Obituaries

Apr 22, 2005

Harold Lee Cox was born October 30, 1933 in Brightwater, Arkansas. He was the only child of Jesse Maurice and Iva Marie Cox. Harold moved with his family at the age of ten to Cleveland, Oklahoma where he was raised and attended school, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1952. While in high school, Harold was a letterman in football,...

Apr 20, 2005

Betty Lou Douglas was born July 3, 1940 in Shelby, Ohio to Donald and May K. (Vader) Douglas. Betty grew up and received her education in Harrison, Michigan. Betty made her home in the Corunna and Flint, Michigan area where she raised her four children Douglas, Craig, Rene and Derrick. In the mid 1970ís Betty opened a large home and...

Apr 15, 2005

Apr 13, 2005

Ouida Lane Edee Seaton was born February 8, 1928 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Harvey Ray and Ova Marie (Smith) Thompson. Edee was raised and received her education in Hominy. Edee was united in marriage to Billy Bob Seaton on June 13, 1946 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. The couple had one daughter, Sharon. Although they traveled throughout the...

Apr 4, 2005

Gene Franklin Humble was born April 30, 1928 in Hominy, Oklahoma. He was the son of Orville and Mabel Humble. Gene was raised and attended school in Hominy, graduating from Hominy High School in 1946. Upon completion of his education, Gene moved to Kansas where he accepted employment as a telegraph operator with the railroad. He was married to Lillian...

Apr 3, 2005

Longtime Cleveland resident Frances Barbara Walker Neal passed away suddenly Sunday, April 3, 2005 at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. She was 86. Frances was born January 31, 1919 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Leon W. and Valentina (Backes) Wilkinson. After her fatherís death when Frances was two, her mother moved her daughters to New Orleans to live with...

Apr 2, 2005

Apr 2, 2005

Karol JÛzef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and...

Apr 2, 2005

Mar 31, 2005

Funeral services for Cecil Glenn Sissom will be held Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 3:00 pm in the Chapel of Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Doug Withiam officiating. Glenn Sissom, a long time resident of Jennings was born December 25, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Hubert Cecil and Millie Roberta (McGuire) Sissom. Glenn was raised and received his education in the...

Mar 28, 2005

Mar 26, 2005

Frank Zeb Sperry was born January 17, 1939 in Yale, Oklahoma. He was the son of Jessie Eugene and Dorothy Mae Sperry. Frank was raised and attended school in Blackburn, graduating from Blackburn High School in 1958. Shortly after graduation, Zeb was inducted into the service of his country in the United States Marine Corps on August 11, 1958. He...

Mar 24, 2005

Roy Howard Cruzen was born January 10, 1938 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Earl Thomas and Stella Isabelle Cruzen. Roy was raised and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1956. While attending high school, Roy began a career in the bread business, stocking local grocery stores prior to going to school each morning....

Mar 22, 2005

Doye Hubert Kastning, known to many as Huey, was born February 23, 1927 in Gainesville, Missouri. He was the son of Charles Frank and Rosa Eula Kastning. Huey was raised on a farm north of Gainesville, Missouri and attended school in Gainesville. Upon completion of his education, Huey worked in various capacities in the oilfields, as a truck driver and...

Mar 22, 2005

Charles H. Culbertson passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at the Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of eighty-six years, ten months and eleven days. He was born May 11, 1918 in Cherokee, Iowa the son of Willard L. and Harriett Adeline Culbertson. Charles moved with his family at an early age to Cleveland where he was raised an attended...

Mar 21, 2005

Mar 14, 2005

Cora Jane Clements, a lifetime resident of Hominy was born February 28, 1913 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Cora was the eldest of six children born to David Sebe and Orpha (Rigsby) Corday. When Cora was a young child the family moved to the Hominy Area. Cora was raised and received her education in Hominy where she later graduated. She was united...

Mar 10, 2005

Fannie Louise Huffines was born October 15, 1923 in Gypsy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Charles W. and Lillie Ione Starrett. Louise was raised and attended most of her schooling in the Gypsy area. She moved with her family to the Boston Pool area in 1994, and graduated from Cleveland High School in 1945. Louise was married to John...

Mar 5, 2005

Pamela Jean Fast, lifelong Prue area resident, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2005 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of forty-seven years, seven months and twenty-nine days. Pam was born on July 6, 1957 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Ray Gene and Betty Louise Toothman. Pam was raised an attended school in Prue, graduating from Prue High...

Mar 4, 2005

Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at the First Baptist Church, Hallett, for Richard Lynn ìDickî Travis, 57, who died March 4 following a long illness. Dick was born August 20, 1947 in Elk City, Oklahoma to C. E. and Marjorie Chlorene Travis. At the age of four, Dick moved with his family to rural Pawnee County, near...