Ada Evening News Obits Jan 2010 - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Rita Floyd Return to Pontotoc County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html 20 Mar 2010 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Highland Cemetery--Stonewall OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 BRON WARREN STONEWALL - Services for Hugh Bronson "Bron" Warren III, 28, Stonewall, are 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Ada, the Rev. Gary Jamar, the Rev. Richard Dickerson and Jon Jamar will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m Monday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Warren died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, at his home in East Jesse. He was born June 19, 1981, at Ada to Hugh Bronson Warren II and Allene Andrews Warren. He lived in this area all his life, attended Ada schools and graduated from Ada High School in 2000. While at Ada High School, he was active in football and band, serving as drum major in 1999 and 2000. He graduated from East Central University Dec. 15, 2007, with a degree in kinesology. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Stonewall, an Eagle Scout with Troop 13, and a member of the U.S. Team Roping Championships. He married Jayma Gregory on Oct. 15, 2005, in Ada. Survivors include his wife, Jayma Warren, of the home; his parents, Bronson and Allene Warren, Ada; a sister, Heidi Sivils and husband Daniel, Owasso; a nephew, Jaxon Sivils, Owasso; his grandmother, Mattie Warren, Ada; a great-aunt, Grace George, Ada; his father-in- law and mother-in-law, Robert and Cindy Gregory, Stonewall; his grandparents-in-law, Ted and Marilou Gardner, Byng; sister-in-law, Jacye Jamar and husband Jon, Stonewall; and other family members and many friends. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Hugh Warren, Marlene and Thomas Allen Andrews. Bearers will be Adam Stout, Trent Wallace, Brent Boatwright, Brian Smith, Greg Lovelis, Jon Jamar, Trey Cooper and Nick Buckley. Honorary bearers are Brett Douglas, Jamin Rice, Lance Ryans, Blake Cantrell, Justin McNutt, Toby Leddy and Daron Southerland. The family says those who wish may make memorials to The American Cancer Society; Boy Scout Troop 13, c/o Darla Porter, First United Bank, 221 W. 12th Street, Ada, Ok, 74820; Halo Hospice, 1298 North Hills Centre, Ada, Ok, 74820; or the Bron Warren Memorial Scholarship Fund through the East Central University Foundation, c/o ECU, Box Y- 8, Ada, Ok, 74820. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 WAYNE HAIGOOD ADA - Services for Henry Wayne Haigood, 64, Ada, are 2 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Barry Tilley officiating. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mr. Haigood died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at his home. He was born Dec. 29, 1945, to James Luther and Eula Marie Nash Haigood, in Tahoka, Texas. He graduated from high school in Lubbock, Texas. He moved to Ada in December 2008 where he was a sales consultant at Quality Autos in Ada. He and LaVelle Marshall were married Jan. 29, 1965. Survivors include his wife, LaVelle, of the home; two daughters, Debbie Reeves and husband Dennis, Midland, Texas, and Lisa and husband the Rev. Greg Newton, Elk City, Okla.; two sisters, Sue Haigood and Doris Robbins, both of Buda, Texas; grandchildren, Caleb Reeves, Stephenville, Texas, Ashley and husband Jeff Ward, Colorado Springs, Colo., Landon Reeves, Midland, Texas, Brooklyn Newton and Brittan Newton, both of Elk City; and four great-grandchildren, Paityn, Samuel, Vivian and Rylan Ward. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Jim Haigood and Allen Haigood. Bearers are grandsons, Caleb Reeves and Landon Reeves, and Paul Marshall, Ray Marshall, Casey Marshall and Greg Marshall. Honorary bearers are Dustin Haigood and Lloyd Marshall. The family says those who wish may make memorials to Halo Hospice, 1298 North Hills Shopping Centre, Ada, OK 74820. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Byrd's Prairie Cemetery--Tupelo OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 HOUSTON WELLS JR. AHLOSO - Services for Houston Wells Jr., 83, Ahloso, are 2 p.m. Monday at Ahloso Baptist Church, the Rev. Dan Cusher officiating. Burial will follow at Byrd's Prairie Cemetery at Tupelo. The family will receive friends at Criswell Funeral Home from 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Wells died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at his home. He was born June 9, 1926, to Houston and Minnie Garrett Wells at Cordell, Okla. He attended Jesse and Stonewall Schools. He was a retired chef having worked at Kit Kat and Holiday Inn and had served as city marshall at Stonewall for several years. He was affiliated with the Ahloso Baptist Church. Mr. Wells and Naomi Anglin were married Oct. 13, 1972, in Las Vegas, Nev. Survivors include his wife, Naomi, of the home; two daughters, Teresa and husband Michael Neeley, Asher, and Christine and husband Tom Williams, Boswell,; one son, Jack Wells, of the home; two brothers, Ernest McDonald and wife Barbara, Union Valley, and Glen Ray McDonald, Stonewall; one sister, Elnora and husband Norris Lillard, Ada; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Lee Wells; his father, Houston Wells; his mother, Minnie McDonald; and his step-father, Jack McDonald. Bearers are grandsons, Tye Neeley, Keifer Neeley, John Williams, Christopher Williams, Trevor Foster, Thomas Foster and Troy Triado. Honorary bearers are TomWilliams, Michael Neeley, Ernest McDonald, Glen Ray McDonald and Norris Lillard. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 EDITH VONDA DEES ADA - Services for Edith Vonda Dees, 78, Ada are 11 a.m. Monday at Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Rev. Frank Trent officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Dees died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at an Ada hospital. She was born Aug. 13, 1931, near Ada to Leroy and Edith Mae Hughes McDaniel. She attended Vanoss schools and was a homemaker. Mrs. Dees was a member of the Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church. She married Orlan H. Dees on Oct. 9, 1948. Survivors include her husband, Orlan, of the home; one daughter, Linda Mosley and husband Ronnie, Ada; two grandsons, Darrel Teel and friend Laura Horning, and Jason Mosley and wife Jenny, all of Ada; one sister, Lawana Cannon, Ada; two brothers, Alvis McDaniel, Ada, and Dennis and wife Deloris McDaniel, Oklahoma City; two granddaughters, Tina Vanlandingham, Stratford, and Angela Mosley, Oklahoma City; nine great-grandchildren, Maci Teel, Meriah Teel, Riley Mosley, Cason Mosley, all of Ada, Amanda Davis and husband Zack, Seminole, Adam Vanlandingham and Alix Vanlandingham, both of Stratford, and Christopher Riley and Christina Riley, both of Oklahoma City; one great-great-grandchild, Jaxson Davis; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Phnaughn Deaton. Nephews will serve as bearers. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 YOLANDA ROBLEDO KONAWA - Services for Yolanda Robledo, 46, formerly of Seminole County, were Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Konawa. She died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at Oklahoma City. Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa ========= ::Little Cemetery--Little OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 AMY FINDLEY SEMINOLE - Services for Amy Leann Renfro Findley, 38, lifelong Seminole resident, are 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at First Assembly of God Church in Seminole. The Revs. Perry Justus and Doyle Long will officiate the service. Burial follows at Little Cemetery located north of Seminole. Ms. Findley died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, in Ada. She was born Aug. 29, 1971, in Seminole to Bert E. Renfro and Linda C. McKee Renfro. Ms. Findley was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Seminole and worked in the healthcare industry caring for mentally disabled people. Survivors include a daughter, Brayden Brea Findley, Seminole; her mother and father, Bert and Linda Renfro of Seminole; a sister and brother-in-law, Cyndy and Chris Stone of Seminole; and many other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparetns, the Rev. J.L. McKee and his wife Grace McKee; and by her paternal grandparents, Marie Schatt and Cyril Renfro. Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole. ========= ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 DORIS CATHEY CLINTON, Ark. - Graveside services for Doris Pauline Cathey, 73, Clinton, Ark., are 11 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery, the Rev. David Gray officiating. Mrs. Cathey died Jan. 1, 2010, at a Little Rock, Ark., hospital. She was born July 16, 1936, in Ada, to Clarence Gordon and Bertha Alma Teel Thurman. She graduated from Latta High School and was a housekeeper. She married Floyd Marvin Cathey Sr. Dec. 5, 1956, in Ada. He died July 1, 1983. Survivors include two sons, Floyd Marvin Cathey Jr., Clinton, Ark., and Dennis Bryant and wife Linda, Naperville, Ill.; three daughters, Darlene Thompson and husband George, Elko, Nev., Norma Cathey, Clinton, Ark., and Sandra Leija, Austin, Texas, and Patricia Heiser Sr. and husband Donald, Clinton, Ark.; two brothers, Dennis Thurman, Ada, and Don Thurman; nine grandchildren, Stephanie Bennett, Teresa Browning, Sarah Jennings, Heather Jennings, KayLea Gonzales, Justin Byrd, Stormie Heiser, Donald Heiser Jr. and Chase Heiser; and four great-grandchildren, Carl Brock, Shane Brock, Rene Browning and Rebecca Browning. She was preceded in death by her parents; five sisters, Sadie Sargent, Reba Grissom, Georgia Wagnon, Velma Brumbelew and Thelma Ellis; and two brothers, Paul Thurman and Corbett Thurman; a nephew, Raymond Dale Thurman; and grandchildren, Jennie and Jared Cathey. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 SHORT BUTLER DAVIS - Services for C.L. "Short" Butler, 82, Davis, are 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, at Hale's Memorial Chapel, Davis. He died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at Davis. Hales' Memorial Chapel, Davis ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 3, 2010 KEN TAYLOR SEMINOLE - Services for Kenneth "Ken" Taylor, 79, Seminole, are 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Taylor died Dec. 31, 2009, in Ada. He was born Dec. 3, 1930, in Shawnee to Major Taylor and Alma Adams Taylor. He married Francene Crane Taylor on May 17, 1952. She died March 6, 2009. He worked for Wonder Bread for more than 36 years in Seminole and Shawnee where he was a supervisor. He was a member of the Seminole Elks Lodge and he served in the United States Army in the medical corps. He was stationed in France during the Korean War. He was a graduate of Shawnee High School. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Donna Taylor of Antrim, N.H.; two daughters, Lea Ann Taylor, Ada, and Karen Everett, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; three brothers, Don Taylor and Harold Taylor, both of Kingston and Theron Taylor, Pecola, Okla.; six grandchildren, Jennifer and Jeremy Pippenger, Matt and Meghan Pippenger, Royce and Erica Pochinski, Kristen Taylor, Brandon Taylor and Taylor Everett; eight great-grandchildren, Shelby, Caitlynn, Logan, Maddox, Jaken, Aiden, Maverick and Zayne; and other family and friends. Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel, Seminole --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Memorial Park Cemetery--OKC OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Monday, January 4, 2010 RAYMOND MILLIGAN OKLAHOMA CITY - Funeral services for Raymond D. Milligan, 88, will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5 at Memorial Park Chapel in Oklahoma City. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Milligan died Jan. 2. Memorial Park Funeral Home, Oklahoma City --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 5, 2010 THAYLIAH HISLE ADA - Services for Thayliah Hisle, 84, Ada, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Christ of Ada, Carl Johnson will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Hisle died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at a local hospital. She was born July 24, 1925, at Ravia to Rosemond and Eva Mae York Lucas. She attended Ravia schools and graduated from Ravia High School. She attended East Central State College. Mrs. Hisle was a co-owner of Hisle Brothers Equipment Company for many years. She was a member of the Church of Christ of Ada. She married Joe J. Hisle on Jan. 6, 1947. He died Dec. 19, 2009. Survivors include a son, Jack Hisle and his wife Judy, Ada; a daughter, JoAnn Hisle, Ada; three grandchildren, Ann Margaret Hisle Helms and her husband Marcus, Ada, Lorna Mullins and her husband Kevin, Oklahoma City, and Natalie Hisle, New Jersey; and one great grandchild, Madison Ann Helms, Ada. She was preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Lucas. Bearers will be Bill Hisle, Joe Hisle, Roland Earl Hisle III, Marcus Helms, Kevin Mullins, Kevin Flowers. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::High Hill Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 5, 2010 MARY COUGHRAN NOBLE - Services for Mary Burris Coughran, 57, Noble, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Stan Smith will officiate. Burial will follow at High Hill Cemetery, south of Ada. A wake will be held from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Coughran died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at her home. She was born Jan. 1, 1953, at Coalgate to Mose and Willie Stick Burris. She attended Tupelo High School and moved to Noble from Ada. Mrs. Coughran was a homemaker and a member of Boiling Springs Methodist Church. She married David Coughran on Oct. 9, 1999, in Noble. Survivors include her husband, David Coughran, of the home; three sons, Kenneth Wayne Smith and wife Stephanie, Noble, Buster Smith and wife Lisa, Ada, and Malcolm "Dirt" Smith, Ada; two daughters, Sara Thompson, Norman and Carrie Reid, Ada; her grandchildren, Zach Smith, Blake Smith, Kyle Smith, Nevaeh Smith, Kamryn Smith, Deakon Smith, Zahayna Smith, Keegan Reid, Kalyn Reid, Jade Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Brooklyn Thompson and Eli Thompson; a daughter-in-law, Dustie Gooden, Allen; brothers and sisters, Winnie May Fox, Del City, Sebena Burris, Ada, Gabriel Burris, Newcastle, Lonnie Alynne Burris, Norman, Elton Hoyt Burris, Ada, Neil Burris, Ardmore, and David Burris, Moore. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Mozell Burris and Doris Burris. Bearers will be Kenneth Wayne Smith, Buster Smith, Malcolm Smith, Cecil Madden, Rick Nix and Dom Merrell. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Sulphur OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 5, 2010 VINITA BEAVER SULPHUR - Services for Vinita Beaver, 92, Sulphur, are 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Pentecostal Holiness Church in Sulphur. Burial follows at Oaklawn Cemetery. She died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at Sulphur. Dearman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 6, 2010 JOHN COFFMAN KONAWA - Memorial services for John William Coffman, 44, Konawa are 12 noon Saturday at Chicksaw Community Center in Ada. Mr. Coffman died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born Jan. 19, 1965, at Fowler, Calif., to Jimmy Franklin and Elizabeth Cook Coffman. Mr. Coffman was a carpert layer. Survivors include his wife, Becky Coffman, Missouri; his children, Billi Hass and husband Eli, McAlester, John Coffman Jr., McAlester, Dana Lee, California, and Nikki Covey and husband Bill, Alderson, Oklahoma; his grandchildren, Abigail Lee and Buddy Lee, of Alderson, Okla.; four sisters, Betty Woods and husband Larry, McAlester, Shirley Keefer and husband Ted, Konawa, Georgia Blaylock and husband Brent, Calvin, and Sabrina Wheat, Latta; a brother, Jimmy Coffman Jr., Fresno, Calif.; and his stepmother, Sadie Coffman, Latta; nieces, Micalah Keefer, of the home, Dixie Sparks, Scottie Medcalf, Amanda Thompson, and Candita Westpfahl; nephews, Stormy Keefer, of the home, Mikey Wheat, Charles Wheat, Joseph Wheat and Lance Thompson; great nieces, Drai Sparks, Kaylyn Medcalf and Abigail Wheat; and great-nephews, Garrett Medcalf and Devin Ward. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmy Franklin Coffman Sr., and Elizabeth Ann Covey. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Mill Creek Cemetery--Mill Creek OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 6, 2010 BOBBI GOODSON SULPHUR - Services for Barbara "Bobbi" Goodson, 59, Sulphur, are 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at First Baptist Church in Sulphur. Burial follows at Mill Creek Cemetery, Mill Creek. She died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at Ardmore. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 6, 2010 LEO MILLETTE SULPHUR - Services for Leo Harry Millette, 59, Sulphur, will be held in Boston, Mass. He died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, in Sulphur. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur ========= ::Wardville Cemetery--Wardville OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 6, 2010 KATHLEEN ENNIS COALGATE - Services for Kathleen Hooe Ennis, 94, a former Wardville resident, is 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Brown's Funeral Service Chapel, Coalgate. Burial follows at Wardville Cemetery. Mrs. Ennis died Jan. 3, 2010, at Oklahoma City. Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 7, 2010 MICHEAL G. BYARS ADA - Services for Micheal Gene Byars, 42, Ada, a native of Greenville, S.C., are 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at Ahloso Baptist Church. Mr. Byars died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at Oklahoma City. He was born May 29, 1967, in Greenville, S.C., to Woodrow W. and Gloria Jerline Byars. Mr. Byars was a paint contractor for more than 25 years. He and his son, Micheal Anthony Byars, were partners in Byars Painting of Ada. He was a graduate of Darp Foundation in Tahlequah and attended Victorious Life Church in Tahlequah. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Byars married Kim Hall in September 1986. Survivors include two sons, Micheal Anthony Byars, Ada, and Nicholas David Byars, Travelers Rest, S.C.; a daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Brad Cochran, Ada; a sister, Cindy L. Hamilton, Travelers Rest, S.C.; two brothers, Tommy Byars, Easley, S.C., and Scott Byars, Greenlee, S.C.; a granddaughter, Envi Leigh Cochran; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Darvin Lamar Byars; and twin infant grandchildren. An online guestbook is available at www.adaeveningnews.com. ========= ::Resthaven Cemetery--OKC OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 7, 2010 LUCILLE SMITH SULPHUR - Services for Lucille Smith, 90, Sulphur, are 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Sulphur United Methodist Church. Burial follows at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at Resthaven Cemetery in Oklahoma City. She died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at Sulphur. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 8, 2010 FAYE PYLES MIDWEST CITY - Memorial services for Faye Lee Pyles, 79, Midwest City, are 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at Meadowood Baptist Church, Midwest City. She died Dec. 25, 2009. Ford Funeral Service, Midwest City ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 8, 2010 JO ANN BRUMLEY DAVIS - Services for Jo Ann Brumley, 81, Davis, are 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at Pentecostal Holiness Church, Davis. Ms. Brumley died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Davis. Hale's Funeral Home, Davis --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 10, 2010 AMY DAVIS ADA - No services will be held for Amy B. Davis, 88, Ada, formerly of Dallas, Texas. Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Davis died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at a local hospital. She was born April 1, 1921, in Montreal, Canada, to Samuel and Violet R. Daunt Davis. She was a high school graduate, attended college and was a homemaker. She and Fredrick H. Davis were married Aug. 2, 1948. She is survived by two daughters, Gail Landrith and husband Tommy, Ada, and Allison Stephanie Duffel and husband Mark, Austin, Texas; three grandchildren, Douglas Davis Kelley, Amanda Nicole Kelley and Lillian Rose Noworatzky and husband Mark; and two great-grandchildren Austin La'Heureux and Lila Grace Noworatzky. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Rosaland Dewa Davis on July 25, 1975; a sister, June Robinson in 1982; and her former husband, Dr. Fredrick H. Davis in April 1998. The family says those who wish may make memorials to Pontotoc Animal Welfare Society, 1200 Sandy Creek Drive, Ada, OK, 74820. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Sulphur OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 10, 2010 DROOPY THOMAS CONNVERVILLE - Graveside service will be held at Sulphur Cemetery at a later date for Andrew "Droopy" Thomas, 51, Connerville. Mr. Thomas died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at an Ada hospital. He was born June 12, 1958. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 10, 2010 CHRISTIE CHAPMAN DAVIS - Services for Christie Lynn Annette Chapman, 52, Davis, are 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at Calvary Baptist Church, Sulphur. Ms. Chapman died Jan. 7, 2010. Hale's Krien Funeral Home, Sulphur ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 10, 2010 KENNETH WARLING KONAWA - Memorial services for Kenneth Iver Warling, 53, Konawa, are 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel, Konawa. Mr. Warling died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at an Ada hospital. Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa ========= ::Coalgate Cemetery--Coalgate OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 10, 2010 DONNA LEWIS COALGATE - Services for Donna Kay Holland Lewis, 65, Coalgate, are 2 p.m. Monday at Brown's Funeral Service Chapel. Burial follows at Coalgate Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis died Jan. 7, 2010, at Coalgate. Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 10, 2010 JOHN HAMBURGER SR. EUFAULA - Memorial services for John Hamburger Sr., 61, Eufaula, were Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home Chapel, Wetumka. Mr. Hamburger died Jan. 1, 2010, at Eufaula. Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home, Wetumka ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 10, 2010 STANLEY HUDSON SMITHVILLE - Services for Stanley Hudson, 56, Smithville, are 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, at Nanih Chito Presbyterian Church in Smithville. He died Jan. 8, 2010, at Talihina. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Monday, January 11, 2010 SCOTT TRICKEY, JR. ALLEN - No services are planned at this time for Scott Trickey, Jr., 75, Allen. Mr. Trickey died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 at an Ada hospital. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Keel Cemetery--Olney OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 12, 2010 DENNIS WILLIAMS ALLEN - Services for Dennis George Williams, 49, Allen, are 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada. Burial follows at Keel Cemetery near Olney. Officiating will be the Rev. Gene Williams. Mr. Williams died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, near Allen. He was born Sept. 14, 1960, in Arkansas City, Kan., to Simon and Pearl Johnson Williams. Mr. Williams attended Allen Public Schools and was a lifelong resident of Allen. He worked for the Chickasaw Nation for many years and was a volunteer firefighter. Survivors include his mother, Pearl Williams, Allen; a brother, Bruce Williams, Allen; and a nephew, Jimmy Coody, Ada. He was preceded in death by his father, Simon Williams; a sister, Teresa Coody; and a brother, Simon Gene Williams. Cousins will serve as bearers. Online guestbooks are available at www.phillipsfuneralservice.com and www.adaeveningnews.com. Smith-Phillips Funeral, Ada ========= ::Holdenville Cemetery--Holdenville OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 12, 2010 HARLAN TRIPLETT MOORE - Services for Harlan Dale Triplett, 70, Moore, are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Gail Beck will officiate. Burial will follow at the Holdenville Cemetery. Mr. Triplett died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, east of Ada. He was born Aug. 6, 1939, in Allen to Thurman and Hazel Marie Evett Triplett. He graduated from Allen High School in 1957 and received a bachelor of science degree in math from Central State University in 1978. He married Bonita Faye Scroggins on Jan. 3, 1959, in Holdenville. She died Oct. 6, 2004, in Oklahoma City. Mr. Triplett was a department supervisor for AT&T, retiring in 1995. He served in the National Guard. Survivors include two daughters, Angie Hanan and husband Tom, Sugarland, Texas, and Susan Wilkinson and husband Tom, Edmond; three granddaughters, Bailey Wilkinson, Madison Wilkinson and Audrey Hanan; a special friend, Asako Speaks, Oklahoma City; a brother, Bob Triplett and wife Carolyn, Allen; and two sisters, Georgia Gray, Kasigluk, Alaska, and Jennye Sue Ervin, Allen; brother-in-law, Gerald Scroggins and wife Jan, Morrison, Okla.; a sister-in-law, Phyllis Lynch and husband Leland, Broken Arrow; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Thurma Jean Murphey. Bearers will be Leland Lynch, Troy Triplett, Duane Gray, Charles Cannon, Tom Hanan and Tom Wilkinson. An online guestbook is available at www.adaeveningnews.com. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Rio Verde Cemetery--San Luis Potosi MEX Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 12, 2010 MARCO ALVAREZ ADA - Services for Benito "Marco" Hernandez Alvarez, 35, Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Morris Memorial Baptist Church, the Revs. Gary Jamar and Michel Perez will officiate. Burial will be at in Rio Verde Cemetery San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Mr. Alvarez died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at a local hospital. He was born May 8, 1974, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Benito Alvarez and Ana Ma Hernandez Martinez. He moved to this area in 1998. He married Leah Davis on Jan. 21, 2005, in Ada. Mr. Alvarez was a sales clerk at Karry Out Korner Convenience Store in Ada and attended Harmony Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife Leah Alvarez, of the home; two sons, Eli Alvarez and Adrian Alvarez, of the home; one daughter, Olivia Alvarez, of the home; his parents, Benito Alvarez and Ana Ma Hernandez Martinez; three brothers, Juan Alvarez, Topeka, Kan., Jose Alvarez, Rio Verde, Mexico, and Oscar Alvarez, Mexico; and many nieces and nephews. An online guestbook is available at www.adaeveningnews.com. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 12, 2010 PAULYNE WISECARVER ADA - Services for Paulyne H. Edwards Wisecarver, 96, Ada, are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Avenue Baptist Church, the Rev. Ray Talbott will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Wisecarver died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, at a local nursing home. She was born Nov. 5, 1913, at Ada to J.W. and Bonnie McFarlin Cole. She attended Glenwood and Horace Mann schools in Ada. She moved back to this area in 1983 from Arkansas. Mrs. Wisecarver was a dental assistant for Dr. James Thomas for many years and later a personnel clerk for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kan. She was a member of Oak Avenue Baptist Church, Rebecca Sunday School Class, and a member of Order of Eastern Star in Decatur, Ark. Mrs. Wisecarver was a volunteer for Ballard Nursing Center for 29 years. Survivors include a son, Benny Edwards and wife Sammy, Ada; a daughter, Sharon Lane and husband John, Ada; one stepson, Roy Wisecarver, Arkansas; nine grandchildren, Benny Edwards Jr., Dee Angela Bond, Lynn Cavin, Scott Edwards, Denise Townsend, Debra McWilliams, Diane Funk, Donna Leslie, and Steve McWilliams; 18 great- grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Edwards, and a daughter-in- law, Patsy Andrews Edwards. Bearers will be her grandsons. Honorary bearers will be the deacons at Oak Avenue Baptist Church. An online guestbook is available at www.adaeveningnews.com. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Maple Grove Cemetery--?? Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 12, 2010 DAVIS CROSS BOWLEGS - Services for David Leon Cross, 57, Bowlegs, are 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at First Assembly of God Church in Bowlegs. Burial follows at Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Cross died Jan. 10, 2010, at Bowlegs. Swearingen Funeral Home, Seminole ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 12, 2010 J.W. STANDIFER SULPHUR - Services for J.W. Standifer, 95, Sulphur, are 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13. Burial follows at Midway Hill Baptist Church, Sulphur. Hale's Krien Funeral, Sulphur ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 12, 2010 VIRGINIA WEAVER DAVIS - Services for Virginia Weaver, 59, Davis, are 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church, Davis. She died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, at Sulphur. Hale's Funeral Home, Davis --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 13, 2010 RUTHIE BATTS ADA - Services for Ruthie James Batts, 94, Ada, are 10 a.m. Saturday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Bob Payne will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Batts died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at Kingston, Okla. She was born Sept. 1, 1915, in Oxford, Miss., to Robert and Grace Franklin Sanders. She and her family moved to Ada from Mississippi when she was an infant, and she attended Irving and Colbert schools. Mrs. Batts was a hostess for the First United Methodist Church for 25 years. She volunteered with the Nutrition Center, the Ada Campfire Girls and the American Red Cross and she was an active member of Colbert Baptist Church. She married Vascle Lee Hurley on Jan. 3, 1933. He preceded her in death. She married Haskell Batts on April 18, 1962. He preceded her in death. Survivors include three daughters, Wanda Mae Gray and husband Cecil, Wheatland, Calif., Beverly Ann Boles, Noble, and Joan Lenox and husband Floyd, Mead; two brothers, Jack Kay Sanders, Pontotoc, and Charles E. "Monk" Sanders, Ada; one sister, Beulah Bratcher, Ada; 25 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and 45 great-great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, Daryl Lee Hurley and Jimmie Lynn Hurley, brothers, Jack Dempsey Sanders, James Emitt Sanders and Robert Sanders, and sisters, Marie Hutchings, Edith Maggie and Geneva Sanders. Bearers will be Ken Kerrihand, James Sheppard, Sam Jewell, Stanley Sanders, Dewayne Sanders and Craig Larson. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 13, 2010 LOIS POE ADA - Services for Lois Jean Poe, 81, Ada, are 2 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Joe Dixon will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Poe died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was born Nov. 13, 1928, at Glenfield, Pa., to George W. and Gladys Puckett Miller. She attended Glenfield elementary and high school and then she and her family moved to Ada and she graduated from Ada High School in 1946. She married Morris Poe on Oct. 10, 1948. He died Sept. 27, 2009. Mrs. Poe worked at Little's Candy Kitchen, Continental Can Company, Hazel Atlas Glass Company, and later she and her husband owned and operated Ada Greenhouse. She was a member of Oak Avenue Baptist Church, Tanti Study Club and a member of her neighborhood "Piddle Club". Survivors include a daughter, Susan Cartmell and her husband Larry, Ada; a son, Scott Poe and his wife Shana, Ada; five grandchildren, Jenny Cartmell, Norman, Mike Poe, Ada, Lori Poe, St. Peters, Mo., Lauren Poe, Norman, and Charlesey Youngwolfe, Ada; two sisters, Evelyn Sye, Sewickley, Pa.,and Doris Bickham, Ada; and a sister-in- law, Marvanelle Walker, Healdton. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a brother, William "Bill" Miller. Bearers will be Jack Wilkerson, Clint Sturdevant, Calvin Bickham, Kendall Cartmell, Dr. Larry W. Cartmell Jr., and Bob Jeter. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Highland Cemetery--Stonewall OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 13, 2010 RANDY WILLIAMSON ADA - Services for Randall Keith "Randy" Williamson, 37, Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Chapel, the Rev. Earl Hood officiating. Burial follows at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. Mr. Williamson died on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in Paris, Texas. He was born Feb. 29, 1972, in Ada, to Roger and Kay Harris Williamson. He attended school at Latta. He worked as a rig operator on a pulling unit. Survivors include his fiancé, Lisa Van Buskirk, of the home; one daughter, Brittany Williamson, Ada; two sons, Derek Williamson, Ada; and Dylan Williamson, Kingston; father, Roger Williamson and wife Edna, Ada; sister, Becky Williamson, Ada; stepbrother, Roy Dean Leighton, Ada; stepsister, Maranda Harris, Tulsa; and grandfather, John Williamson, Ada. He was preceded in death by his mother, Kay Harris Burris; grandmother, Mabel Williamson; and grandparents Windell and Maxine Harris. Bearers are Mike Rice, Chris Drawbaugh, Luke Tatum, Tony Feezel, Ron Phillips and Ryan Richardson. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Allen Cemetery--Allen OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 13, 2010 BOBBY ROWE HOPE, Ark. - Graveside services for Bobby Dale Rowe, 74, Hope, Ark., are 10 a.m. Thursday at Allen Cemetery, Allen, Okla., the Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors. Family and friends may call at Allen Chapel in Allen, Okla., from 4 p.m. Wednesday until service time. Mr. Rowe died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at his home. He was born July 1, 1935, at Emmet, Ark., to Forest Vernon and Essie Virden Rowe. He atttended school in Hope. Mr. Rowe was a machinist and had served in the National Guard for three years and the U.S. Army for two years during the Korean Conflict. He married Jackie Oleta Swindell on Dec. 29, 1994, in Las Vegas, Nev Survivors include his wife, Oleta Rowe, of the home; his children, Steve and Cynthia Frederick, John and Stacy Frederick, and Ronnie and Tricia Thetford; grandchildren, James Brown, Tim and Brandi McWethy, Daniel Cummings, John and Chelsea Frederick, Heath and Crystal Keeney, Cortney Frederick, Nick and Christy Stewart, Megan Thetford, Kevin and Jessica Atkison, and Craig Frederick; and great- grandchildren, Hunter and Payton McWethy, Mallory and Cassidy Keeney, Jarrod, Alexia and Aubrey Atkison, Cadence Frederick, Preston and Avery Brown, and William and Hailey Tyrel. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Allen Cemetery--Allen OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 13, 2010 BRYCE LUKE ALLEN - Services for Bryce Priscilla Luke, 98, Allen, are 11 a.m. Thursday at Allen First Baptist Church, the Rev. Chad Kaminski officiating. Burial follows at Allen Cemetery. Friends may call at Criswell Chapel in Allen from 4 p.m. Wednesday until service time. Mrs. Luke died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at an Allen nursing home. She was born May 20, 1911, in Tushka, Okla. After the death of her father, she moved to Allen as a child with her mother and brother, George. She graduated from Allen High School and was employed with the U.S. Postal Service in Allen for several years. She was a member of Allen First Baptist Church. She married Victor F. Luke in 1929. He died Sept. 2, 1986. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, JoAnn Shaw. Survivors include two nieces, Louise Pogue, Ada, and Alfreda Marler, Allen; and three nephews, Jim McMain, Edmond, Robert Luke, Norman, and Vernon Luke Jr., Norman. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Highland Cemetery--Stonewall OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 14, 2010 MAXINE LASLEY ROSWELL, N.M. - Graveside service for Maxine Lasley, 89, Roswell, N.M., will be 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall, Okla. Officiating will be the Rev. Randall Christy. Mrs. Lasley died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Roswell, N.M. She was born Dec. 24, 1920, in Montisana, Wash., to Marvin and Ethel Kidd Cox. Mrs. Lasley worked as a server in the food industry for many years. She was married to Chic Lasley. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Lasley is survived by one sister, Clemie Murphy, Ada, Okla., and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chic Lasley; her parents, Marvin and Ethel Cox, two sisters, Dorothy Jackson and Majorie Wetherby Walker, and two brothers, William Cox Jr. and Bob Cox. Online guest books are available at www.adaeveningnews.com. and www.phillipsfuneralservice.com. Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::McCarty Cemetery--McCarty OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 14, 2010 PETE McKEEN COALGATE - Services for Roy "Pete" McKeen, 77, a longtime Coal County resident, are 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at Brown's Funeral Service Chapel. Burial follows at McCarty Cemetery. Family night will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Brown's Funeral Service. Mr. McKeen died Jan. 11, 2010, at Coalgate. Brown's Funeral Service, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Maxwell Cemetery--Oil Center OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 15, 2010 DON DELOZIER ADA - Services for Donald D. "Don" Delozier, 73, Ada, are 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Revs. Glen Eaves and Frank Trent officiating. Burial follows at Maxwell Cemetery. Mr. Delozier died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at his home. He was born Aug. 24, 1936, in Fittstown to Rube Jay and Elsie Agnes Horton Delozier. He lived in this area all his life, and attended Happyland, Irving and Latta schools. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Pontotoc County District 2, retiring with 30 years of service. Mr. Delozier was a member of Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ada. He married Shirley Ann Reamy on Jan. 15, 1955, in Ada. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Ann Delozier, of the home; four sons, Arnold Delozier and wife Cheryl, Fayetteville, Ark.; Donald Delozier Jr. and wife Robin, Davis; Phillip Delozier, of the home; and Greg Delozier, Ada; one daughter, Diana Philips and husband Bill, Norman; two sisters, Patsy Reamy, Davis; and Betty Archer and husband Larry, Ada; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and many relatives. Bearers are grandsons Terrell Delozier, Patrick Delozier, Chad Delozier, Derick Philips, Jesse Anderson and Michael Walker. Honorary bearers are Chris Philips, Cody Bridgeman, Jared Westberry, Dale Archer, Robert Turner, Bill Johnson, Raymond Taylor and Sidney Manuel. An online guestbook is available at www.adaeveningnews.com. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 15, 2010 COYE ANN FLINN FITTSTOWN - Services for Coye Ann Uhlich Flinn, 69, Fittstown, are 10 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Roland Barrick officiating. Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Flinn died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was born March 28, 1940, in Tupelo to Harold Coy "Jack" and Mildred Georgia Knight Uhlich. She graduated from McLish High School and attended East Central University for three years. She retired in December 2003 as postmaster at the U.S. Post Office in Fittstown. She attended Fittstown United Methodist Church. She married Eldon Flinn on Aug. 12, 1960. Survivors include her husband, Eldon, of the home; three sons, Lyndon Flinn and wife Kelly, Fittstown; Randal Flinn, Fittstown; and Jason Flinn and wife Anne Nicole, Springfield, Ky.; two brothers, Harold Uhlich and wife Dorothy, Fittstown; and Don Uhlich and wife Polly, Fittstown; four grandchildren, Lyndie Jo Yerby, Jordan Monetathchi, Eli Flinn and Seth Flinn; and one great-grandchild, Brynlee Jo Yerby. Bearers are Bill Johnson, Laurin Patton, Delton Uhlich, Sonny Knight, Mike Littrell and David Raper. The family says those who wish may make memorials to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Cancer Research, 825 NE 13th, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5097. An online guestbook is available at www.adaeveningnews.com. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Moore Cemetery--Clarita OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 15, 2010 WANDA GWINN COALGATE - Services for Wanda Jean Davidson Gwinn, 82, Coalgate, are 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at Brown's Funeral Service Chapel. Burial follows in Moore Cemetery. Mrs. Gwinn died Jan. 13, 2010, in Ada. Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate ========= ::Connerville Cemetery--Connerville Ok Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 15, 2010 TOMMY SCHULTZ CONNERVILLE - Graveside services for Tommy Dale Schultz, 62, Connerville, are 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at Connerville Cemetery. Mr. Schultz died Jan. 13, 2010, at Ardmore. Brown's Funeral Service, Atoka --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Highland Cemetery--Stonewall OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 BILLYE VERTICCHIO ADA - Graveside service for Billye Walkup Verticchio, 69, Ada, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. Ms. Verticchio died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at her home. She was born Oct. 25, 1940, in Clarita to Edward Leo and Etheleen Savannah Guynes Walkup. Ms. Verticchio graduated from Stonewall High School in 1959 and later graduated from East Central University in Ada with a master's degree in special education. She worked as a special education teacher in various school systems for seven years. Ms. Verticchio is survived by three brothers, Paul Edward and Jerry Walkup, both of Ada; and Dan Walkup, Moore; four sisters, Katy Anderson, Stonewall, Betty Nowlin and Shirley Noe, both of Ada, and Carolyn Knight, Largo, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Etheleen Walkup; three brothers, Harold, Richard, and J.E. Walkup; and one sister, Ann Humes. Online guestbooks are available at www.phillipsfuneralservice.com and www.adaeveningnews.com. Smith-Phillips Funeral Home , Ada ========= ::Swan Hill Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 RUTH SUMMERS ADA - Services for Mary Ruth Summers, 83, Ada , are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ada Free Will Baptist Church, the Rev. Ryan Humble officiating. Burial follows at Swan Hill. Mrs. Summers died Jan. 15, 2010, at her home. She was born July 4, 1926, to Carl Watson and Lonnie Mae Carter Skeen in Melrose, N.M. She attended Maud High School and was a homemaker. Mrs. Summers was affiliated with the Free Will Baptist church. She married Euvon Summers Oct. 8, 1945, in Arkansas. He died July 2, 1998. Survivors include three sons, Dan Summers and wife Louise, Jerry Summers and Gary Summers and wife Christina, all of Ada; two daughters, Kay Smiley and husband Jerry, Aztec, N.M., and Patricia Summers, Ada; three sisters, Dorothy Mae Scates, Ada, Gay Carol Skeen, Huntsville, Ala., and Margaret Baker, Springfield, Ill.; one brother Arthur "Buddy" Skeen, Waco, Texas; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a numerous nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Ida Mae Mesarik, brothers Carl Skeen, Dale Skeen, Vernon Skeen and Lloyd Skeen. Bearers will Kevin Lynch, Tony Duffy, Billy Kiffin, Buddy Skeen, Jerry Smiley and George Wright. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Maxwell Cemetery--Oil Center OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 DON DELOZIER ADA - Services for Donald D. "Don" Delozier, 73, Ada, are 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Revs. Glen Eaves and Frank Trent officiating. Burial follows at Maxwell Cemetery. Mr. Delozier died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at his home. He was born Aug. 24, 1936, in Fittstown to Rube Jay and Elsie Agnes Horton Delozier. He lived in this area all his life, and attended Happyland, Irving and Latta schools. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Pontotoc County District 2, retiring with 30 years of service. Mr. Delozier was a member of Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ada and a member of the OGBA Association for 40 years. He married Shirley Ann Reamy on Jan. 15, 1956, in Ada. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Ann Delozier, of the home; four sons, Arnold Delozier and wife Cheryl, Fayetteville, Ark.; Donald Delozier Jr. and wife Robin, Davis; Phillip Delozier, of the home; and Greg Delozier, Ada; one daughter, Diana Philips and husband Bill, Norman; two sisters, Patsy Reamy, Davis; and Betty Archer and husband Larry, Ada; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and many relatives. He was preceded in death by a son, Gerry E. Delozier, sister, Helen Bridgeman, his parents, and three brothers, Ellie E. "Babe" Delozier who was killed in the Korean Conflict, Eddie Delozier and R. J. Delozier. Bearers will be grandsons, Terrell Delozier, Patrick Delozier, Chad Delozier, Derick Philips, Jesse Anderson and Michael Walker. Honorary bearers will be James Reamy, Ramey Reamy, Chris Reamy, Chris Philips, Cody Bridgeman, Jared Westberry, Dale Archer, Robert Turner, Bill Johnson, Raymond Taylor and Sidney Manuel. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 ORVAL BALLARD ADA - Services for James Orval Ballard, 97, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Asbury United Methodist Church, the Rev. Don Griffin will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mr. Ballard died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at his home. He was born Jan. 27, 1912, in Jones Chapel Community, west of Ada to James Curry and Lillie Mae Dunham Ballard. He lived in this area all his life and attended Jones Chapel school and Vanoss High School. He married Lorene Roddy on Dec. 24, 1938. Mr. Ballard was an auto mechanic and salesman at Ada Implement Company for many years and a longtime member of Asbury United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Lorene Ballard, of the home; two sons, Jim Ballard and wife Nyta, Ada, and Jerry Ballard and wife Vickie, Ada; two daughters, Anita Arbabi and husband Houshang, Ada, and Sue Russ and husband Alvin, Stratford; eight grandchildren; 12 great- grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill and Andrew Ballard; and two sisters, Rose Nolen and Myrtle Ballard. Bearers will be Alan Arbabi, Roger Arbabi, Aaron Russ, Steve Russ, Alvin Russ and Houshang Arbabi. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Meadow Ridge Memorial Park--Faribault MN Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 BUD CATE MORRISTOWN, Minn. - A time of gathering for Louis E. "Bud" Cate, 80, Morristown, Minn., and formerly of Oklahoma, will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Peace United Methodist Church, Morristown. Private interment will be in Meadow Ridge Memorial Park, Faribault, Minn., with military rites provided by the Central Veteran's Association, Faribault. No visitation will be held. Mr. Cate died January 16, 2010. He was the eldest son of Noland "Jack" and Charlotte Bitker Cate and was born on Feb. 24, 1929 in Faribault, Minn. He enlisted into the U.S. Air Force on Dec. 20, 1948, and served in the Philipines as the senior aircraft mechanic in the 317 Inter- Ceptor Squadron. He was honorably discharged on Sept. 2, 1954. Survivors include six siblings, Dick and Anita Cate of Kenosha, Wis., Joseph and Dorothy Cate of Stonewall, Okla., JoAnn Verdev of Morristown, Minn., Evelyn and Elmer Schmidthuber of New Richland, Minn., Jim and Marie Cate of Stratford, Okla., and Allen Cate of Balch Springs, Texas; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Arlene Pfeffer in 1998 and Delores Thielbar in 2009; and three brothers-in-law Bill Pfeffer, Gene Thielbar and Vic Verdev. Online guestbooks are available at boldtfuneralhome.com and www.adaeveningnews.com. Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault, Minn. ========= ::Konawa Cemetery--Konawa Ok Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 BESSIE DAMRON MIDWEST CITY - Services for Bessie Elanor Bickerstaff Damron, 96, Midwest City, formerly of Konawa, are 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel, Konawa. Burial follows at Konawa Cemetery. Mrs. Damron died Thursday, jan. 14, 2010, at Midwest City. Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa ========= ::Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery--Konawa OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 DWAINE O'CONNOR KONAWA - Rosary for Dwaine Wayne Francis O'Connor,62, longtime Konawa resdient, will be 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Konawa. Burial follows at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Konawa. Mr. O'Connor died Jan. 15, 2010, at Shawnee. Swearingen Funeral Home, Shawnee ========= ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Sulphur OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 WILLIAM McKELROY SHAWNEE - Services for William D. McKelroy, 73, Shawnee, formerly of Sulphur, are 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at Faith Center Church in Sulphur. Burial follows at Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur. He died Wednesday, jan. 13, 2010, at Shawnee. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur ========= ::Centrahoma Cemetery--Centrahoma OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 CLARENCE RUSHING COALGATE - Services for Clarence Burl Rushing, 85, a longtime Coal County resient, are 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at First Baptist Church. Burial follows at Centrahoma Cemetery. Mr. Rushing died Jan. 14, 2010, at Talihina. Family night will be 6-8 p.m Sunday, Jan. 17. Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate ========= ::Coalgate Cemetery--Coalgate OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 17, 2010 LINNIE HAMER ADA - Services for Linnie Hamer, 48, Ada, are 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Brown's Funeral Service Chapel, Coalgate. Burial follows at Coalgate Cemetery. Mr. Hamer died Jan. 15, 2010, at his home. Family night is 3-5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate. Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Monday, January 18, 2010 GERALDINE JONES ADA - Services for Geraldine Collins Jones, 96, Ada, are 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Rollow Chapel of the First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Jones died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at a local hospital. She was born March 27, 1913 near Homer, Oklahoma to Lee and Rosetta Sharrock Collins. She graduated from Horace Mann High School in Ada and the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. She married Cecil Jones. He preceded her in death on Oct. 7, 1965. Mrs. Jones served as the Assistant County Treasurer in the Pontotoc County Treasurer's Office, retiring after 40 years of service. She was a founding member of the "Chickasaw Kats", an active member of the First United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star. She was also a member of the Ada Rebekah Lodge and the VFW Auxiliary. Survivors include one son, Kish Thomas; two brothers and sisters-in- law, Jack Jones and Mary, Centerville, Texas, and Jim and Mary Lou Gunn, Modesto, Cali.; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Gerald and LaVerne Collins. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Ashland Cemetery--Ashland OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 19, 2010 DENTON MACKEY Graveside services for Denton Dan Mackey, 95, Kiowa, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ashland Cemetery in Ashland. Mr. Mackey died Jan. 17, 2010 at a McAlester nursing home. Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 19, 2010 JERRY RUSSELL ADA-No services are planned at this time for Jerry Chester Russell, 92, Ada. Family and friends may call at Criswell Funeral Home from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. Russell died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at a Sulphur hospital. He was born March 4, 1917 at Mannford, Okla. to John Ralph and Dorcas Robinson Russell. He graduated from Stringtown High School. He married Angele Stanczyk. She preceded him in death. Mr. Russell was a welder and co-owner of Spencer Machine Works in Ada. He was a member of the Abundant Life Tabernacle and a member of the VFW and the American Legion. He served in the U. S. Army with the 45th Division during World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and a brother, Jack Lambeth. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::High Hill Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 19, 2010 KAY JOHNSTON WILBURTON - Funeral services for Patricia "Kay" Johnston, 53, Wilburton, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 at Panola School Auditorium, Panola, Okla. with the Rev. Tony Randol officiating. The Committal Service will be held at 3 p.m. at High Hill Cemetery, Ada Ms. Johnston died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at her home. She was born June 5, 1956 to Mozella Burris. She grew up in Lula with her grandparents, Mose and Willie Burris and attended school in Tupelo. She married Keith Johnston in 1973 in Tupelo, OK. In 1974, they moved to Wilburton. Kay worked as the assistant manager at Sharpe's Department Store for 22 years. She was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by her sons, Brian Johnston and wife Heather of Atoka, Okla., and Cameron Johnston of the home; daughter, Kimberly Watson and husband Derek of Stillwater, Okla.; brother, Ronnie Burris and wife Lynn of Lindale, Texas; grandchildren, Brianna and Brooklyn Johnston and Tyler and Taylor Watson; ex-husband Keith Johnston of Pocola, Okla.; nieces, Lamanda Mallard and husband Matt of Minneapolis, Minn., Autumn Burris of Lindale, Texas and nephew, Mose Bradley Burris and wife Myra of Maybank, Texas and other family and friends. Ms. Johnston is preceded in death by her grandparents, Mose and Willie Burris and mother, Mozella Burris. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, ATTN: Donor Services, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309. Pallbearers will be Johnnie Anderson, Joe Newburn, Destry Harber, Robert Fairless, Von Blankenship and Jimmy Booth. Jones Harkins Funeral Home, Wilburton ========= ::Egypt Cemetery--?? Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 19, 2010 GEORGIA WILSON ADA - Funeral Services for Georgia Lou Wilson of Ada will be 11 a.m Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Smith-Phillips Funeral Home in Ada. Burial will follow at the Egypt Cemetery. The Rev. Stephen Nation will be officiating. Mrs. Wilson died Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 in Ada at the age of 79. She was born July 9, 1930 in Ashland, Oklahoma to William Elige and Lottie Carroll Pece. She married Frank Lee Wilson on May 7, 1978 in Paris, Texas and he died in 1986. Mrs. Wilson attended the Ada public schools. She was a longtime resident of Ada. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Ada. Mrs. Wilson is survived by one sister, Barbara Fay Wilson of California, sister-in-law Julie Pece, step-daughter Linda Palace and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Lee Wilson; three brothers, Cecil Alvin Pece, William John Henry Pece, and Sam Thomas Pece; and two sisters, Margie Lorene Thomas and Annie Mae Thetford. Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Maxwell Cemetery--Oil Center OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 19, 2010 CARLA BAXTER ADA-Services for Carla Cook Baxter, 49, Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Chapel, Pastor Lucille Walden officiating. Burial follows at Maxwell Cemetery. Mrs. Baxter died on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at her home. She was born Aug. 9, 1960, in Ada to John Ray and Dathine Cox Cook. She was affiliated with Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is survived by a son, Michael Rice, Ada; mother, Dathine Anderson, Ada; four sisters, Susie Begay, Ada; Debbie Johnson, Ada; Jennifer Currier, Ada; and Stephanie Friar, Smithville, Virginia; four brothers, Jerry Dale Cox and wife Shandy, Ada; Doug Cook and wife Judy, Ada; Joe Cook, Ada; and Mark Cook, Ada; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Tammy Lynn Owen; and her father, John Ray Cook. Bearers are Brad Carlson, Lloyd Currier, Willie Cook, Jimmy Joe Cook, Danny Johnson and Brenton Cook. Honorary bearers are Freddy Sweet, Mike Standridge, and Matt Choate. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 20, 2009 RICHARD BOLIN ADA - Memorial service for Richard Ones Bolin, 69, formerly of Ada, will be Saturday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. at Community Free Will Baptist Church. The family requests no flowers be sent. Mr. died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at his home. He lived in Ada the majority of his life and was employed with Bowie Ballard Ford, McCoy Tree Service, Ada Brick Plant and Service Chevrolet. He and his wife Pat retired to South Carolina in 2002 to be near their daughters and grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Pat; two daughters, Nancy Bolin Brown and Barbara Bolin Bode; nine siblings, Clarence Bolin of El Centro, Calif., Viola Higdon, Geraldine Goodman, Danny Bolin, Margaret Norris, David Bolin, Frankie Bolin and Kenneth Bolin, all of Ada, and Robert Bolin of Chickasha, Okla.; five grandchildren, Kimberly Blakely, Michael Bode, Tonya Brown, Trisha Brown and Richard Bode; 19 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harvey Ones and Juanita Birdean Hays Bolin; a sister, Sarah Louise Goodman; and a grandson, Christopher Ramsey. ========= ::Wynnewood View Cemetery--Wynnewood OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 20, 2009 EVELYN MORELAND WYNNEWOOD - Graveside services for Evelyn Louis Moreland, 77, are 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Wynnewood View Cemetery. Ms. Moreland died Jan. 19, 2010. DeArman Funeral Home, Wynnewood ========= ::East Hill Cemetery--Roff OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 20, 2009 JAMES RUSSELL ALLEN - Graveside services for James Russell, 62, Allen, are 1 p.m. Thursday at East Hill Cemetery in Roff. Mr. Russell died Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at an Allen nursing home. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Cedar Grove Cemetery--Francis OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 21, 2009 JEWEL WILSON FREDERICK - Services for Jewel Mae Lee Wilson, 91, Frederick, formerly of the Ada area, are 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church in Ada. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Francis. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Wilson died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at a Coalgate hospital. She was born Feb. 13, 1918, at Cedar Grove, Okla., to John Larkin and Janie Mae Williams Lee. She attended Cedar Grove and Francis schools. She married Muril Wilson on March 28, 1936, at Oakman. He died Oct. 18, 2002, at Coalgate. Mrs. Wilson was a Christian school teacher and a licensed practical nurse for hospitals in Ardmore, Pryor and Andrews, Texas. She and her husband pastored several Free Will Baptist Churches in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Survivors include three sons, Dr. Milburn Wilson and wife Leota of Rowlett, Texas, the Rev. Billy Ray Wilson and wife Linda of Coalgate, and Dr. Charles Wilson and wife Paulette of Sunnyvale, Texas; two daughters, Katie Louise Martin and husband Burl of Frederick, and the Rev. Mary Jo Johnson of Coalgate; 12 grandchildren, Pamela Thompson and husband Ron of Moore, Vicki Wilson of Ada, Darla Dugan and husband Jim of Brookville, Maryland, Marty Martin and wife Sandi of Frederick, Billy Don Johnson and wife Nancy of Coalgate, Scott Johnson and wife Cindy of Yukon, Billy Wilson Jr., and wife Tish of Kansas City, Chris Wilson and wife Nicki of Coalgate, Chad Wilson and wife Wendy of Mesquite, Texas, Julie Smith and husband Jim of Lubbock, Texas, Johnny Gross and wife Tiffany of Frederick, and Jeremy Wilson of McMendville, Tenn.; 23 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Muril Wilson, her parents, John and Mae Lee, a sister, Lorene Lee, three brothers, Eule Ray Lee (her twin), Floyd Lee, and Hearl Lee, a daughter, Barbara Gross, and two great-grandchildren. Bearers will be her grandsons, Marty Martin, Billy Don Johnson, Scotty Johnson, Johnny Gross, Chad Wilson, Nicholas Martin and Ryan Wilson. Honorary bearers will be grandsons, Chris Wilson, Jeremy Wilson, Billy Wilson Jr. and Michael Wilson. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 21, 2009 DAVID TAYLOR ADA - Memorial services for David Lynn Taylor, 57, Ada, are 1 p.m. Friday at Cornerstone Church in Ada, the Rev. John Mayhue will officiate. Mr. Taylor died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at a local hospital. He was born April 12, 1952, in Seminole, Texas, to Bobby Jack and Dorothy Stills Taylor. He graduated from Ada High School and received bachelor's and master's degrees from East Central University. He married Jeanene Chambers on Oct. 22, 1994, at Lake Texoma. Mr. Taylor was a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the State of Oklahoma retiring in 2003. He was a member of Cornerstone Church, formerly a member of Southwest Church of Christ and was active with the Ada United Way. Survivors include his wife, Jeanene Taylor, of the home; two sons, Andy Taylor, Tulsa and Evan Taylor and wife Deanna, Tulsa; one daughter, Kayleigh Taylor, of the home; two stepdaughters, Shanna Lewis and husband Mike, Mustang, and Heather Orman and husband Frank, Yukon; four grandchildren, Kalie Orman, Yukon, Thomas and Jared Lewis, Mustang, and Dexter Taylor, Tulsa; and a stepsister, Cathy Hennessey, Ada. He was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother, Thelma Taylor, two brothers, Danny Lane Taylor and Jackie Don Taylor, and a stepsister, Sue Ellon Day. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 21, 2009 MURIEL KAY WYNNEWOOD - Services for Muriel Kay, 86, are 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at DeArman Funeral Home Chapel. She died Jan. 20, 2010. DeArman Funeral Home, Wynnewood ========= ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Sulphur OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 21, 2009 LOIS HUGHES SULPHUR - Services for Lois W. Hughes, 83, Sulphur, are 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at First Free Will Baptist Church. Burial follows at Oaklawn Cemetery. Ms. Hughes died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at Ardmore. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur ========= ::Hickory Cemetery--?? Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 21, 2009 PATRICIA DAMRON HICKORY - Graveside memorial services for Patricia Jean Damron, 74, Hickory, are 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at Hickory Cemetery. Ms. Damron died Jan. 19, 2010, at Ardmore. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Sulphur OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 22, 2009 TOM ALLEN SULPHUR - Time of services for Tom D. Allen, 57, Sulphur, have changed from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at First Baptist Church. Burial follows at Oaklawn Cemetery. Mr. Allen died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at Sulphur. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 22, 2009 HELEN PARKINS SULPHUR - Services for Helen Marie Parkins, 81, Sulphur, are 2 p.m. Friday at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada. Ms. Parkins died Jan. 21, 2010. Hale's Krien Funeral Home, Sulphur ========= ::McCosar Family Cemetery--?? Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 22, 2009 BERNITA BUCK HOLDENVILLE - Services for Bernita Ruth Washington Buck, 83, Holdenville, are 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Many Springs Indian Baptist Church. Burial follows at McCosar Family Cemetery. Mrs. Buck died Jan. 20, 2010, at Ada. Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home, Holdenville --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 24, 2009 NOREEN ROWE ALLEN - Memorial services for Faye Noreen Rowe, 79, Allen are 1 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Tom Hargrave will officiate. Mrs. Rowe died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at her home in Allen. She was born Nov. 22, 1930, at Carnegie, Okla., to Elmer and Lena Crumpler Combest. She moved to this area in the mid-1970s from Oklahoma City. She married Robert K. Rowe on April 18,1974, in Oklahoma City. He died March 8, 2006, in Ada. Mrs. Rowe was a homemaker, farmer and rancher. Survivors include a stepson, Robert Vincent Rowe, Odessa, Texas; two stepdaughters, Carolyn Jenice Dye, Midland, Texas, and Vickey Elaine Hodges, London, England; one brother, Bob Combest, Sayre; three sisters, Colleen Long, Temple, Okla., Maxine Cadell, Apachee, Okla., and Betty Davis, Fort Cobb, Okla.; six grandchildren, Thomas Charles Rowe, Fawn Jenice Rowe, Kristel Janell Gutierrez, Kelli Deanne Dye, Chief Warrant Officer II Christopher Dean Langston and wife Cindy, and Chastity Elaine Wineland; and seven great-grandchildren, Maseon Guillen, Tabytha Jade Gutierrez, Tawni Marie Gutierrez, Christiana Langston, Joseph Liscano, Julian Liscano and Caleb Wineland. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sisters, Alice Skinner and Viola Combest; and four brothers, Wyatt Combest, Lloyd Combest, Bill Combest and Charlie Combest. The family says those who wish may make memorials to Good Journey Health and Hospice, 208 E. Broadway, Allen, OK 74825. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Tishomingo Cemetery--Toshomingo OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 24, 2009 BEULAH WALKER ADA - Graveside services for Beulah Biggs Spencer Walker, 92, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tishomingo Cemetery, the Rev. Earl Hood officiating. Mrs. Walker died Saturday Jan. 23, 2010, at local nursing home. She was born May 16, 1917, to Hardy and Sarah Biggs at Stigler. She graduated from Tishomingo High School and was retired from F.W. Woolworth Company in Ada. She moved back to Ada from McAlester in 1998. She married J.B. Spencer. He died in 1957 at Tishomingo. She then married A.B. Walker. He died in 1988. Survivors include one son, Richard Spencer, Ada; seven grandchildren, Bryant Spencer, Sherry Lynn Nelson, Karen Sue Smith, Jayson Spencer, Logan Spencer, David Eugene Spencer and Steven Smith; 19 great- grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Jesse Eugene Spencer, seven brothers, one sister, and one great-granddaughter. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Arlington Memorial Gardens--Midwest City OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 24, 2009 'MA' LITTLE OKLAHOMA CITY - Services for Eula Mae "Ma" Little, Oklahoma City, formerly of Francis, were Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Burial was at Arlington Memorial Gardens, Midwest City. Mrs. Little died Jan. 9, 2010. She was born April 29, 1915, to Ives and Cordelia Lindsey. She married Wilbern T. Little Sept. 30, 1933. He died Jan. 18, 1989. While living at Francis, Mrs. Little attended Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist Church and continued her support until her death. She moved from Francis to Oklahoma City in 1991. She was also preceded in death by her parents; one son, Travis; brothers, Authur and Joe Lindsey; one grandson; two great-grandsons; and one great-great grandson. Survivors include a daughter, Faye Shelton; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and 26 great-great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 24, 2009 GLADYS SCHIESS ADA - Services for Gladys Merline Schiess, 87, Ada, are 10 a.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. the Rev. John Haynes will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Schiess died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at a local nursing home. She was born Oct. 5, 1922, at Barron, Wis., to Willard Marion and Helen Morgan Foss. She attended school in Wisconsin and moved to this area about 1984 from Wisconsin. Mrs. Schiess was a homemaker and attended the First Baptist Church in Ada. She was a member of the church choir and active with the Senior Citizens at the church. Survivors include a daughter, Laurie Mettry and husband Charles, Ada; one son, Steven Schiess and wife Lynn, Reno, Nev.; two brothers, Lloyd Foss, Anoka, Minn., and Clarence Foss, Lewiston, Idaho; six grandchildren, Heather Farro and husband Jerry, Manassas, Va., Shelley Mettry, Austin, Texas, Charles Mettry, Montrose, Colo., Justin Mettry, Moore, and Rory and Kevin Krien, Reno, Nev.; and two great-grandchildren, Cora and Samuel Farro, Manassas, Va. Bearers will be Justin Mettry, Charles Mettry, Michael Mettry, Dr. Charles Mettry, Loy Kidwell and Mel Haworth. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::East Hill Cemetery--Roff OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Monday, January 25, 2009 NELLIE FENNELL ADA - Services for Nellie Bee Fennell, 87, Ada are 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Fitzhugh Baptist Church. Rev. Steve Wilburn will officiate. Burial will follow at East Hill Cemetery in Roff. The family will receive friends at 1131 Jack John Circle (Apt. A) in Ada all day and from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Fennell died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 at a local hospital. She was born Sept. 4, 1922 at Lindsay to Larey Jake and Mittie Doretta Slawson Hinley. She lived in the Fitzhugh area most of her life. She married Marshall Thomas Fennell on Sept. 16, 1943. He preceded her in death on June 10, 2008 in Ada. Mrs. Fennell was a homemaker, a member of the Fitzhugh Baptist Church and a member of the church choir. Survivors include two sons, Allen Wayne Fennell, Ada, and Marshall Fennell, Chickasha; two daughters, Linda Grant and husband Gary, Ada, and Rita Thompson and husband Rex, Duncan; six grandchildren, Michael Shanon Wallace, Erik Roger Grant and wife Tyrra, Abby Lynn Grant, Amber Lea Grant, Zachary Thomas Fennell and wife Monica, and April Dawn Hague and husband Branch; ten great granchildren; and two special friends, Brenda Fennell, Duncan and Sherry Sutton, Ada. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one brother and one sister. Bearers will be Michael Wallace, Erik Grant, Zachary Fennell, Branch Hague, Clayton Fennell and Tyler Fennell. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Monday, January 25, 2009 SYBLE MOORE ADA - Services for Syble Chesney Sweetin Moore, 89, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Bud Ross will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Moore died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at her home. She was born Feb. 27, 1920 at Kiowa to Marvin Shelly and Havana Cuba Patton Sweetin. She and her family moved here in 1935 from Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She graduated from Ada High School in 1938 and received a Bachelor's degree from East Central University in 1955. She also received a Master's degree from East Central University. Mrs. Moore taught school in the Ada area until 1963 and also taught in California from 1963 until 1978. She was a member of Central Church of Christ. Survivors include a son, Dee F. Moore and wife Deanna, Ada; two grandsons, Deek Moore, Austin, Texas and Davis Moore, Dallas, Texas; a sister, Fern Downey and husband Jack, Perkins; and two brothers, Duerd Sweetin and wife Faye, Blanco, and Millard Sweetin and wife Pat, T I Valley, Okla. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Gerald Fred Sweetin and a sister, Mary Day. Bearers will be Jerald Ford, Benny Cope, Dee Kelly, Dell Howry, Deek Moore, and Davis Moore. Honorary bearers will be Carol Wainscott and Linda Downard. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Monday, January 25, 2009 BOBBY EVANS WYNNEWOOD -- Services for Bobby Charles Evans, 67, Wynnewood, will be 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25 at DeArman Funeral Chapel. Mr. Evans died Jan. 22. DeArman Funeral Home, Wynnewood ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Monday, January 25, 2009 LOYD CORNELIUS WYNNEWOOD -- Services for Loyd M. "Sinko" Cornelius, 81, Mill Creek, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 at First Baptist Church in Mill Creek. Mr. Cornelius died Sunday, Jan. 24 at Ardmore. DeArman Funeral Home, Wynnewood --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 26, 2009 SOKA ALEXANDER KONAWA - Frank "Soka" Alexander, 73, Konawa, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at his home. No memorial service is scheduled. Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa ========= ::Crown Hill Cemetery--Broken Bow OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 26, 2009 JIM COOK BROKEN BOW - Services for Elmer "Jim" Cook, 63, longtime resident of Broken Bow, are 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, at First Baptist Church of Broken Bow. Clark Wrather and Neil Jackson will officiate. Burial follows at Crown Hill Cemetery, Broken Bow. Mr. Cook died Jan. 22, 2010, at his home in Ada. He was born Oct. 27, 1946, in Ponca City to Willy "Bill" and Grace Moody Cook. Mr. Cook was a member of First Baptist Church of Broken Bow and a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Vietnam War. He was a schoolteacher at Glover Schools for 30 years, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was a hunters' safety instructor for many years. He was preceded in death by his Father, Willy "Bill" Cook, and a brother, Melvin Cook. He is survived by his mother Grace Cook, Durant; a son and daughter- in-law, Ronnie and Christy Cook, Ada; one daughter and son-in-law, Renee and Tracy Lewis, Pontotoc; three brothers and their spouses, Jerry Cook, Wamego, Kan., David and Patricia Cook, Sherman, Texas, Dale and Talena Cook, Broken Bow; two sisters and one son-in-law, Louise Griffin, Watonga, Donna and John Massey, Durant; five grandchildren, Jonathan, Jessica, Justin, Hunter James and Callie Rose; several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Brumley Funeral Home, Broken Bow ========= ::Highland Cemetery--Stonewall OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Tuesday, January 26, 2009 BEATRICE BROWN ADA - Graveside services for Beatrice Pauline "Bea" Brown, 87, Ada, are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Highland Cemetery at Stonewall. The Revs. Greg Pollard and Jimmy Keith will officiate. Mrs. Brown died Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at her home. She was born Sept. 18, 1922, at Union Valley, Okla., to Thomas and Dona Hisaw Dunlap. She attended Union Valley schools. She married Bentley Woodrow Brown on May 2, 1942. He died Jan. 20, 1993. Mrs. Brown was a licensed practical nurse at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada for 19 years. She was a member of Faith Assembly of God Church. Survivors include two daughters, Charlotte Owens, Ada, and Phyllis Daniels and husband Benton, Fort Smith, Ark.; four grandchildren, Heath Wilson, Travis Wilson, Odet Owens and Cortnee Owens; six great- grandchildren, Cassidy Gray, Micah Owens, Destnee Reed, Kayleigh Wilson, Caden Wilson and Brody Wilson; and three step-great- grandchildren, Jessie Scott, Jordyn Scott and Genna Perraquet. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Wednesday, January 27, 2009 EDWARD GERMANY JR. WYNNEWOOD - Services for Edward Berlin Germany Jr., 79, are 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Mr. Germany died Jan. 22, 2010. DeArman Funeral Home, Wynnewood --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::McGee Cemetery--Stratford OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 28, 2009 WENDELL WOOD STRATFORD - Graveside services for Wendell Lee Wood, 73, Stratford, are 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at McGee Cemetery, Stratford. The Rev. Lewis Perry will officiate. Mr. Wood died Jan. 26, 2010, at his home in Strataford. He was born Aug. 8, 1936, at Stratford to Walter and Hallie Gentry Wood. Mr. Wood worked in construction and served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. He lived most of his life in the Stratford area and was a member of Free Will Baptist Church. He married Debbie Calhoun March 16, 2000, at Stratford. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and two sisters. Survivors include his wife, Debbie Wood, of the home; two daughters, Donita Heckman and LeAnn Fires, both of Stratford; eight sons, Jim Wood, Andy Teachey, John Wood, Jason Wood and Bobby Compton, Chuck Compton, all of Stratford, Roy Compton and Danny Compton, both of Oklahoma City; four brothers, Valton Wood, Cushing, Bob Wood, Longview, Texas, Charles Wood and Donald Wood, both of Ardmore; four sisters, Pearl Gray, McKinney, Texas, Rachel Reeves, Stratford, Louise Piland, Galt, Calif., and Ruth Holden, Ada; 21 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Online guestbook is available at www.adaeveningnews.com. Pickard Funeral Home, Stratford ========= ::Rosedale Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 28, 2009 NATHAN BURRIS ADA - Services for Nathan Lee Burris, 70, Ada, are 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church, the Rev. David Gray will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mr. Burris died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. He was born May 20, 1939, at Ashland to David Alexander and Rettia L. Burris. He attended schools in Allen, Allen High School for three years and graduated from Wanette High School. He attended East Central University. He married Margaret Lois Jackson on June 3, 1960, at First Baptist Church in Allen. He and his family moved to the Ada area in 1971 from Altus. Mr. Burris was employed with Southwestern Bell Telephone for 30 years and later was the owner and operator of Burris Communications from 1991 until his retirement in 2003. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, served on the Byng School Board from 1982 until 1999, had served on the board of the Shawnee District Bell Federal Credit Union for 20 years, and he was a 32nd degree Mason. He served in the National Guard from 1962 until 1965 and with the Army Reserve from 1965 until 1968. Survivors include his wife, Lois Burris, of the home; his children, Scott Burris, Ada, Keith Burris and wife Sheila, Ada, and Kim Arrington and husband Danny, Ada; five grandchildren, Megan Burris, Tiffany Lofton, Courtney Lofton, Lindsey Lofton and Janelle Burris; one great grandchild, Braxton Hays; a brother, David A. Burris, Beebe, Ark.; and two sisters, Ruth Ashby, Ada, and Jean Wright, Shawnee. He was preceded in death by his parents, David A. and Rettia Burris; sister, Irma Welch; brother, John Burris; and a grandson, Nate Burris. Bearers will be Danny Coats, Joe Don Jones, Delwayne Johnson, Jared Johnson, Rhyan Petros, and Mike Coats. Honorary bearers will be Pete Presley, Arley Johnson, David Cross, Jerry Christian, Haskell Holland, Wayne Case, former Southwestern Bell co-workers, and the Allen High School Class of 1958. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Allen Cemetery--Allen OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Thursday, January 28, 2009 ELMO HAMILTON LULA - Services for Elmo Earl Hamilton, 90, Lula, are 10 a.m. Saturday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Ed Rutherford and Mark Legg will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery. Mr. Hamilton died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at a local hospital. He was born Jan. 4, 1920, near Lula to Roy and Ethel Hall Hamilton. He lived in the Allen and Lula area all his life, attended Hall's Hill school and graduated from Lula High School. Mr. Hamilton was a rancher in the Allen and Lula area until his death. He attended Allen Church of Christ. He married Ola Phillips on Feb. 1, 1947. Survivors include his wife, Ola Hamilton, of the home; a son, Gary Hamilton and wife Sue, Lula; two grandchildren, Olivia Hamilton and Cooper Hamilton; and several nieces and nephews. Bearers will be Roger Merriman, Chris Merriman, David Wayne Byrd, Leonard Wofford, Joe Daniel, and Larry Whisenhunt. Honorary bearers will be Duane Gray, Carlton Gray, Louis Daniel, Lewis Reynolds and Wendell Reynolds. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::End Time Revival Church Cemetery--Henryetta OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 29, 2009 STANLEY PAGE HENRYETTA - Services for Stanley E. Page, 61, a lifelong resident of the Henryetta area, will be 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at Graham School Gymnasium in Graham, Okla., officiated by the Rev. Michael VanMeter. Burial follows at End Time Revival Church Cemetery south of Henryetta. Mr. Page died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, in Oklahoma City. He was born October 28, 1948, in Henryetta to Burl Page and Ruby Luker. Mr. Page married Jane Adcock July 22, 1981, in Okemah. He served the United States during the Vietnam War as sergeant HM3 with the Navy and the Marines. He received the purple heart award for bravery and heroism and was nominated for the Bronze Star. He was a member of the Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Page was a member of End Time Revival Tabernacle and served on the church board. He also served on the Graham School Education Board. He was water maintenance operator/manager for Okmulgee County Rural Water District 5 and fire chief for Plainview Fire Department from 1996-2009. He volunteered as a disc jockey for KVAZ radio for more than 20 years and before that owned and operated Van's Conoco in Henryetta. He is preceded in death by his parents, one child and one grandchild. Survivors include his wife, Jane Page, of the home; seven children, Kyla McQueen and husband Clint, Henryetta, Dean Smith and wife Traysa, Weleetka, Vashti Spencer, Tecumseh, Anita Hunnicut and husband Johnny, Weleetka, Matthew Page, Henryetta, Carl Wesley Page and wife Kori, Henryetta, and Michael Stanley Page and wife Jessica, Henryetta; 20 grandchildren, Julia, John, Shelbie, Trevor, Renea, Tiffany, Cody, Meagan, Robert, Madison, Anna, George, Mikayla, Kaitlyn, Laramie, Wyatt, Savanna, R.J., Karli, and Brooklyn; two great-grandchildren, Jayda and Isaiah; five brothers, Alfred Page and wife Linda, Henryetta, Jerry Page and wife Glenda, Hitchita, Robert Page, Broken Arrow, Daryl Peavler, Ada, Charlie Hall, Ada; six sisters, Karen Page, Tulsa, Sharon Croney and husband Melvin, Henryetta, Brenda Noel and husband Chester, Hitchita, Rhonda Berryhill and husband Bruce, Mounds, Sandy Griffin, Ada, and Kim Byars, Ada; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Bearers are Michael Stanley Page, Matthew Page, Carl Wesley Page, John Ritter, Gary VanMeter Jr., and Dean Smith. Honorary bearers are James D. Page, Jason Page, Gary Dale VanMeter Sr. and Jim Moore. Viewing will be from 12 noon until 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, at Integrity Funeral Service, Henryetta. Condolences may be expressed online at www.integrityfuneralservice.com and www.adaeveningnews.com. Integrity Funeral Service, Henryetta ========= ::Coalgate Cemetery--Coalgate OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 29, 2009 CHARLES McKENZIE COALGATE - Services for Charles Ned McKenzie, 55, Coalgate, are 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Brown Funeral Service Chapel, Coalgate. The Rev. Bill Weathers will officiate. Burial follows at Coalgate Cemetery. Mr. McKenzie died Jan. 26, 2010, at a Norman hospital. He was born Dec. 24, 1954, at Wellington, Kan., to Charles and Nina McKenzie. He attended school in Arizona, Edmond and graduated from Coalgate High School in 1972. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology at East Central University and was a member of Phi Tau Fraternity. He worked as a licensed professional counselor with the Choctaw Nation Health System in Talihina. He also provided counseling services for Oklahoma City Indian Urban Clinic, Dallas Inter-Tribal Health Clinic and Chickasaw Nation Health Systems. During his younger years, Mr. McKenzie was a bull rider on the rodeo circuit. He won several bull riding championships during his career, including the West Coast Open. He was also a trainer and competitor on the professional polo circuit. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his daughters, Mary Jade McKenzie and Charlie Madison McKenzie, both of Ada; their mother, Becky McKenzie; his mother, Nina Johnston, Coalgate; three sisters, Millie Blackmon, Seminole, Barbara Welge, El Reno, and LaDonna McKenzie Ott and Vincent, Coalgate; nephews, Jeffrey Blackmon and Michael Welge; nieces, Jennifer Nichols and Lisa Blackmon-Hansard; great-nephews, Cameron and Sam Nichols, Jett and Jackson Blackmon and Tayden Hansard. Bearers are nephews Jeffrey Blackmon, Michael Welge and David Hansard, brother-in-law Vincent Ott and Clay Ward and Ron McIntosh. Honorary bearers are Mickey Peercy, Roy Don Blackmon, Cody McDaniel and Tom Schultz. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles McKenzie; stepfather, Wayne Johnston; grandparents, Abe and Lena Ned and Orville McKenzie and Annie McKenzie. Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 29, 2009 BILL HENRY ADA - No services are planned at this time for William Luther "Bill" Henry, 68, of Ada. Mr. Henry died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at his home. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::NOT LISTED Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Friday, January 29, 2009 GEORGE BOLLIN DAVIS - Services for George R. Bollin, 74, Davis, are 10 a .m. Saturday at Central Church in Sulphur. Mr. Bollin died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at Ardmore. Hale's Funeral Home, Davis --------------------------------------------------------------------- ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Ada OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 31, 2009 SHIRLEY CHRONISTER ADA - Services for Shirley Ruth Chronister, 71, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dan Cusher officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs.Chronister died Jan. 30, 2010, at a local hospital. She was born April 1, 1938, to Chester A. and Mae McGarr Hice in Ada. She attended Ada schools and worked as a nurses' aide at Valley View Regional Hospital for more than 20 years before working at Jan Francis Care Center. She was a member of Ahloso Baptist Church. She and Robert J. Chronister were married Aug. 7, 1954, in Fittstown. He died Aug. 23, 2000. Survivors include two sons, Wayne Chronister and wife Tammy and Barry Chronister and wife Manuela, all of Ada; one sister, Norma Jean Parker and husband L.A., Broken Arrow; four grandchildren, LaCresha Goodman and husband Justin, Stasha Chronister, all of Ada, Sherly King and husband Johnathan, Lula, and Jason Chronister and wife Tammy, Asher; and three great-grandchildren, Jacob King, Zachary King and Delaney Chronister. She was preceded in death by a brother, Bill Hice; a sister Jimoline Webb; and a son Anthony Glen Chronister. Bearers will be Jason Chronister, Mike Freeman, Chris Hice, Jeff Sanders, Johnathan Claborn and Bobby Ross. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada ========= ::Stroud Cemetery--Stroud OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 31, 2009 BOB PATTERSON PONCA CITY - Services for Bob Patterson, 80, Ponca City and formerly of Ada, were Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at Trout Funeral Home Chapel, Johnie Fredman officiating. Burial followed at Stroud Cemetery, Stroud. Mr. Patterson died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at a Ponca City hospital. He was born Dec. 7, 1929, to Troy Patterson and Maude Johnson Patterson in Davenport, Okla. He was married to Georgia Lee English on May 12, 1951 in Stroud. He worked as a pumper for Sun Oil Company. Survivors include a daughter, Connie Ragland, Ada; a son Tony and his wife Jeanne Patterson, Ponca City; three granddaughters, Heather Adcock, Wylie, Texas, Lori Tipton, Jacksonville, Fla., and Melissa Wano, Tonkawa, Okla.; two grandsons, Troy Patterson, Denver, Colo., and Tracy Patterson, Lubbock, Texas; eight great-grandchildren, Caleb, Grace, Cason, and Blake Adcock of Wylie, Texas, Sydney and Reece Tipton of Jacksonville, Fla., and Braden and Barrick Wano of Tonkawa. He was preceded in death by his wife Georgia Patterson, Feb. 5, 2006; parents, Troy and Maude Patterson; brother, Truman Patterson; sisters, Faye Gillam and Cleo Matthews. Bearers were Bill Matthews, Jim Hayes, Ray Adcock, Bill Streller, Roger Wano, Troy Patterson and Tracy Patterson. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association 6465 S. Yale St. Suite 206 , Tulsa , OK 74136. Trout Funeral Home and Crematory, Ponca City ========= ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Sulphur OK Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Pontotoc County Sunday, January 31, 2009 LUIS McBRIDE SULPHUR - Services for Luis McBride, 80, Sulphur, were 10 a.m. Saturday,Jan. 30, at DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home Chapel, Sulphur. Burial followed at Oaklawn Cemetery. Mr. McBride died Jan. 26, 2010, at Sulphur. DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pontotoc County Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html