Obituaries

Jan 16, 2005

Marvin Ray Hillsberry passed away Sunday January 16, 2005 at his home at the age of 57 years 3 months and 20 days. Marvin was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 26, 1947 to Atchie Lee and Nellie Mae (Gentry) Hillsberry. As a young child Marvin grew up in the Sand Springs Area and attended Charles Page High School. In...

Jan 4, 2005

Jan 3, 2005

Thelma Veota Milam passed away quietly on Monday, January 3, 2005 at the Twelve Oaks East Retirement Village in Dallas, Texas at the age of eighty six years. Thelma was a longtime resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma before moving to Dallas in 2003. She was born on January 9, 1918 in Kinsett, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Charles Clayton and...

Dec 17, 2004

Delane Sykes, life-long Hominy/Cleveland area resident, passed away Friday, December 17, 2004 at the University of Pittsburg in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He was thirty-three years old. Delane was born July 3, 1971 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the son of Marvin Ruben Sykes and Mary Elizabeth Ross. Delane was raised and attended school in Hominy, graduating from Hominy High School...

Dec 16, 2004

Funeral services for Darren Fain will be held Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 2:00 pm in the Sanctuary of the Assembly of God Church in Jennings with Rev. J. W. Wright officiating. Burial will be in the Jennings Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. Darren Shawn Fain was born April 29, 1971 in Berring Springs, Michigan to...

Nov 28, 2004

Robert Benjamin Hall was born September 30, 1926 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Leonard Ethan and Edith (Billie) Hall. Bob was raised and attended school in Cleveland where he graduated from high school in 1944. During the summers while attending high school, Bob worked for his uncle in the wheat fields of Kansas. Shortly after graduation from...

Nov 28, 2004

Thomas Howard Goswick a resident of Cleveland was born September 10, 1949 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Jess Lee and Carolea (White) Goswick. The family lived in West Tulsa Area and later moved to Prue where Tom graduated in 1967. After high school Tom enrolled at Draughon Business School in Tulsa. Shortly after he finished at Draughon, Tom enlisted in the...

Nov 26, 2004

Funeral services for Frederick W. Hawks will be held Saturday, November 27, 2004 at 2:30 pm in the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev. Joe Stith. Private burial will be held at Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. Fred Hawks a resident of Tulsa was born February 11, 1917 in Warren Plains, North Carolina to...

Nov 21, 2004

Funeral services for Charles Basil Fixmer will be held Friday November 26, 2004 at 2:00 pm in the Community Church with services officiated by Rev. Frank Goodman and Bro. Ron Driskell. Burial will be at Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. Charlie was born November 20, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Basil Frances and Maxine (Brownbridge)...

Nov 21, 2004

Memorial services for Carolyn T. Kelley were held at 11:00 am, Saturday, November 27, 2004 at the First Christian Church in Hallett, Oklahoma with Harvey Meyers officiating. Carolyn was born December 2, 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of George Wayland and Irene D. Taylor. Carolyn moved at an early age with her family to the Hallett area...

Nov 9, 2004

Terry Lee Findley was born December 19, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Leslie Lee and Delores Findley. Terry was raised in the Tulsa area and attended McClain High School. Prior to completion of his education, Terry was inducted into the service of his country in the United States Navy on April 7, 1965. Upon completion of...

Nov 8, 2004

Funeral services for Mary Jane Marie Williams will be held 10:00 am Thursday, November 11, 2004 in the Sanctuary of Westport Baptist Church with Dr. Eugene Perry officiating. Burial will follow at 3:00 pm at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. Mary Jane Marie was born November 18, 1915 in Little...

Nov 6, 2004

Donna Tinsley, lifelong Cleveland resident, passed away Saturday, November 6, 2004 at her home in Cleveland at the age of seventy-one years, eleven months and eleven days. Donna was born on November 25, 1932 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of James H. and Sidnie E. Barrett. Donna was raised in Cleveland and attended school there. Shortly after completion...

Nov 4, 2004

Noah Lee Brown, went to be with Jesus on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at the Southcrest Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Noah was born on November 4, 2004, the son of Rachana Katherine and Jason Ray Brown. He is survived by his parents, Jason and Rachana Brown of the home; paternal grandfather, Mikal Brown of Cleveland, Oklahoma; paternal grandparents, Annette and...

Nov 3, 2004

William Thomas Lomax was born November 16, 1981 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He was the son of the late James Paul Lomax, Jr. and Sissy Lomax. William moved with his family at the age of two on a ranch near Claremore, Oklahoma where he was raised. He attended school in Owasso and graduated from Owasso High School in 2000. William was...

Oct 31, 2004

Ralph Allen Carr was born September 2, 1942 in Durant, Oklahoma. He was the son of Ralph W. and Geraldine Carr. Ralph resided with his family in Idabel until the age of thirteen when they moved to Wynona and then on to Pawhuska in 1957. While residing in Pawhuska, Ralph met Barbara Ramsey. The couple was united in married on...

Oct 18, 2004

Thelma Marie Witt, a resident of Duncan was born January 27, 1926 in Cedar Creek, Missouri to John and Edna Pearl (Ricketts) Smith. The family moved to the Cleveland Area when Marie was a young child. She attended school in the Dixie Area as well as Terlton where she graduated from high school in 1945. On April 9, 1947 Marie...

Oct 15, 2004

Funeral services for Ronnie West Surritte are to be held Monday, October 18, 2004 at 11:00 am in the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with services officiated by Rev. Paul Kersh of the First Baptist Church in Hominy. The body will be cremated and a private family burial will be in the A.J. Powell Memorial Cemetery. Ron Surritte, of Hominy was...

Oct 2, 2004

Danny Harrison Bishop was born October 16, 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the son of Monty Junior and Loretta J. Bishop. Danny moved with his family several times as a youth, residing in Prague, Seminole and then to Ontario, California. The family moved to Cleveland in 1968 where Danny received most of his education. Danny spent most of...

Sep 25, 2004

Beulah Marie Brannon Lynch, was born February 2, 1914 in Hominy, Oklahoma to John and Frances (Ferguson) Brannon. As a young child Beulah grew up in Hominy and in her teen age years moved to Claremore where he graduated from high school. On December 23, 1935 she was united in marriage to J.D. Lynch in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They made there...