Obituaries

Billie R Hogan
Dec 19, 2008
Billie R. Hogan was born November 22, 1926 in a small Louisiana community in Sabine Parish, known as Fisher. She was one of eight children of Jody Loy and Ellen Jeanette ìNettieî (Browning) Rashall. Billie was raised in the Fisher area and attended school there, graduating as the Fisher High School Class of 1942 Valedictorian. Upon completion of her education,...

Bessie Theora Johnson
Dec 6, 2008
Bessie Theora Johnson was born August 26, 1928 in Masham, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Cedric G and Theora Pearl (Greer) Harris. Bessie attended Masham schools through the third grade and then moved with her family to Mounds Valley where she continued her education. In 1945, the Harris family relocated to Terlton where Bessie graduated from high...
Jeremy Warren
Dec 3, 2008
Jeremy Allan Warren, passed away on on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at age 19 from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. Jeremy was born September 30, 1989 in Claremore, Oklahoma the son Randy and Ann (Ready) Warren. Jeremy began his education in Cleveland and later graduated from Cleveland High School in May of 2008. During his time in school...
Mark Stephen Hastings, Jr.
Dec 3, 2008
Mark Stephen Hastings, Jr. was born August 17, 1990 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Mark and Lisa (Devlin) Hastings. Mark started his education in Broken Arrow and moved to the Cleveland schools during the middle of the third grade. He has continued to attend Cleveland Public Schools and was a senior at the time of his death....
Kenneth Paul Kesner
Nov 30, 2008
Kenneth Paul Kesner was born August 28, 1986 the son of Kenneth and Linda (Zavodny) Kesner. Kenny was raised and began his education in Cleveland later graduating with the Class of 2004. During the time Kenny was in school he was active in soccer, football and wrestling. Soon after high school Kenny furthered his education at the University of Central...
Veva Hamilton
Nov 23, 2008
Veva Nell Hamilton went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of 68. Veva was born February 3, 1940 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma the daughter of Buford and Cleopatra (Reid) Hollingshead. Veva was raised and began her education in Sand Springs. She later completed her education at Charles...
Steven Dayle Higgins
Nov 16, 2008
Steven Dayle Higgins was born March 13, 1955 the son of Robert Leroy and Gloria Colleen (Fox) Higgins. He began his childhood on a farm in Collinsville. At the age of 10 his family moved to Tulsa. In 1971, Steve and his family moved to the Keystone Lake area and attended High School in Cleveland. Steve at that time began...
Tommy Peterman
Nov 9, 2008
Tommy was born June 12, 1930 the son Arnold and Blanche (Boothe) Peterman. As a young boy, Tommy grew up in the Keystone area attending the Rigsby Grade School. He later began attending high school in Cleveland where he graduated with the Class of 1948. After high school, Tommy helped his family on the farm before gaining employment with C.E....

Effie Marie Vandenver
Nov 8, 2008
Effie Marie Vandever of Cleveland, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, November 8, 2008, at the Claremore Regional Hospital in Claremore, Oklahoma at the age of age 79. Effie was born near Prue, Oklahoma in rural Osage County on October 11, 1929; she was the daughter of Bill and Elsie (Lay) Dixon. As a young lady Effie grew up and attended the...

Donald Topping
Sep 10, 2008
Donald Avery Topping, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 70. Don was born December 10, 1937, the son of John Wesley and Grace Meleta (Eastman) Topping. As a young man Don grew up in the Olgesby and Ramona, Oklahoma area where he attended...

Carol Estilene Taylor
Sep 2, 2008
Carol Taylor, 65, lifelong resident of Hominy, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at her home with her family by her side. Carol Estilene was born March 18, 1943 in Hominy, Oklahoma the daughter of William Marlar and Mamie Louise (Alexander) Garrison. Carol grew up and attended school in Hominy where she completed her education. On June 12, 1962,...

Linda Cheryl Travis
Sep 1, 2008
Linda Cheryl Travis was born March 6, 1948 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Vonita Louise (Allen) and Lenard H. Fox. Linda was raised in Cleveland and attended Cleveland school, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1966. After completion of her education, Linda was married to Richard Lynn Travis on April 21, 1967 in Lawton, Oklahoma as Richard...

Oscar Black
Aug 31, 2008
Oscar Black, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at age the age of 92 in the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home. Oscar was born September 27, 1915 in Chugwater, Wyoming the son of Walter and Jessie (Forbes) Black. At the age of three Oscar moved with his family from Chugwater to Minco, Oklahoma. In 1928, they moved to Greeley, Colorado where...

Tom Rucker Lunsford
Aug 28, 2008
Former Chairman of the Board and owner of the First Bank of Cleveland, Tom R. Lunsford passed away Thursday, August 28, 2008 at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Claremore at the age of 86 years. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church in Cleveland with Rev. Connie Taylor officiating....

Goldie Marie Alexander
Aug 20, 2008
Goldie Marie Alexander of Jennings, Oklahoma, age 92, passed from this life on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Goldie was born on October 12, 1915, in Missouri the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Longgrear. Mr. Longgrear, originally from London, England moved to America where he and Goldie's mother finally settled on a...

Russell Wayne Perry
Aug 19, 2008
Memorial services for Russell Wayne Perry will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, August 23, 2008 in the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Head officiating. Friends may share a memory with the family online at www.chapman-black.com. Russell was born March 19, 1940 in Eunice, New Mexico the son of Lee Haskell and Ruth Ester (Rains) Perry. As a young...

Wilma Ruth Shipman
Aug 17, 2008
Wilma Ruth Shipman was born October 30, 1915, the daughter of William and Mattie Lee (Lloyd) Watts. As a young girl Wilma moved with her parents to Osage where she was raised and received her education. Soon after graduation Wilma was united in marriage to John Dowell Shipman on December 15, 1934, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. They established their initial home...

Frank Oran Metzger, Jr.
Aug 12, 2008
Frank Oran Metzger, Jr. life long resident of Hominy, Oklahoma went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at the age of 55. Frank was born June 1, 1953 the son of Frank O., Sr. and Bobbie Jean (Tinsley) Metzger. Frank grew up and began his education in Hominy where he later graduated high school...