Obituaries

Rick Davis

Feb 2, 2024

“When it’s time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.”- Henry David Thoreau





Rick Davis departed this life February 2, 2024, at the age of 72 in his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, surrounded by his loving family.



Rick was born December 1, 1951, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Carl Link and Mary Etta (Friend) Davis. Rick grew...

Jean Smith

Jan 24, 2024

 Ima Jean Smith passed from this life on January 24, 2024, at the age of 96, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Jean was born on March 12, 1927, in Crockett, Texas.  She was the daughter of Wiley and Annie Beulah (Julian) Morgan.  Jean grew up in Grapeland, Texas, and completed her education at Grapeland High School.  Jean was united in marriage to Preston...

Guy Cowen

Jan 21, 2024

Guy Earl Cowen passed from this life on January 21, 2024, at the age of 90, in Cleveland, OK.

Gus was born on March 24, 1933, in the rural Keystone Area of Cleveland, Oklahoma, the son of James and Mildred Bertie (Sory) Cowen. Gus grew up and attended school in Cleveland, where he later graduated with the Class of 1951. During...

Woody Orcutt

Jan 20, 2024

Wootford LeeRoy Orcutt, known to his friends and family as Woody, passed from this life surrounded by family on January 20, 2024, at the age of 74 in Hallett, OK.Woody was born on March 31, 1949, in Edmond, Oklahoma, the son of William Leroy and Patricia Josephine (Justus) Orcutt.  Woody grew up and attended school in Terlton through the 8th...

Gary Ormston

Jan 13, 2024

Gary Lee Ormston was born to Cecil and Ethyl Ormston in St. Paul, Minnesota on February 11, 1940 and entered into his heavenly reward on Saturday, January 13, 2024. Gary lived in St. Paul until the age of 8, when his parents moved the family to a farm in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. There, Gary worked on the farm and helped care...

Douglas Thornburg

Jan 12, 2024

Douglas Oland Thornburg Jr. passed away at his home on January 12, 2024, in Cleveland, Oklahoma, at the age of 61. He was born on April 3, 1962, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Doug is survived by his daughters, Bryany Thornburg-Cooper, and husband, Rick Cooper, and daughter, Dakota Cooper, of Newalla, Oklahoma, and Destiny Boyd-Thornburg and son, Carson Ryder Evans-Boyd,...

Deborah Gray

Jan 9, 2024

 

Deborah Jane Gray was born June 1, 1949, to Richard and Beatrice Keeling in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was raised around the Oolagah, Oklahoma area. Deborah went to and graduated from Oolagah High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in graphic design at Tulsa University.

Deborah went on a blind date and met Jim. She fell in love with Him....

Elizabeth McGarrah

Jan 7, 2024

Elizabeth Anne McGarrah passed from this life on January 7, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 26.

Elizabeth was born on August 13, 1997, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jimmie Don McGarrah and Denea Elizabeth (Foster) Muse. Elizabeth grew up and attended school in Yale where she completed her education. In 2015, Elizabeth was blessed with her...

Terry Willingham

Jan 6, 2024

 

Terry Dean Willingham passed away on January 6, 2024, at 70, in Cleveland, Oklahoma.

Terry was born on January 15, 1953, in Stroud, Oklahoma, the son of Kenneth and Helen Grace (Hannah) Willingham.  Terry grew up and attended school in Stroud, where he graduated with the Class of 1971.  Terry was part of the back-to-back state football championship team...

Louise Stottlemyre

Jan 5, 2024

Nora Louise Stottlemyre was welcomed by her Lord and Savior on January 5, 2024, at the age of 94.

Louise was born on March 27, 1929, in Rural Keystone, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Guy Marion and Willie Mona (Averitt) Wilson. Louise grew up attending school in Keystone, graduating in 1946. On January 27, 1947, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma...

Michele Waldon

Jan 1, 2024

Michele Petrone Waldon passed from this life on January 1, 2024, at the age of 74 in Osage, Oklahoma.

Michele was born on September 22, 1949, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of James, Jr. and Clemintine (Derosa) Petrone. Michele grew up in Hallandale, Florida where she attended catholic school graduating from South Broward High School. Following high school Michele moved...

Doris Comer

Jan 1, 2024

     Doris Lee Comer formerly of Hallett, Oklahoma passed from this life on Monday, January 1, 2024, at the age of 91 years two months and six days.

     Doris was born on October 26, 1932, in Palco, Kansas. She was the daughter of Oscar and Marie (Kaba) Ninemire. Doris was raised in Plainville, Kansas, later graduating from...

Billie Edmonson

Dec 30, 2023

 

 Billie Jo Edmonson passed from this life on December 30, 2023, at the age of 94, in Cleveland, Oklahoma.

Billie was born on March 21, 1929, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to William Franklin and Eythel Addie (Barnes) Thurman.  Billie grew up and attended elementary school at Rosevelt Elementary.  In 1936, Billie contracted tuberculosis of the spine and had first-of-its-kind surgery...

Geraldine Daniels

Dec 28, 2023

 

Mrs. Geraldine (Jean) Frances Daniels was born on February 1, 1928, to Zack and Birdie (English) Crawford in Hominy, Oklahoma. Along with her siblings, she was raised and attended school in Hominy, graduating from Carver High School.

 

After graduation, Jean met Willie Charles Daniels, and the two were married on July 27, 1947 in Cleveland, Oklahoma, and to...

Mary Herring

Dec 23, 2023

Mary Kathleen Herring, better known to her family and friends as Kay, passed peacefully from this life on December 23, 2023, at the age of 88 in Tulsa, OK.

Kay was born on August 3, 1935, in Anton, TX. Kay was the daughter of Warren and Lydia McCormick Squires. Kay attended school in Littlefield, Austin, and Lubbock, TX. She was a...

Sandra Lair

Dec 23, 2023

Sandra Lee Lair of Lakeview, Arkansas, passed away December 23, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 86. She was born May 1, 1937, in Lawton, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lee and Eula Waggoner Hunter. She married John Lair on April 19, 1957, in Lawton, Oklahoma. Sandra lived in Lakeview since moving from Cleveland, Oklahoma, in 2013. She...

Shirley Davis

Dec 22, 2023

Shirley Ann Davis passed from this life on December 22, 2023, at the age of 88, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Shirley was born on March 19, 1935, in Coweta, Oklahoma, the daughter of Everett A. and Senna Mae (Mashburn) Ridley. Shirley grew up and attended school in Haskell, Oklahoma. Following her education, Shirley remained in Haskell and was later, on September 1,...

Debra Pyles

Dec 17, 2023

Debra Kay (Parker) Pyles was born on March 26, 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Roy Thomas and Shirley (Myers) Parker. Debra grew up in the Tulsa area along with her three sisters. Growing up Debra loved to sing. She was involved In the Red Birds, a girl's scouting group. Debra excelled in math.  She attended and graduated from Central High...

Jerry Gray

Dec 15, 2023

     Jerry Lee Gray was born on January 19, 1941, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to Omer C. and Inez LaFaye Gray. Jerry grew up in the Cleveland, Oklahoma area along with his two brothers. He was active in Baseball as a young boy. Jerry attended Cleveland schools and graduated from Cleveland High School. 

     Jerry spent four years in...

Teresa Lemon

Dec 12, 2023

Teresa Diane Lemon passed from this life on December 12, 2023, at the age of 69 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Teresa was born on June 14, 1954, in Hominy, Oklahoma, the daughter of Basil Duane and Dorothy Mae (Crider) Gilley.  Teresa grew up and attended school in Cleveland where she completed her education.  Following high school, she moved to Tulsa...