Jo Ella (Wilson) Tatum
Jun 17, 2017
Jo Ella (Wilson) Tatum was born on August 11, 1936, to Joseph H. Wilson and Fannie Dora (Frazier) Wilson near Allen, Oklahoma on a very hot summer day. She was the youngest of nine children. She passed away in Ada, Oklahoma on Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the age of 80 years. She had lived in Gerty, Oklahoma since 1958...
Martha Ann Long
Jun 11, 2017
Martha Ann Long passed away in Okemah, Oklahoma on Sunday, June 11, 2017, at the age of 66 years. Martha was the daughter of Nathan Long Sr. & Cindy (McGeeley) Long, born on March 1, 1951 in Talihina, Oklahoma. She was brought up in the Salt Creek community and attended Yeager schools through 8th grade. She graduated Holdenville High School...
Burnie Junior Walton
Jun 10, 2017
Burnie Junior Walton passed away at his home near Sasakwa, Oklahoma on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the age of 85 years. Burnie was the son of Burnie S. Walton & Gladys Mae (Jones) Walton, born on August 23, 1931, in Sasakwa, Oklahoma, where he was brought up and attended schools. He married Doris Gaines in 1949, and they were...
William 'Bill' Capps
Jun 1, 2017
William 'Bill' Capps was born to Loris C. and Bessie (Farris) Capps August 14, 1931 in Hughes County, Oklahoma. Bill was in the US army at the end of WW II. He was recalled back in 1955 for 2 years. Bill married Ruth Morris of Lamar, Oklahoma in January of 1956. Bill loved to work and tinker with old cars...
Roy Madron
May 29, 2017
Roy Madron passed away at his home in Holdenville on Monday, May 29, 2017, at the age of 78 years. Roy was the son of Frank & Goldie (Jackson) Madron, born on January 3, 1939, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. The family lived for a while in Bowlegs before moving to Arizona when Roy was a young boy. He returned to Holdenville...
Brandon Clark Miller
May 25, 2017
Brandon Clark Miller passed away at his home in Holdenville, Oklahoma early Thursday morning, May 25, 2017, at the age of 35 years. Brandon was the son of Tommy Dale Miller & Judy Nell (Appleton) Miller, born on February 22, 1982, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In Brandon's early years, the family moved to Byng and then to Latta, where his...
Virgil Albert Ellis
May 22, 2017
Virgil Albert Ellis passed away in McAlester, Oklahoma on Monday, May 22, 2017, at the age of 77 years. Virgil was the son of Homer & Zelma (Bacon) Ellis, born on January 3, 1940, in Stuart, Oklahoma. He was brought up and attended schools in Stuart, and was Senior Class President when he graduated Stuart High School in 1958. He...
Matthew Lee Summers
May 20, 2017
Matthew Lee Summers passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, May 20, 2017, in an automobile accident near Sasakwa, at the age of 22 years. Matthew was born on June 3, 1994, in Ada, Oklahoma. He was brought up and attended schools in Saskawa. In high school he played football and was a member of the Student Council,...
Retha Grace (Jackson) Giles
May 18, 2017
Retha Grace (Jackson) Giles May 6, 1928 – May 18, 2017 Retha Grace (Jackson) Giles passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the age of 89 at Heritage Village Nursing Center in Holdenville. She was born on May 6, 1928 to Burnie and Clara (Rowe) Jackson in Stuart, Oklahoma. She attended schools at Hilltop and Calvin, graduating from Calvin...
Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' Bridges Cochran
May 17, 2017
Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' Bridges Cochran passed away in Shawnee, Oklahoma on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the age of 82 years. Betty was the daughter of John Thomas Stubblefield & Margaret (O'Brien) Stubblefield, born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on February 8, 1935. She was brought up in the Holdenville and Hulsey communities, and attended Hulsey and Moss schools. She was married...
Eunice Veronica Easley
May 7, 2017
Stacey Willis (daughter) PO Box 214 Sasakwa OK 74867 580-320-4940 Eunice Veronica Easley passed away at her home in Wewoka, Oklahoma on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at the age of 60 years. Eunice was the daughter of Howard & Delma (Meeley) Easley, born on January 30, 1957, in Wayne, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Wayne, Byars,...
Frances Joyce Mcbride
May 2, 2017
Frances Joyce McBride passed away in Seminole, Oklahoma on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the age of 88 years. Frances was the daughter of Tiger & Lavina (Wright) Wesley, born on January 15, 1929, in Wetumka, Oklahoma. Her family lived in the Ragtown area until moving into Holdenville when Frances was eight years old. She attended Holdenville and Moss Schools,...
Dortha Jean Merriman
May 2, 2017
Dortha Jean Merriman, longtime resident of Holdenville, passed away in Batesville, Arkansas on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the age of 87 years. Dortha was the daughter of James Morgan Callaway & Mary Dollie (Pugh) Callaway, born on October 14, 1929, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was brought up in the Hulsey community and attended Hulsey elementary schools, and was a...
Gary Wayne Carmichael
Apr 29, 2017
Gary Wayne Carmichael passed away in Oklahoma City on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the age of 76 years. Gary was the son of Howard & Walsie Frances (Richardson) Carmichael, born on May 7, 1940 in Palmdale, California. He was brought up and attended schools in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and graduated Holdenville High School with the Class of 1958. He joined...
Joyce Alyene (Searcy) Crawshaw
Apr 27, 2017
Joyce Alyene (Searcy) Crawshaw passed away at her home on April 27th, 2017. She was born June 4th, 1935 near Calvin, Oklahoma to Jimmie Searcy and Mildred (Blaylock) Searcy. Joyce attended school at Calvin, Oklahoma. She married Johnny Crawshaw on June 16, 1951 at the home of her grandparents, Dee and Josie Blaylock at Calvin, Oklahoma. She was of the...
Elgin Kenneth 'Buddy' Factor
Apr 25, 2017
Elgin Kenneth 'Buddy' Factor passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the age of 71 years. Buddy was the son of Kenneth & Josephine (Cook) Factor, born on September 27, 1945, in Yeager, Oklahoma. He attended Holdenville schools, and then attended and graduated Haskell Institute. Following graduation, he worked at various jobs. He married Shelia Bigpond...
Fred A. Salazar
Apr 16, 2017
Fred Alfred Salazar July 16, 1922 - April 16, 2017 Norman. Following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, Fred Alfred Salazar left this life on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 in Norman Regional Veteran's Center, Norman. Fred was born to Ben Salazar and Martha (Quentero) Salazar on July 16, 1922 in Oil City, Louisiana. Upon graduation from Moss High School,...
Willie Clay Walton
Apr 7, 2017
Willie Clay Walton passed away at his home in Holdenville on Friday, April 7, 2017, at the age of 79 years. Willie was the son of Earnest Clark 'Dick' Walton & Elba Virginia (Langdon) Walton, born on March 4, 1938 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He was brought up in the Spaulding community, and graduated Spaulding High School with the Class of...
Jimmy Wayne Inman
Mar 29, 2017
Jimmy Wayne Inman was born March 18, 1937 in Sasakwa, Oklahoma. Shortly after his 80th birthday, he died peacefully in his home surrounded by those he loved on March 29, 2017. After a short courtship of three months, Jim knew Nancy Cook was the love of his life and they were married in California on July 25, 1964. Jim and...
Clinton Lee Grizzle
Mar 22, 2017
Clinton Lee Grizzle passed away at his daughter's home in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the age of 72 years, ll months, and 24 days. Lee was the son of Joe C. Grizzle & Oletha (Sexton) Grizzle, born on March 27, 1944, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. His childhood and younger years were spent with his family in the...
