Obituaries

Dec 13, 2013

Mary Ann Kilpatrick was born March 12, 1935 in Keystone, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of James F. and Mildred Bertie (Sory) Cowan. Mary Ann was raised and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1943. After graduation, Mary Ann was married to Ed Wren and the couple had four sons, Robert, Fred J., William and Michael....

Dec 12, 2013

Douglas Oland Thornburg Sr. passed away December 12th, 2013, at St. John Hospital in Tulsa, OK. He was born December 21, 1938, in Wheeling, WV. He was the retired owner of Fairfax Furniture in Fairfax, OK, as well as a salesman for Gas & Electric Equipment Company in his earlier years and the owner of a satellite antenna business in...

Dec 11, 2013

James Edward "Jim" Goddard was born in Coffeyville, Kansas ,while his mother was visiting her sister, on January 29, 1924. He was the son of Floyd Vernon and Bessie Eva (Knight) Goddard. Jim was raised and attended school in Osage, graduating in 1943. Shortly after his graduation, Jim enlisted into the service of his country into the United States Army...

Dec 11, 2013

WHALEY, Virginia Kay of Cleveland, Oklahoma, age 73 died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 642 South Williams Road. Virginia Kay (Oliver) Whaley, born January 30, 1940, in Emporia, Kansas. She went to be with her Lord on December 11, 2013 at 10:55 am at her home on Keystone Lake near Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 73 years, ten months...

Dec 10, 2013

Opal Earleen Ricketts longtime resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma passed from this life on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 84 years, eight months and twenty nine days. Earleen was born on March 12, 1929, in Morris, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Earl Bailey and Beuna Alice (Burris) Davis. While living in the Morris area...

Dec 9, 2013

Valerie Sue Gallatin, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma ta the age of 50 years, one month and nineteen days. Valerie was born October 21, 1963, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Hugh Denman and Betty Sue (Thrasher) Lear. As a young girl Valerie grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She began her education at...

Dec 6, 2013

Melva Joyce Whitewing, lifelong Hominy resident, passed from this life on Friday, December 6, 2013 at her home in Hominy, at the age of seventy-six. Joyce was born in Hominy, Oklahoma on July 2, 1937, the youngest of four daughters of Oscar Talmadge and Jewell Amanda (Brannon) Gaines. She was raised in a small home on South Price Street in...

Nov 29, 2013

Wilford Ray Cheers was born south of Cleveland, Oklahoma in rural Pawnee County on June 27, 1932. He was the son of Roy Rex and Geraldine (Fields) Cheers. His family moved in Willís early childhood to a farm just east of Jennings where he was raised and attended school, graduating from Jennings High School in 1950. Shortly after graduation, Will...

Nov 29, 2013

Services for Gladys Roxie Harbeston will be held 10:00 am Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with Gene Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Gladys was born May 24, 1914, Peggs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jesse Franklin and Nancy Jane (Franks) Smithee....

Nov 29, 2013

Services for Gladys Roxie Harbeston will be held 10:00 am Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with Gene Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Gladys was born May 24, 1914, Peggs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jesse Frankline and Nancy Jane (Franks) Smithee....

Nov 24, 2013

David Daniel Baglin passed from this life on Sunday, November 24, 2013 at his home in Terlton, Oklahoma at the age of 81 years, one month and twenty days. David was born October 4, 1932 in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of Daniel and Irene Evonne (Nelson) Baglin. David was raised and received his education in Los Angeles....

Nov 24, 2013

VAUGHAN, David Wayne of Terlton, Oklahoma, age 59 died Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Saint Francis Hosptial. David was born November 24, 1954 the son/daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and RaMona ((Hays)) Vaughan. He was a graduate of class of . He worked at for years. David Wayne Vaughan was born November 24, 1954 in Enid, Oklahoma at St...

Nov 23, 2013

Gene Lee Norris was born on November 2, 1950, sharing his birthday with his twin sister Rhonda in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His family consisted of his mother Laura Ann (Keeling) Norris, older sister Margie, older brother Elwood and Rhonda. They moved around Oklahoma from Flint Creek on the eastern border as far as Guymon in the panhandle. Settling in Cleveland in...

Nov 23, 2013

Margaret Price Williams was born on September 24, 1936 in Mobile, Alabama. She was the daughter of Woodrow Price Williams and Margaret (Moore) Williams. She was raised and resided in Mobile, Alabama until she was thirty-eight at which time she moved to Cleveland, Oklahoma with Billy and Edna Miller and their five children. Margaret has resided in the Cleveland Manor...

Nov 17, 2013

David Lee Walker, 91, Centennial, CO passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013. He was born to Cecil and May Walker on September 27, 1922 in Ryan, OK. November of that year, his family moved to Boston Pool Community, OK where his father purchased a grocery store which burned down December 22, 1922. The family and store temporarily moved into a...

Nov 14, 2013

Sandra Rae Lucas passed away at the Clarehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the age of 51. Sandy was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 4, 1962, to parents Carl L. and Jerra L. (Wilcox) Lucas. She lived in Cleveland, Oklahoma, with her parents, brother Douglas and sister, Pamela, until she was 9 years old. In...

Nov 13, 2013

Saul Alexis Ramirez Banos, infant son of Jesus Alexis Ramirez Ruiz and Kristina Hope Danielle Banos Brown passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Survivors are his father Jesus Alexis Ramirez Ruiz, mother Kristina-Hope Danielle Banos-Brown, paternal grandparents Jose de Jesus and Glomali Ramirez, maternal grandparents Moises and Sherry Banos all of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Graveside Services will...

Nov 11, 2013

Funeral services for Gary Blevins will be held 2:00 pm, Friday, November 15, 2013, at Lake Area Freewill Baptist Church with Pastor Dan Doss officiating. Burial will follow in the Dixie Bear Creek Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Gary Gene Blevins passed from this life on Monday, November 11, 2013, at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at...

Nov 2, 2013

Nov 2, 2013

Jerry Ray Drake of Jennings, Oklahoma passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at the age of 76 years, two months and twenty one days. Jerry was born August 12, 1937, in Ivydale, West Virginia. He was the son of Frank Herbert and Audrey O. (Stockwell) Drake. As a young boy Jerry was raised in Clay County and graduated from...