obituaries

Roy Powell

Roy Powell

Jan 30, 2021

Roy Powell passed away in Holdenville on Saturday, January 30, 2021, at the age of 54 years.

Roy was the son of David & Mary (Johnson) Powell, born on February 6, 1966, in Wetumka, Oklahoma, where he was brought up. He attended Wetumka schools, and also Eufaula Boarding School. He was athletic and was good at several...

James Buckner Lowe

James Buckner Lowe

Jan 26, 2021

James Buckner Lowe, of Holdenville, passed away in Amarillo, Texas on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at the age of 66 years.

James was the son of Angel & Elizabeth (McGirt) Lowe, born on February 24, 1954, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, where he was brought up and attended schools. He married Phyllis Herrod in August of 2000 in Yeager, Oklahoma. ...

Taren Michelle Lowe

Taren Michelle Lowe

Jan 17, 2021

Taren Michelle Lowe passed away in Ada, Oklahoma on Sunday, January 17, 2021, at the age of 41 years. Michelle was the daughter of Tochee & Daniel Narcomey, born on March 12, 1979 in Wetumka, Oklahoma. She attended Holdenville schools and graduated Holdenville High School with a Gold Diploma in the Class of 1997. She moved to the Okemah area...

Carolyn Sue Wheeler

Carolyn Sue Wheeler

Jan 16, 2021

Carolyn Sue Wheeler passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma, on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at the age of 78 years. Sue was the daughter of Maude Thomas McCoy and Dazzy Ruth (Davis) McCoy, born on December 2, 1942, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Dumas, Texas, where Sue graduated Dumas High School in 1961. She then moved to Fort Worth,...

Lisa Christine (Dull) Knighton

Lisa Christine (Dull) Knighton

Jan 15, 2021

Lisa Christine (Dull) Knighton passed away in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Friday, January 15, 2021 at the age of 44 years.

Lisa was the daughter of Johnnie (Green) Gatewood and Phil Dull, born on November 19, 1976 at Holdenville General Hospital. She was brought up in Holdenville and attended school there. Lisa was always the feisty one and...

Dora Faye Colbert

Dora Faye Colbert

Jan 5, 2021

Dora Faye Colbert passed away at her son's home in Mansfield, Texas on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the age of 91 years. Faye was the daughter of Joseph H. Wilson & Fannie (Frazier) Wilson, born on November 3, 1929, in Marlow, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Round Prairie and Gerty. She was married at age...

Shirley Cristelee (Taylor) Lee Mcadoo

Shirley Cristelee (Taylor) Lee Mcadoo

Jan 3, 2021

Shirley Cristelee (Taylor) Lee McAdoo passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Sunday morning, January 3, 2021, at the age of 84 years. Shirley was the daughter of Alton Jewel Taylor & Era (Westerman) Taylor, born on May 27, 1936, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She was brought up in Wewoka and New Lima and attended Wewoka schools, graduating Wewoka High School with...

Tarry Ann Epperley

Tarry Ann Epperley

Dec 31, 2020

Tarry Ann (Howard) Epperley passed away from this life on December 31, 2020, surrounded by her family and loved ones.

Tarry was born in Portland, Oregon and was raised mostly in the Holdenville area, and that's where she fell in love and married Gary Nolan Epperley. They married May 19, 1967, and remained in Holdenville raising a family....

Melinda Ann Childers

Melinda Ann Childers

Dec 31, 2020

Melinda Ann Childers passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on December 31, 2020, at the age of 57 years.

Melinda was the daughter of Bill & Mary (Pullen) Curlee, born on March 21, 1963, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Bowlegs. She was married to Charles Frank 'Chuck' Childers in Bowlegs on January 8,...

Robert George Faxon

Robert George Faxon

Dec 27, 2020

Robert George Faxon passed from this life at his home in Earlsboro, Oklahoma on Sunday, December 27, 2020, at the age of 94 years.

Robert was born to Vernon Faxon and Laura (Fowler) Faxon in Portland, Oregon on May 5, 1926.  He lived the early years of his life in Portland and then moved with his family...

James Lewis Waters, Sr.

James Lewis Waters, Sr.

Dec 23, 2020

James Lewis 'Jim' Waters passed from this life on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 84 years.

Jim was the son of Allen Waters and Gladys (Agans) Waters, one of their sixteen children. He was born on October 4, 1936 at Indianapolis, Indiana, where he spent the first sixteen years of...

Bill Arthur

Bill Arthur

Dec 10, 2020

Bill Arthur passed away in McAlester, Oklahoma on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at the age of 93 years. Bill was the son of Roy & Linnie (Mills) Arthur, born on December 18, 1926, in Lamar, Oklahoma, where he was brought up and attended schools, farmed and ranched, and made his home for most of his life. He served for two...

Mary Ellen Merriman

Mary Ellen Merriman

Dec 9, 2020

Mary Ellen (Gentry) Merriman passed away Wednesday, December 9,, 2020, at the age of 78. Mary was born October 31, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Floyd Ernest Gentry and Altha Mary (Chronister) Gentry. She attended Holdenville Public School and later married the love of her life U'Dirl Merriman on February 14, 1959, and they made their home in Holdenville OK....

A. J. Davis

A. J. Davis

Dec 1, 2020

A. J. Davis passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Tuesday,  December 1, 2020, at the age of 80 years.

A. J. was the son of Julius Ross 'Black' Davis & Nora (Newman) Davis, born on June 1, 1940 in southern Seminole County near Spaulding, Oklahoma. He was brought up in Spaulding, and attended Spaulding and Holdenville schools. He...

Brenda Kay Reed

Brenda Kay Reed

Nov 29, 2020

Brenda Kay Reed passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Sunday, November 29, 2020, at the age of 59 years.

Brenda was the daughter of Harvey & Peggy (O'Neal) Brewer, born on March 10, 1961, in Casa Grande, Arizona. She was brought up traveling with her family all over the U.S. following various harvests across the country, mostly...

Albert Keith Kindrick

Albert Keith Kindrick

Nov 29, 2020

Albert Keith Kindrick passed away at his home in Okemah, Oklahoma on Sunday, November 29, 2020, at the age of 63 years. Keith was the son of Willie John 'Bill' Kindrick & Opal Dean (Whitstone) Kindrick, born on March 3, 1957, in Ada, Oklahoma. He was brought up in various parts of the U.S., France and Germany, wherever his father...

Marvin Christmas

Marvin Christmas

Nov 25, 2020

Marvin Christmas passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at the age of 82 years.

No public services are planned.

David Lee Evans

David Lee Evans

Nov 24, 2020

David Lee Evans passed away in an automobile accident in Seminole County, Oklahoma on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at the age of 31 years.

Memorial services will be held at the Assembly of God Church in Holdenville, 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 7, 2020.

William Franklin Moore

William Franklin Moore

Nov 9, 2020

William Franklin 'Bill' Moore passed away in Hartshorne, Oklahoma on Monday, November 9, 2020, at the age of 86 years. Bill was the son of Floyd & Mollie (Brooks) Moore, born on June 1, 1934, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He was brought up in the Butner/Cromwell community, where he attended and graduated from the old Butner Schools. He loved playing basketball...

Peggy Morrow Brooks

Peggy Morrow Brooks

Nov 7, 2020

Peggy Ann Brooks peacefully passed away November 7, 2020 in Washington. She was born in Hughes County, Oklahoma October 6, 1932 to James Grafton and Orah Morrow.  Peggy and David Brooks married on March 27, 1954 in California

Peggy's incredible life started after they moved from Hanford to Southeast Asia, Vientiane, Laos where David and Peggy started...

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