Jackson Co., OK - Obits: From the Altus Times, April 2003 --------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to the Altus Times for permission to upload their obits to the Oklahoma USGenWeb Archives. Copyright http://www.altustimes.com/ USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm --------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries From the Altus Times, April 2003 ================ APRIL 01, 2003 GREEN Edgar Leonard Green, 84 of Altus, died Thursday at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Veteran's section of the Altus City Cemetery with James Jones and Dee Wayne Jones officiating. Services are under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HATFIELD Iona Pearl Hatfield, 81 of Altus, died Monday. Services, under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home of Altus, are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church. The Rev. Boyd Whitehead will officiate and interment will follow at the Altus City Cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 02, 2003 COPPOCK-HAMMONS Michelle Coppock-Hammons, formerly of Altus, died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma a City after and illness with Leukemia at the age of 35. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Fairview Cemetery in Tuttle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRISP Well-known Mangum resident Walter "Fuzzy" Crisp, died Tuesday at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton. Services are pending with Greer Funeral Home of Mangum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAXTON Wanda "Jane" Paxton, 77, died at her home in Anaheim, Calif. on Monday. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Greer Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at the Jester Cemetery with Greer Funeral Home of Mangum in charge of arrangements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WALSTEAD Velma Ladessa Walstead, 86, died at English Village Nursing Home Monday. A service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Granite. Officiating will be the Rev. Arol Steverson and the Rev. Ben VanVactor. Interment will be in the Willow Cemetery in Willow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITE Joseph White, Jr. died Monday in his home in Altus after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 1500 Falcon Road, in Altus Friday at 10 a.m. under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home in Altus. He will be buried in the National Cemetery in Elgin at 2 p.m. following the funeral service with full military honors. There will be a special time of visitation for family and friends at the Lowell-Tims Funeral Home on Thursday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 3, 2003 ROBINSON John F. Robinson, 58, lifelong resident of Harmon County, died Tuesday at Harmon Memorial Hospital in Hollis. Funeral services for John Robinson will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Hollis with the Rev. James Densman officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount cemetery in Hollis under the direction of Patterson Greer Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 4, 2003 CRISP Walter "Fuzzy" Crisp, 80, died at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton April 2, 2003. A memorial service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Greer Funeral Home Chapel in Mangum. Officiating will be Rev. Bill Mosley. Arrangements are with Greer Funeral Home, Mangum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEMP Marva Jo Kemp, 63, long time area nurse, died March 30, 2003 at English Village Manor. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Church of God in Christ with Elder Green officiation. Arrangements are under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON Mildred Nelson died April 2, 2003. Services are pending with Lowell-Times Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARDEN Charlie Lee Warden, 75, died at his home April 2, 2003. He was a current resident of Mangum. Graveside services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery in Mangum. Officiation will be the Rev. Wendell Harris and Rev. Sam Studer. Arrangements are with Greer Funeral Home, Mangum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILSON Funeral services for Aubrey Godon Wilson, 85 of Elmer, formerly of Tipton, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Christ in Tipton with the Rev. Leonard Gray officiation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 6, 2003 - NO OBITUARIES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 7, 2003 WALKER Herbert Glenn Walker, 58, died Monday at the Veterans Center in Norman. Funeral services are pending at Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILSON Clyde Wilson died Saturday at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 8, 2003 ROWLAND Funeral services for Frankie Rowland will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Martin Funeral Home Chapel with Darrel Smalts officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home in Elk City. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WALKER H. Glen Walker, 58, died Monday, April 7, 2003 at Veterans Center in Norman. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Moore officiating. Interment, with full military honors, will be at the Altus City Cemetery under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILSON Clyde Wilson, died April 5, 2003 in Altus. Graveside services for Clyde Wilson are scheduled at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Altus City Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Bostic officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Lowell- Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 9, 2003 GEORGE Evia May George, 89, Altus, died April 7, 2003, at her home. Services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Lowell-Tims Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. T.J. Willingham officiating. Graveside services will follow Friday at 2 p.m. at Lorado Cemetery in Lorado, Ark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 10, 2003 FISHER Floyd Fisher died early today. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howard Ruthie Mae Howard, 78, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 in Oklahoma City. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Stewart Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jim Westmoreland officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Services are with Stewart Funeral Service of Hollis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEAY Pauline Etheridge Seay, 86, died Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Lowell- Tims Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Boyd Whitehead officiating. Burial will follow at the Restlawn Cemetery under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILD Margie Sue Wild, 85, of Sarcoxie, Mo. died March 22, 2003 in Branson, Mo. Funeral Services were held March 25 at the United Methodist Church of Sarcoxie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 11, 2003 BALLEW Marie Elms Ballew, formerly of Altus, died Thursday, April 10, 2003. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the National Cemetery in Dallas. Services are under the direction of Guardian North Funeral Home of Oklahoma City. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWARD Ruthie Mae Howard, 78, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 in Oklahoma City. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Stewart Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jim Westmoreland officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Services are with Stewart Funeral Service of Hollis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JACKSON Graveside services for Marshall (Mo, Shorty) Knight, 78, Mountain Park, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Navajo Cemetery. He died Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at his residence in Mountain Park. Services will be held under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. Sympathy cards may be sent to the family online at www.beckerfuneral.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEAY Pauline Etheridge Seay, 86, died Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Lowell- Tims Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Boyd Whitehead officiating. Burial will follow at the Restlawn Cemetery under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 13, 2003 ELLIS Maureen Ellis, 92 of Cheyenne, died at her home March 18, 2003. Memorial services were held Thursday in Cheyenne, Wyo. Cremation has taken place at Schrader's Sunset Park Crematory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHER Floyd G. Fisher, Sr., 84, died April 10, 2003 in Altus. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at 2 p.m. at the Lowell-Tims Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Vernon Traylor officiating. Interment will follow at the Altus City Cemetery under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARRISON W.T. Harrison, 80, died March 30, 2003 at his home in Kennewick Wash. Services will be held 2 p.m. April 19 at the Kennewick Baptist Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALBOT Juanita Talbot, 78 of Houston, Texas, died Friday April 11, 2003 at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston. Services are pending with Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILSON Aubrey Gordon Wilson, 85, of Elmer, formerly of Tipton, died April 2, 2003 in Stillwater. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Tipton Church of Christ with Leonard Gray officiating. Interment was held at the Hess Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Gray-Gish Funeral Home Tipton Chapel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 14, 2003 BONDS Tommie Bonds, 65, died early today in Rockwall, Texas. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUNSON Lillian Brunson, 92, died in Topeka, Kan. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARRIS Doris E. Harris, 79, died Monday, April 14, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEETON Mamie Jewel Keeton, 70, Blair, died April 12, 2003 in Oklahoma City. Services have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of God in Mangum with Pastor Samuel Studer officiating. Interment will follow at the Blair Cemetery under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. The family will receive guests from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. today at Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOWELL Julius "J" Lowell, 60, died April 13, 2003. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALBOT Juanita Eleene Talbot, 78 of Granbury, Texas, died April 11, 2003 at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston after a brief illness. Services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness with Adrian Marshall officiating. Burial will follow at the Altus City Cemetery under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 15, 2003 BONDS Tommie Bonds died April 14, 2003 after a long illness with Huntingtons disease. Graveside services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Prairie Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. Marty Barnes officiating. Lowell-Tims Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUNSON Lillian Brunson, age 92, of Topeka, Kan, died April 12, 2003. Services are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Lowell-Tims Funeral Home Chapel. Bill Osborne will officiate and interment will follow at the Hess Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 6 p.m to 8 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARRIS Doris Ellen Harris, 79, Altus, died April 14, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church with Father Joe Arledge officiating. Burial will follow at the Navajo Cemetery under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOWELL J.C. Lo-well, Jr., age 60, of Altus died Sunday morning, April 13, 2003 following a lengthy illness. Services have been scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Saint Paul's Episcopal Church officiated by Father Buddy Dugan. Burial will follow at the Altus City Cemetery under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRITCHARD Funeral services for Paul Pritchard, 92, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in the Burkhard Chapel at the Frederick Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Copeland, pastor of the First Christian Church in Walters officiating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 16, 2003 HARRIS Doris E. Harris, 79, Altus, died April 14, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church with Father Joe Arledge officiating. Burial will follow at the Navajo Cemetery under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOOPER Lawrence R. (Larry) Hooper died in Borger, Texas April 14, 2003. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at the Altus City Cemetery under the direction Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISHAM Funeral services for Henry Isham, 88, Frederick will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Lloyd Logan officiating. Interment will be held at the Grandfield Cemetery under the direction of Brown/Christian Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LARUE Benjamin David "Ben" Larue, 15, Richmond, Va., formerly of Altus, died April 13, 2002. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Southside Church of the Nazarene at Chesterfield, Va.. Burial will be in Warrenton City Cemetery at Warrenton, Ga. Friday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOODY James Bruce Moody, 65, Olustee, died April 15, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. A private family memorial service will take place at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 17, 2003 CUSHER Roger Cusher, 32, Olustee, died Wednesday at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are pending with Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISHAM Funeral services for Henry Isham, 88, Frederick will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at the First Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Lloyd Logan officiating. Interment will be held at the Grandfield Cemetery under the direction of Brown/Christian Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARLIN Eula R. Marlin, 102, died Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at the Plantation Village Care Center in Altus, Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, at Kincannon Funeral home with the Rev. Roy McDaniel officiating. Interment will follow services at Restlawn Cemetery in Altus under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESSENGER Marcus Anthony Messenger died Wednesday at Lake Worth, Fla. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REED John D. Reed, died early today at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Services are pending at Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ŠAltus Times 2003