Obituaries
Gary Lee Wheeler
Mar 28, 2017
Lee Wheeler, passed away peacefully, March 28, 2017, in Burkburnett, TX where he lived. He was the manager of Turtle Hole Auto Bath in Burkburnett for many years. Gary was born in Hominy, Oklahoma on May 17, 1951. He was the son of Boyd L. Wheeler and Marie Dixon Wheeler. He grew up in Cleveland and attended Cleveland Schools. Gary...
Viola Elizabeth Meyer
Mar 26, 2017
Viola Elizabeth Horton Meyer, passed away on Sunday March 26, 2017, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 75 years old. Viola was born September 9, 1941 in Wayne County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Allen and Faye (Knight) Hatfield. As a young girl, Bobbie was raised and received her education in Taylor, Michigan. Following the completion of her...
Debra Ann Gilbert
Mar 25, 2017
Debra Ann Gilbert was born January 18, 1956 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Alvin and Lottie Marie (Wilson) Brisbin. Debbie was raised and attended school in Cleveland where she was extremely active in Cleveland High School band as a first chair clarinet, and band royalty, Debbie was also a member of National Honor Society, Future Home Makers,...
Richard Lynn Smith
Mar 24, 2017
Richard Lynn Smith, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the age of 63 years. Rick was born June 6, 1953, in Dallas, Texas. He was the son of Merle Leon and Peggy Maureen (Rountree) Smith. Rick grew up and attended school in Dallas. Rick enjoyed traveling and would often spend his time on the beach. He was also...
Anna Mae Collins
Mar 23, 2017
Anna Mae (Rogers) Collins of Cleveland, Oklahoma passed away on March 23, 2017 at the Beacon Hill Care Center in Denison, TX at the age of 91. Anna was born August 29, 1925 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. She was one of eight children of Martin Jacob and Mary Melissa Iza Dora (Lay) Rogers. Like the other Rogers kids she grew up...
Verneice Morphew
Mar 23, 2017
Verneice J. Morphew passed from this life on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Advance Assisted Living Center in Advance Missouri at the age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty days. Verneice was born on June 3, 1932 in Skedee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Earl and Lola Edna (Drake) Reese. Verneice was raised and attended...
Michael Wayne Collins
Mar 22, 2017
Michael Wayne Collins, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed from this life at the age 39 years on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Michael was born July 27, 1977, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of David Wayne and Anita Marie (Boyd) Collins. Michael began his education in Cleveland and later graduated with the Class of 1996. During his time in school,...
Letha Brown
Mar 21, 2017
Funeral services for Letha Mae Brown, former Hominy resident, will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Chapel of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home in Cleveland, Oklahoma with Larry Stewart officiating. Interment will follow at the A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in Hominy under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Letha passed from this life, on...
Pauline Joyce Childress
Feb 22, 2017
Pauline was born January 3, 1937, in Tulare, California. She was the daughter of Lawrence Dewey and Cora Belle (Strong) Cross. Pauline was raised and received her education in Tulare where she later graduated from high school. Soon after high school, Pauline was united in marriage to Oads James Childress on January 8, 1955, in Waukina, California. The couple established...
Elgin E. Thomas
Feb 19, 2017
Elgin Evans Thomas, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of age 91 years old. Elgin was born September 17, 1925, in Aline, Oklahoma. He was the son of William Lloyd and Blanche Mabel (Wilder) Thomas. As a young man, Elgin was raised and received his education in Aline where he...
Claudine Conner
Feb 17, 2017
Claudine R. Conner took her heavenly journey on Friday, February 17, 2017 at the Maywood Terrace Living Center in Independence, Missouri at the age of eighty-six. Claudine was born on November 6, 1930 in Sioux City, Iowa. She was the daughter of Franklin Newton and Alberta Martin. Claudine was raised and attended school in Dunlap, Iowa where she graduated from...
Stephen Paul Mull
Feb 9, 2017
Stephen Paul Mull, passed away at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma, Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the age of 64 years old. Stephen was born January 30, 1953, in Salem, Oregon. He was the son of Volney Dale and Georgia Pearl (McKinley) Mull. Stephen was raised and received his education in Salem later graduating for South Salem High School. Following...
Raymond Eugene Rogers
Feb 8, 2017
Funeral services for Raymond Eugene Rogers, will be held 1:30 PM Monday at the Grace Gospel Church in Jennings, Oklahoma with Pastor Casey Muse and Odis Wayne Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in the Jennings Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Friends may share a memory with the family on Raymond’s memorial website at www.chapman-black.com Raymond was born...
John Duncan Lynch
Feb 5, 2017
John Duncan Lynch was born July 26, 1944, in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. He was the son of J. D. and Beulah Marie (Brannon) Lynch. John often shared fond memories of his years in school in Hartshorne. Because he was the tallest in his graduating class at a very small school, he finished out his senior year as the captain of the...
Glenda Huddleston
Jan 26, 2017
Glenda Christine Huddleston, was born November 12, 1944, in Dell, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Fred Thompson and Sarah Ellen (Trotter) Keeling. As a young girl Glenda moved with her family to Cleveland where she began her education. Glenda later completed her education in Cleveland. She was later united in marriage to Wayne Collins and to that marriage there...
Charles Edward Thomas
Jan 22, 2017
Charles Edward Thomas Jr., lifelong Cleveland area resident passed from this life on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the Cleveland Area Hospital in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of eighty-four. Charles was born on June 29, 1932 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charles, Sr. and Elsie Mae Thomas. Charles was raised and attended school in Cleveland where...
Ellamae Jean Varnell
Jan 18, 2017
EllaMae Jean Varnell, longtime resident of Mannford, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 82 years old. Jean was born December 14, 1934, in Terlton, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Robert Lee and Mildred Opal (Wilkie) Devine. Jean was raised and received her education where...
Lola Grace Norton
Jan 17, 2017
Lola Grace Norton passed away on Tuesday evening, January 17, 2017, at her home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 74 years old. Lola was born on November 14, 1942, in Osage, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Archie Burl Clifford and Faye (Dampf) Ditto. Lola was raised and received her education in Osage, Oklahoma where she graduated with...
Philip Brooks Buchanan
Jan 17, 2017
Memorial services for Philip Brooks Buchanan will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at the Chapman-Black Funeral Home with John McGuire officiating. Friends may share a memory with the family online at www.chapman-black.com Phil was born April 1, 1947, in Ardmore, Alabama. He was the son of Walter and Clura Lee (Brooks) Buchanan. Phil was raised in Ardmore and graduated...
Arthur Ross Shoemaker
Jan 15, 2017
Arthur Ross Shoemaker, the longtime resident of Hominy, Oklahoma, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Sunday, January 15, 2017, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma at the age of 94 years old. Art was born November 14, 1922, in San Antonio, Texas. He was the son of Arthur Garfield and Anne Everett (Cross) Shoemaker. Art grew up and attended school...