Obituaries

Oct 31, 2003

Jack Lee McElroy was born May 3, 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Cleo and Delphia McElroy. Jack moved with his family often during his childhood throughout the Central and Western United States. He returned in Oklahoma during high school and graduated from Webster High School in 1955. Upon graduation from high school, Jack worked at various...

Oct 30, 2003

Billy Don Horton was born April 18, 1932 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He was the son of J. T. and Bertha Jane Horton. Billy was raised in the Wekiowa Hills area of Sand Springs and attended school there. Upon completion of his education, Billy worked for the Sand Springs Home farm for a few years before joining the service of...

Oct 27, 2003

Roger Baran, of Cleveland was born July 7, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois to Nikita and Agripina (Moroz) Baran. As a young child Roger was raised and received his education in Chicago. Soon after his schooling Roger began working at General Electric in Chicago. He was employed with GE from 1937 till 1942 as an Assistant Supervisor. In 1942 Roger entered...

Oct 26, 2003

Services for Lee Andrew Crosson of Meeker, Oklahoma will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, October 29, 2003 in the Woodland Cemetery Chapel with Dr. Larry Wilson officiating burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. of Cleveland, Oklahoma. Lee Crosson, was born July 21, 1950 in Stanford, Texas to the parents Donald...

Oct 16, 2003

Linda Jean Bridge, Cleveland resident since 1969, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2003 at the Tulsa Regional Medical Center at the age of sixty years, two months and two days. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Clyde and Bobby Smith. Linda was born on August 14, 1943 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter...

Oct 16, 2003

Ruby Leoli Rea was born February 26, 1908 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Ozro Wesley and Maude Elnora Taylor. Ruby was raised and attended school in the Yellville, Arkansas area. Ruby was married to Marion Leonard Russell on May 19, 1923 in Osage, Oklahoma. The couple made their initial home in the Boston Pool area and...

Oct 13, 2003

Melvin Norman Shannon was born January 13, 1920 in Clyde, Arkansas. He was the son of Henry Leonard and Eliza Mary Shannon. Melvin moved with his family at an early age to Adair County in Oklahoma, near Stillwell where he attended Oak Grove school. He then attended Stillwell High School. Upon completion of his schooling, Melvin worked at numerous jobs...

Oct 8, 2003

Paul E. Atteberry was born January 20, 1920 in Arcola, Illinois. He was the son of Earl and Cecile Atteberry. Paul was raised and attended his early schooling in Arcola and then moved to Pineville, Louisiana where he attended high school. Upon completion of his schooling, Paul enlisted into the service of his country in the United States Army in...

Oct 6, 2003

Graveside services will be held 10:00 am, Wednesday October 8, 2003 at Prairie View Cemetery in Prue, Oklahoma with Pastor Bob Elfrink officiating under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. Ozella Doretha Gilmore of Cleveland was born June 3, 1926 in Maumee, Arkansas to David Walter and Flora Alice (Keeling) Lay. As a young child the family moved to...

Oct 2, 2003

Eugene Willis Gene Coffey, lifelong Osage County resident, passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2003 at the Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of seventy-eight years and eight months. Gene was born February 2, 1925 in Miami, Oklahoma. He was the son of William Wesley and Ida May Coffey. Gene moved with his family at an early age to Prue...

Sep 27, 2003

Edna Marie Pickle was born August 27, 1917 in Indianola, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Sam and Bertha Freeman. Edna was raised and attended school in Indianola. She was a member of the Choate Prairie Baptist Church. At the age of sixteen, Edna married Lowell Jake Pickle on July 29, 1933. The couple made their initial home in Indianola...

Sep 26, 2003

Cloyde Clifford Byrom, lifelong Cleveland resident, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2003 at his home in Cleveland, at the age of ninety-two years and ten days. Cloyde was born September 16, 1911 in rural Pawnee County, Oklahoma, near Maramec. He was the son of Calvin Sinnitt and Lottie Mamie Byrom. He moved to Cleveland at an early age, where...

Sep 24, 2003

Theodore Henry Cox was born August 24, 1928 in Osage County, Oklahoma to Nell (Prater) Tilley and Clarence Cox. T.H. grew up West of Hominy attending the Enterprise School until the 8th grade. He then attended school in Hominy where he later graduated. T.H. entered the United States Army during the Korean Conflict until he was honorably discharged. He returned...

Sep 22, 2003

Sep 22, 2003

John Travis Allen, lifelong Cleveland resident, passed away on Monday, September 22, 2003 at the Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, at the age of twenty-nine years, eight months and twenty-one days. Travis was born December 31, 1973 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of John and Connie Allen. Travis was raised and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland...

Sep 21, 2003

On September 21, 2003 Dee Jones Dobbs passed away at the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home at the age of 87 years. He was born on January 19, 1916 to Ben and Milvina (Rutledge) Dobbs in Manes Missouri. Dee received his education in Wright County, Missouri. On November 11, 1937 he married Sylvia Trellis Willhite in Hartville, Missouri. They made their...

Sep 20, 2003

Sep 4, 2003

Sybil Lea Place Clemens, a resident of Cleveland was born July 5, 1930 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma to Elisha and Jessie Mae (McAdory) Place. Sybil was raised and received her education in Sand Springs where she graduated from high school. Soon after her graduation Sybil joined the United States Marine Corp in 1952 serving in El Toro, California. Upon receiving...

Sep 1, 2003

Aug 31, 2003

Nila Maxine Nichols was born November 8, 1924 in Blackburn, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Boyd and Nila Ann Jones. Maxine was raised an attended school in the Blackburn area. She was married to Joseph Henry Nichols on September 1, 1941 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. The couple made their initial home west of Cleveland as Joe was employed by Kerr...