetery Funeral Home Source Date P/A Name Birth Location Death Location Parents Spouse's Death Date Marriage Location Location of Funeral Home ********** **** ******************************** ***************** ****************** ************************ ********************************************************* ************************ 3-1-1999 Yes Hobson, Cheryl Ann Earnest September 13, 1951 February 28, 1999 Highland Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-1-1999 No Polk, Dick February 28, 1935 February 27, 1999 Willis Polk Barbara Hood Sept. 18, 1971 Sulphur Springs Murray Funeral Home Bennington, OK Atoka, OK Annie Carney Clovis, N.M. 3-1-1999 No Fisher, Buster J.T. February 2, 1914 February 28, 1999 Thomas Fisher Virginia Mae Anderson In 1934 Platter Cemetery Bratcher's Funeral Home Platter, OK Calera, OK Alice Durant, OK Platter, OK Colbert, OK 3-1-1999 No Crowder, Foreman February 21, 1916 February 28, 1999 Nelson Crowder June Duncan February 20, 1943 Restland Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home 3-2-1999 Yes Westville, Durant, OK Arie Eller Amarillo, TX Silo, OK Durant, OK 3-3-1999 Yes 3-1-1999 No Webster, Vera June 13, 1918 February 28, 1999 Robert Lee Parson Robert Harris December 24, 1934 Rosewood Cemetery Murray Funeral Home 3-4-1999 Yes Yarnaby, OK Durant, OK America Elizabeth Elliott Prior to March 1999 Yarnaby, OK Achille, OK Durant, OK Edward Webster in 1969 Prior to March 1999 Winterhaven, CA 3-1-1999 No Ritter, Verdell November 6, 1918 February 28, 1999 Earl D. Ritter Alesta Mozelle Edwards January 6, 1972 Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home 3-2-1999 No McKinney, TX Mead, OK Edith Murphy Madill, OK Colbert, OK Coblert, OK 3-2-1999 No Smith, Linda April 21, 1903 February 28, 1999 Henry W. Coughran Triplett Cemetery Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home Indian Territory Lewisville, Eliza Beck Texana, Lewisville, 3-2-1999 No Oden, Victor H. February 4, 1918 March 1, 1999 John Blaney Oden Pansy Selena Kidd December 22, 1938 Aspermont Cemetery Murray Funeral Home Atwood, Durant, OK Florence Peacock, TX Aspermont, TX 3-2-1999 No Sundberg, Susan February 27, 1999 Highland Cemetery Flesher Funeral Home Van Alstyne, TX Durant, OK Van Alstyne, TX 3-2-1999 No Metcalf, Ada Lucille January 12, 1924 March 2, 1999 Will Thompson Andrew Jackson Metcalf July 19, 1941 Platter Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home 3-3-1999 Yes Platter, OK Calera, OK Flora in 1990 Durant, OK Platter, OK Durant, OK 3-2-1999 No Johnson, Mary Louise May 6, 1898 March 1, 1999 San Rich Jess E. Johnson Bennington Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 3-3-1999 Pecan Grove, TX Durant, OK Lucy In 1951 Bennington, OK Durant, OK 3-3-1999 No Steakley, Robert Lee October 23, 1910 March 1, 1999 Rose Howard December 8, 1934 Cedarlawn Cemetery Bratcher's Funeral Home Coolidge, TX Denison, TX Madill, OK Sherman, TX Denison, TX 3-3-1999 No Haggerty, Billy Edward, Sr. March 4, 1936 February 25, 1999 Carol F. Haggerty Waldo Funeral Home Chapel Durant, OK Sherman, TX Vera Higgins Sherman, TX 3-3-1999 No Appleberry, Aaron February 1, 1920 March 2, 1999 John Nelson Appleberry Lillian A. Angelley April 20, 1940 Denison Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Pleasant Hill, OK Durant, OK Mattie Lela Pace Idabel, OK Idabel, OK McCurtain County 3-3-1999 No Graham, Gayleen Smith November 22, 1901 March 2, 1999 Jim Smith James A. Graham November 24, 1918 Highland Cemetery Brown's Funeral Home 3-4-1999 Bonham, TX Durant, OK Dora Russell Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-4-1999 No Evans, Kenneth Wayne, Sr. September 5, 1934 March 3, 1999 John Sanford Evans Wanda Russell Highland Cemetery Brown's Funeral Home 3-5-1999 Durant, OK Midwest City, OK Mary Jane Parker Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-4-1999 No Sanders, Bill Lee December 3, 1918 March 2, 1999 Ruth Bacon wife of 54 years Taft Funeral Home Helena, Mississippi Taft, CA September 5, 1996 3-5-1999 No Mooney, Webney William January 18, 1919 March 4, 1999 James Howell Mooney Dorothy Alice Franklin February 24, 1949 Bokchito Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home Bennington, OK Denton, TX Lillie Marinda McCarley Durant, OK Bokchito, OK 3-5-1999 No Stephens, Edgar Dee September 2, 1918 March 4, 1999 James A. Stephens Annie Mae McAlester March 1, 1946 Rosehill Cemetery Brown's Funeral Home Mead, OK Durant, OK Lillie Belle Mackey Calera, OK Durant, OK 3-5-1999 No Lovelace, Jean July 30, 1919 March 4, 1999 William Thomas Bryan Leon Lovelace September 1, 1961 Old Church Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 3-7-1999 Miles, TX Durant, OK Vivian Waldron August 15, 1993 Dallas, TX Bennington, OK 3-5-1999 No Davis, Melva February 10, 1938 March 4, 1999 William Earnest Hammons Ross Davis September 11, 1964Rosehill Cemetery Murray Funeral Home 3-7-1999 Yes Liberty, Oklahoma City, OK Edythe White Fort Worth, TX Calera, OK Durant, OK 3-5-1999 No Gibson, Garland March 5, 1999 Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Dallas, OK 3-7-1999 No Barringer, Robert March 21, 1925 March 5, 1999 Christine Pearl Hiller October 22, 1945 Fairview Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Ada, OK Cartwright, OK Ada, OK Denison, TX 3-7-1999 No Watts, LaWanna Sue May 19, 1925 March 5, 1999 James Ogden Ewing Jack Herman Watts May 4, 1905 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Utica, OK Oklahoma City, OK Oct Ima Alexander Prior to March of 1999 West Texas Durant, OK 3-7-1999 No Todd, Elmer Newman September 26, 1909 March 5, 1999 James Todd Faye Davis July 5, 1930 Garden of Memory Bratcher's Funeral Home Dallas, TX Denison, TX Ada Prior to March of 1999 Durant, OK Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 3-7-1999 Yes Harvey, B.J. November 5, 1944 March 5, 1999 Bevley J. "Buster" Harvey Christine Hokett February 20, 1976 Gethesmane Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home Atoka, OK Durant, OK Sue Kirkpatrick Durant, OK Caddo, OK Durant, OK 3-8-1999 Yes Ashcraft, Rock, Dr. June 11, 1932 March 6, 1999 Ray Ashcraft Merle McElroy of 45 years Crossroads Family CemMurray Funeral Home Ranger, TX Durant, OK Nellie near Ranger, TX Durant, OK 3-8-1999 No Jennings, Harold Michael November 25, 1937 March 6, 1999 Alva Gibson Jennings Shirley Hancock July 25, 1958 Bokchito Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home Dallas, TX Bokchito, OK Mattie Branson Durant, OK Bokchito, OK Bokchito, OK 3-8-1999 No Gibson, Garlan Wayne July 25, 1930 March 5, 1999 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Dallas, TX Dallas, TX Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-8-1999 No Fogo, Virginia Mae November 1, 1928 March 7, 1999 Albert Winburn Smith Calvin Rex Thomas ? Brown's Funeral Home 3-9-1999 Madill, OK Durant, OK Annis Staggs James Kaman Fogo In 1976 Fullerton, CA 3-8-1999 No Hughes, Maggie E. May 17, 1917 March 7, 1999 Dr. Walter William Perkins Cleo Hughes April 7, 1934 Highland Cemetery Murray Funeral Home 3-9-1999 Calera, OK Oklahoma City, OK Laura Bell Moberly Hugo, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-8-1999 No Parker, Virgil L. April 2, 1922 March 8, 1999 Dewey Patrick Parker Ruby Jo Rayburn October 2, 1943 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 3-9-1999 Yes Avant, Durant, OK Lucy Letterman Barnsdall, Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-9-1999 No Brown, Vera Lee July 15, 1913 March 8, 1999 James Stowers Ralph Brown Wise Funeral Home Yarnaby, OK Bonham, TX Betty Barker December 26, 1958 Bonham, TX 3-9-1999 No Shackleford, Otis Lee October 12, 1918 March 8, 1999 George Washington ShackelfoWanda Garrett June 15, 1939 Kemp Cemetery Cunningham Funeral Home 3-10-1999 Marlow, OK Calera, OK Cleo Garrett Marlow, OK Kemp, OK Achille, OK 3-9-1999 No Davis, James January 4, 1943 March 8, 1999 Essie Davis Rosewood Cemetery Murray Funeral Home Durant, OK Durant, OK Maudie Huggins Achille, OK Durant, OK 3-10-1999 No Titus, Jack E. May 29, 1934 March 8, 1999 Jack Titus Restland Cemetery Miller and Miller Funeral H Boswell, OK Durant, OK Molly Belle Russell Boswell, OK Boswell, OK 3-10-1999 No Weatherly, Brenos age 97 March 9, 1999 Bratcher's Funeral Home Colbert, OK Colbert, OK 3-12-1999 Yes Belcher, Howard August 1, 1931 March 10, 1999 Hershel DeWitt Belcher Bessie Steward February 23, 1952 Resthaven Cemetery Murray Funeral Home Shawnee, OK Oklahoma City, OK Leola McAlister Shawnee, OK Shawnee, OK Durant, OK 3-12-1999 No Malone, Mary Hester Drummond April 21, 1922 March 11, 1999 William David Drummond Garland Malone October 5, 1940 Woodville Cemetery Watts Funeral Home Kellerton, Iowa Durant, OK Ermal Frost Bethany, MO Kingston, OK 3-12-1999 No Watkins, Hubert January 26, 1917 March 11, 1999 Mose Watkins Ruth Corbitt In 1934 Rosewood Cemetery Bratcher's Funeral Home 3-14-1999 Madill, OK Durant, OK Ida Madill, OK Achille, OK Colbert, OK 3-14-1999 Yes Parr, Joyce Dellinger February 12, 1937 March 12, 1999 Clifford Olen Dellinger John Russell Parr In 1960 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Albany, OK Durant, OK Maudie Ellen Stricklan Lawton, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-16-1999 No Christian, Virginia "Jinny" July 9, 1934 March 12, 1999 John Virgil Christian Murray Funeral Home 3-14-1999 Florence, Alabama Dallas, TX Lela Gray Durant, OK 3-16-1999 No Williams, Bradley Parker March 15, 1999 March 15, 1999 Jackson Cemetery Brown's Funeral Home Durant, OK Durant, OK Bokchito, OK Durant, OK 3-16-1999 No Ashley-Ash, Mildred Maxine June 23, 1927 March 4, 1999 Lubie Ashley Roy Ash July 1, 1946 Clyde Cemetery Bailey Funeral Home Mead, OK Abilene, TX Marie Bakersfield, CA Clyde, Texas 3-17-1999 No Paddock, W. Wayne February 10, 1935 March 15, 1999 Bille Ann of 43 years Sunny Lane Cemetery Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home Caddo, OK Del City, Del City, 3-18-1999 Yes Kimbrough, Pat May 3, 1929 March 16, 1999 John Wesley Langford Buddy Kimbrough May 17, 1947 Rosehill Murray Funeral Home 3-17-1999 No Desha, AR Denison, TX Nettie Sandy Durant, OK Calera, OK Durant, OK 3-18-1999 No Pugh, Lois Myrtle December 5, 1940 March 15, 1999 Roy Pugh Frank McDonald Rosewood Cunningham Funeral Home 3-17-1999 Achille, OK Midwest City, Catherine Manning Prior to March 1999 Achille, OK Achille, OK 3-18-1999 No Peddy-Zofcin, Josslyn Marie March 16, 1999 Infant Highland Brown's Funeral Home 3-17-1999 Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-18-1999 No Eastwood, Dixie E. November 29, 1918 March 17, 1999 Harmon Edward Eastwood Dorothea MacThomas Restland Prater-Lampton-Mills and Telephone, TX St. Louis, OK Lilly Phillips Prior to March 1999 Boswell, OK Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo 3-18-1999 Yes Cooper, Lorene July 1, 1913 March 17, 1999 Will Sinor Clarence Cooper December 8, 1933 Old Philadelphia Murray Funeral Home Liberty, Durant, OK Mary Frances Moore March 14, 1996 Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-21-1999 Yes Chalk, Jerry Wayne July 31, 1946 March 19, 1999 Frank Charles Chalk Marilyn December 3, 1994 Highland Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home Blue, OK Durant, OK Clora Ethel Taylor Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-21-1999 No Neasbitt, John Talley March 22, 1926 March 21, 1999 Russell louis Neasbitt Hilda James April 1, 1950 Restland Cemetery Brown Funeral Directors 3-23-1999 Marshall County, OK Borger, Texas Nancy LaVada Burris Durant, OK Silo, OK Borger, TX 3-21-1999 No Nunnally, William R. August 23, 1948 March 20, 1999 John Sidney Nunnally Oak Hill Cemetery Bishop Funeral Service Silo, OK Cassville, MO Dorthy Louise Young McAlester, OK 3-22-1999 Yes Cullum, George Dwain February 25, 1932 March 21, 1999 George Chester Cullum Anna Jean Bowden December 22, 1953 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Allison, OK Denison, TX Vallie Lee Duncan Greenville, S.C. Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-22-1999 No Pettigrew, Nadine "Laverne" December 9, 1936 March 20, 1999 Walter L. Carter Glen Pettigrew Boggy Depot Cemetery Brown's Funeral Service Borger, TX Denton, TX Ann Elizabeth Merrifield OK Atoka, OK 3-23-1999 No Dills, Clifford Edward age 73 March 21, 1999 Ruth J. Cedar Grove Cemetery Kilgroe Funeral Home Alabama Leeds, Alabama Leeds, Alabama 3-23-1999 No Bellew, Ida G. May 20, 1918 March 23, 1999 Holly Anthony Dees Frank Bellew November 28, 1935 Rosehill Cemetery Coffey Funeral Home 3-25-1999 Yes Tishomingo, OK Emma Telitha Riley prior to March of 1999 Ada, OK Wapanucka, OK Durant, OK 3-25-1999 No James, Meagan Michell (infant) March 19, 1999 March 24, 1999 Battiest Cemetery Brumley-McCurtain Funeral H Katy, TX Houston, TX Broken Bow, OK 3-25-1999 No Turner, Inez October 24, 1916 March 23, 1999 Andrew Jackson Turner June 20, 1936 Rosewood Cemetery Bratcher's Funeral Home Non, OK San Antonio, TX December 5, 1998 Bryan County, OK Achille, OK Denison, TX 3-25-1999 No Compton, Daniel Webster "Webb", SJanuary 27, 1905 March 25, 1999 Henry Franklin Compton Dovie Grace November 8, 1925 Rosewood Cemetery Cunnigham Funeral Home 3-28-1999 Romia Durant, OK Mary Harris Yarnaby, Ok Achille, OK Achille, OK 3-25-1999 No Singleton, Peggy May 31, 1932 March 24, 1999 William D. Barber Norman Lester Singleton September 17, 1950Restland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 3-26-1999 Austin, TX Durant, OK Ruby E. Vining Fredonia, TX Boswell, OK Durant, OK 3-25-1999 No Taylor, Brice Duane March 7, 1953 March 25, 1999 Yolanda Brown June 10, 1978 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 3-26-1999 Ardmore, OK Dallas, TX Durant, OK Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-28-1999 3-26-1999 No Morrell, Charles May 14, 1919 March 24, 1999 Charlie Morrell Wade Cemetery Miller & Miller Funeral Hom Boswell, OK Oklahoma City, OK Alice McAffee Boswell, OK 3-26-1999 No Prough, Grace April 18, 1914 March 25, 1999 Edward Gibson John T. Prough June 8, 1932 Highland Cemetery Murray Funeral Home 3-28-1999 Yes Greenwood, MO Durant, OK Lillie Funston March 3, 1985 Harrisonville, MO Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-28-1999 No Mitchell, Agnes M. age 92 March 27, 1999 Cedarlawn Memorial PaBratcher's Funeral Home Colbert, OK Sherman, TX Denison, TX 3-29-1999 No James, Doris (Everhart) January 17, 1926 March 28, 1999 Guy Anthony Fosburgh Woodville Cemetery Murray Funeral Home Sapulpa, OK Durant, OK Emma Jones Woodville, OK 3-29-1999 No Corey, Carrie R. January 7, 1905 March 27, 1999 Charles L. Davis Robert F. Corey Mount Olive Cemetery Reser Funeral Home Warsaw, Ind. Durant, OK Elva Warren in 1971 Healdton, Healdton, 3-29-1999 No Dunn, Edwin Otis November 29, 1921 March 27, 1999 John Otis Dunn Lorene Talley Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 3-31-1999 Durant, OK Durant, OK Susie Thompson Dunn Prior to March of 1999 Durant, OK Joyce Miller 3-29-1999 No Walker, Sybil October 23, 1914 March 28, 1999 William D. Clark Joseph Eugene Walker November 15, 1931 Highland Cemetery Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home 3-30-1999 Brown, Durant, OK Gaynell Teague September 19, 1976 Durant, OK Durant, OK 3-29-1999 No Dawson, Hugh H. age 82 March 28, 1999 Beasley Funeral Home Colbert, OK Denison, TX 3-30-1999 No Webb, W.S. "Pernie", Mrs. July 6, 1904 March 29, 1999 William Taylor W.S. Webb Restland Cemetery Mt. Olive Funeral Home Indian Territory Durant, OK Rena Maple Boswell, OK Hugo, OK 3-30-1999 No Caldwell, Robert Wayne age 26 March 29, 1999 Cunningham Funeral Home Bokchito, OK Bokchito, OK 3-31-1999 No Williams, Patricia age 57 March 31, 1999 Coffey Funeral Home Calera, OK Durant, OK