Obituaries

Jun 11, 2014

Eva Lorraine Tanksley born June 3, 1922, married to R.L. Tanksley on October 28, 1948 lived in Prue, Oklahoma at the age of 92 when she left this earth on June 11, 2014.

Jun 8, 2014

Joan Gilley went to be with her Lord and Saviour, Sunday, June 8, 2014 at the age of 62 years. Joan was a lifelong resident of Osage, Oklahoma. Joanís sons are Brian D. Gilley from Winter Haven, Florida, and Jeff D. Gilley from Osage, Oklahoma, siblings Karen Starrett, Sharon Goad and Dusty Ponder. Joanís services were held Wednesday, June 11,...

Jun 4, 2014

Monty Junior Bishop, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in Muskogee Veterans Medical Center at the age of 77 years, one month and nineteen days. Monty was born April 16, 1937, in Bud, West Virginia. He was the son of William Harrison and Opal Ruby (McKinney) Bishop. As a young child Monty grew up in Bud...

May 27, 2014

Thelma Jeanne ("Tobie") Branch was born on October 8, 1927 up in Pawnee, attending Pawnee public schools for most of her school years until moving to Guthrie with her family in where she completed her high school education in Guthrie in 1944. Soon after graduation she began working at Tinker Air Force base as a clerk typist during World War...

May 27, 2014

Leitha Lavern Varnell Venable-Belmer was born May 13th 1934 in Mannford, OK. to Jessie Jack Varnell and Naomi Agnes (Mysner) Varnell. One of 12 children, she attended Mannford schools through the 10th grade. She married Bobbie Lee Venable in December 1951 and was married to him for 27 years until his death in 1978.To this union was born one daughter,...

May 26, 2014

Darlene Ellis lifelong resident of Hallett, Oklahoma passed from this life on Monday, May 26, 2014, at the Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of 69 years two months and two days. Mildred Darlene Ellis was born on March 24, 1945, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Ralph Bryan, Sr. and Ester (Madewell) Ellis. Darlene grew up on...

May 19, 2014

Wendy Ann Wilson Jackson was called home to be with the Lord on May 19, 2014, at the age of 56 following a long battle with cancer. She was born in San Antonio, Texas on January 9, 1958, to Homer Wilson and Vicki Inglis Reichle. Wendy attended all twelve years of school in San Antonio, Texas. She worked at the...

May 13, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Whited passed from this life on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home at the age of 82 years, six months and nineteen days. Mary was born on October 25, 1931, near Wynona, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jeff and Della (Guffey) Powell. As a young girl Mary was raised and received her education...

May 13, 2014

May 1, 2014

Jean Brien, of Cleveland, Oklahoma passed away at her home on Thursday, May 1, 2014, at the age of 87 years, eight months and twenty one days. Jean was born August 11, 1926, in Fullerton, California, She was the daughter of Leo Wilford and Aagot Yohansen (Broen) Kramer. As a young girl Jean grew up in San Diego. Jean also...

Apr 29, 2014

Connie Pauline Gaches, lifelong Hallett resident, passed from this life on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at the age of sixty-seven years. Connie was born September 11, 1946 in Yale, Oklahoma; the daughter of Luther and Hazel (Ward) Robinson. Connie was raised and attended school through the eight grade in Hallett and then transferred to Cleveland where she graduated from high...

Apr 28, 2014

Earl Melvin Freeman, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Monday, April 28, 2014 at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 93 years, 2 months and 24 days. Earl was born in the Grandview Community near Zack in Searcy County, Arkansas on February 4, 1921 to Jessie Aubry and Bessie Jane (Williams) Freeman. He began...

Apr 27, 2014

Joyce W. Beckham, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at her home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 97 years, four months and twenty three days. Joyce was born December 4, 1916, in Gilbert, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Stanley Andrew and Hattie Christine (Yarbrough) Lay. As a young girl Joyce...

Apr 25, 2014

Jo Lynn Burger, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 61 years, three months and twenty two days. Jo was born January 3, 1953, in Great Bend, Kansas. She was the daughter of Faye L. and LaVerna Maxine (Turner) Wenger. Jo was raised in Pawnee, Oklahoma and moved to California...

Apr 23, 2014

Church services for Sharol Seitz will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, April 26, 2014, at the Western Heights Baptist Church with Rev. David Head officiating. Burial will follow at the Bethany Cemetery in Hallett, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Sharol was born on August 12, 1957, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Dave and Myrtle...

Apr 21, 2014

Anna Mae Jefferson went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Monday, April 21, 2014, at the age of 79 years, nine months and three days. Anna was born on July 18, 1934, in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Lee Roy and Eva Bell (Scott) Turner. As a young girl Anna grew up in the Hominy Creek...

Apr 18, 2014

Julia Agnes Dodd, lifelong Mannford area resident, passed from this life on Friday, April 18, 2014 at her home, at the age of ninety-two years. She was born on the family farm, on June 3, 1921 near House Creek, in rural Pawnee County. She was one of twelve children born to Jessie Jack and Naomi Agness (Misner) Varnell. Julia was...

Apr 18, 2014

Beverly Ann Weldon passed away on Good Friday, April 18, 2014 at her home in Tulsa at the age of seventy-four years, ten months and eleven days. Ann was born on June 7, 1939 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma; the third of five children of Claude Washington Hammons and Opal Etna Morgan. When Ann was six years old, her father died suddenly...

Apr 12, 2014

Harold R. Stamper, eighty-one of Terlton, Oklahoma went to be with his Lord and Savior April 12, 2014, in Claremore, Oklahoma. Harold was born in Casper, Wyoming in 1932. He attended and graduated from Bentonville High School in Bentonville, Arkansas. Harold joined the army in August of 1953 and served as a para trooper in the 82nd Air Borne at...

Apr 6, 2014

Ernie Lee Davidson, lifelong Cleveland area resident, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas at the age of sixty-three years, ten months and eighteen days. Ernie was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 19, 1950. He was the son of Ernie and Alvera (Wilcoxson) Davidson. He was raised on a farm, near Cleveland and began his...