Obituaries
Emil Laray Chronic
Dec 21, 2012
Emil LaRay ìCorkyî Chronic was born in Tulsa County on September 22, 1928; the son of Herman LeRoy and Lena Wealthy (Beasley) Chronic. Corky was raised in the Lake Station area near Sand Springs and attended school there. Upon completion of his education, Corky began working as a salesman for the Brooks Packing Company in Tulsa. He later enlisted into...
Nola Mae Burba
Dec 20, 2012
Nola Mae Norwood Burba was born on a farm about seven miles southeast of Cleveland, Oklahoma, the only child of Earl Leonard and Ida Mae (Sneed) Norwood. . All four of her grandparents lived nearby and were a very important part of her wonderful childhood. She attended a one-room country school named Grandview for seven years. Nola's uncle was a...
Betty Jo Treece
Dec 17, 2012
Betty Jo Treece was born December 2, 1928 in Osage, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Donald Ray and Offie Z. (Manuel) Shipman. As a infant Betty moved with her family to Arkansas. They later returned to Osage where Betty began her education. Betty completed and graduated high school from Cleveland Public Schools. Betty Jo was united in marriage to...
Jo Ann Allen Gibbons
Dec 16, 2012
Jo Ann Allen Gibbons passed from this life on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, at the age of fifty-four. Jo Ann was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 4, 1958; she was the daughter of Joseph J. Heffron Jr. and Georgiana Armstrong Heffron. She was raised and attended school in the Kansas City, Kansas...
Effie Jane Bellamy
Dec 15, 2012
Effie Jane Bellamy, longtime resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed from this life to go be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at the age of 85 years, nine months and twenty-four days old. Effie was born February 22, 1927, in Stephens, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Robert and Helen Mae (Scoggins) Trammell. As a young child...

Michael Scott Duvall
Dec 11, 2012
Michael "Mikey" Scott DuVall, 26 years old, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 19, 1986, and went to be with the Lord on December 11, 2012, while at home in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He was a gentle force in his family and was preceded in death by his father, Steve DuVall; grandfather, James "Poppy" Marion DeLozier; grandmother, Vicky "GG"...
Frank N. Goodman
Dec 5, 2012
Frank Norris Goodman, Jr. was born December 30, 1957 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Frank Norris and Vella Mae (Howard) Goodman. Frank was raised for the first ten years of his life, residing on Coyote Trail, near Mannford. He attended Keystone Schools for several years. In 1967, the family moved to Grand Lake, when his father accepted...
Virginia June Cook
Dec 5, 2012
Virginia June Snelson Gravitt Cook was born on June 25, 1921 in a little town called Coweta, Oklahoma. She was the first born of John Richard and Clema Pricilla Snelson, along with nine other sibblings. Farming was their means of making a living for the family; Virginia had to pick cotton, help with farm chores, along with caring for her...
Marianna Balentine
Dec 2, 2012
Marianna Balentine passed from this life on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Southern Hills Nursing Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 74 years, eleven months and twenty one days. Marianna was born December 12, 1937, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Edmond Eugene and Lorraine Campbell. Marianna grew up in Bartlesville where she graduated from high...
Kenneth Burgess
Nov 30, 2012
On November 30, 2012, God called for an angel from this Earth. Kenneth (Kenny) Andrew Burgess Sr flew up to heaven to be with our Lord at the age of 59 years three months nad one day. Kenny was born on August 29, 1953 to Ruth and Dewey Burgess Sr in Terlton, Ok. He will be greeted in heaven by...
Della Mae Waddell
Nov 30, 2012
Della Mae Waddell, longtime Cleveland area resident, passed from this life into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, November 30, 2012 at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa at the age of eighty-seven. Della was born on April 2, 1925 in Stuttgart, Arkansas. She was the daughter of John Wesley and Zola Fae (Waddell)...
John Eldred Brown
Nov 27, 2012
John Eldred Brown passed from this life on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at the Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of 76 years four months and twenty nine days. John was born June 29, 1936, in Miller, Missouri. He was on son of Virgil and Vera Mae (White) Brown. As a child John moved with his parents to Wayside, Kansas...
Joseph Arthur Le Blanc, Iii
Nov 25, 2012
Joseph Arthur Le Blanc, III, known to his friends and family as Joe passed from this life on Sunday, November 25, 2012, at the age of 68 years two months and twenty three days. Joe was born September 2, 1944, in Thibodeaux, Louisiana. He was the son of Joseph Arthur, Jr. and Marjorie Nell (Rexford) Le Blanc. Joe was raised...
Joy Bruton
Nov 23, 2012
Joy (Claypool) Bruton was born July 26, 1917 in Brownsville, Texas. She was the daughter of Edward and Mable Faye (Hetzer) Claypool. The Bruton family relocated to Altus, Oklahoma when Joy was a small child. While residing in Altus, one of JoyÃs brothers, Otis passed away. The family later relocated to the Hetzer family farm, in Pawnee Cove, in the...
Roger Lee Smith
Nov 20, 2012
Roger Lee Smith was born June 11, 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Bobby Ray and Patty Rae (Powell) Smith. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Death Valley, California and then later returned to Cleveland where Roger received his education. Roger was a graduate of Cleveland High School with the Class of 1981. Upon the...

Patricia Anderson
Nov 20, 2012
Patricia Sue Anderson better known as Patsy to her friends and family passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at her home near Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 72 years four months and six days. Patsy was born July 14, 1940, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Johnnie Monroe and Annabelle (Childers) Anderson. Patsy grew up in...
Ruby Ward
Nov 17, 2012
Ruby was born October 18, 1923 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. As a young girl Ruby later moved to the Chelsea area where she completed her education. She was later united in marriage Homer Dawes in 1941. The couple established their initial home in Bartlesville. Several years following they moved to Chelsea and in 1954, moved to Pryor, Oklahoma. During her time...

Mildred Margaret Walker
Nov 14, 2012
Walker, Mildred Margaret (Mahan), 93, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on November 14, 2012 in Rockwall, TX. Mildred was born September 8, 1919 in Oilton, OK. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at Chapman-Black Funeral Home, 108 W Delaware in Cleveland Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
William Elmer Dickey
Nov 11, 2012
Graveside services for Bill Dickey will be held 2:00 pm Thursday, November 15, 2012, at Sinnett Cemetery with David Logsdon officiating. Burial is under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. William Elmer Dickey was born on August 19, 1953, in Salem, Oregon. He was the son of Noel and Goldie Imogene (McDaniel) Dickey. As a young man Bill grew up...
Mitchell Dewey Sharpnack
Nov 11, 2012
Funeral services for Mitchell Dewey Sharpnack will be held 3:00 pm Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at the First Christian Church with David Logsdon officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Mitch was born on February 4, 1922, in rural Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Calvin James, Jr....