Okmulgee Co., OK. - Obit for Yahola Simms

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SIMMS, Yahola

Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK

10-15-1990



Yahola Simms, 74, 310 w. Taft, died Saturday at Tulsa Regional Medical Center.



Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pickett Chapel Indian Methodist Church 

with the Rev. Mike Harjo officiating.



The body will be taken to the church at 4 p.m. today.



Burial will follow at the Simms Family Cemetery under the direction of Smith 

Funeral Home.



Mr. Simms was born Aug. 31, 1916, in Sapulpa. He served in the U.S. Air Force 

during World War II and the Korean Conflict, retiring in 1962 after attaining the 

rank of Technical Sergeant. He was a member of the American Legion, Disabled

American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a member of 

Pickett Chapel Indian Methodist Church.



Survivors include daughters Sharon Clark of Alaska, Waynona Shellings of 

Stillwater, Peggy West of Lexington, Eulanda of Florida and Kay Freeland of 

Prattville; son Yahola Simms II of Riverside, CA; sisters Fannie Gibson, 

Rosie Simms, Maxine Watashe and Madja Simms, all of Sapulpa, and Lillie Cox 

of Okmulgee; and eight grandchildren.



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SIMMS, Yahola

Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK

10-16-1990



(Additional information not in the above obituary)



Military services were conducted by the veterans organizations of Creek County.



Honorary casket bearers were Joe Watashe, Mark Watashe, Eli Walker, Steven Walker, 

July Tulsa, Carl Bacon, Gene Bigpond, Ron West and James Bruner.