obituaries
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...
Helen Marjorie (Lipe) Carpenter
Mar 20, 2017
Helen Marjorie (Lipe) Carpenter was born on April 17, 1928, and passed from this world on March 20, 2017, but if you ask her she was only 39 and holding. She was the oldest child born to Shorty & Dolly (Jackson) Lipe and played the part to a T. Even as a child she was a mother hen and couldn't...
Verna Jean Mills
Mar 15, 2017
Verna Jean Mills passed away in Wewoka on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at the age of 77 years. Verna was the daughter of Ralph Percy Smith & Bessie (McKenzie) Smith, born on September 23, 1939, in Lamar, Oklahoma, where she was brought up and lived her entire life. She attended Lamar elementary schools, and graduated Moss High School with the...
Pearl Ilene (Dorris) Castleman
Mar 15, 2017
Pearl Ilene (Dorris) Castleman passed away peacefully on March 15 with her daughter, Thelma, and granddaughter, Karen, by her side. She was born on May 25, 1925 in Stroud, OK to George and Gracie Dorris. She was the third child of 11 children. Pearl started working in the fields of OK with her family at a young age. Whether it...
Darrel Sneed
Mar 5, 2017
Darrel Sneed passed away at his home near Holdenville on Sunday, March 5, 2017, at the age of 65 years. Darrel was the son of Liss & Beulah (Milam) Sneed, youngest of twelve children. He was born on August 15, 1951, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, where he was brought up and attended schools, and lived most of his life. He worked...
Malinda Elaine Hardwick
Feb 23, 2017
Malinda Elaine Hardwick passed away at her home near Holdenville on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at the age of 52 years. Malinda was the daughter of David & Helen (Hance) Martin, born on December 22, 1964, in McAlester, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Stuart, and graduated Stuart High School with the Class of 1982. She worked...
Nora J. Bruner
Feb 9, 2017
Nora J. 'Miggy' Bruner passed away in Oklahoma City on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the age 69 years. Nora was the daughter of California Fixico & Winey (Yahola) Fixico, born on June 9, 1947, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in the Yeager community. She was married to Louis Bruner Jr. on March 20, 1965,...
David Franklin Cook
Feb 6, 2017
David Franklin Cook passed away in Shawnee on Monday, February 6, 2017, at the age of 75 years. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2017, 1:00 p.m. at Fisher Funeral Home's Lillye Chapel. David was the son of B. C. & Nadine Doris (McDonald) Cook, born on February 2, 1942, in Calvin, Oklahoma, where he was brought...
William L. 'Bill' West
Jan 29, 2017
William LeRoy 'Bill' West passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Sunday, January 29, 2017, at the age of 91 years. Bill was the son of William & Amelda (Cross) West, born on December 5, 1925, in East Orange, New Jersey, where he was brought up and attended schools. He joined the U.S. Navy and served during World War II, from...
Tony Ray Marsh
Dec 8, 2016
Tony Ray Marsh passed from this life in McAlester, Oklahoma on December 8, 2016 at the age of 51 years. Tony was born in Woodland, California May 24, 1965 to Robert Earl Marsh and Judy Elaine (Butler) Marsh. He lived in Holdenville most of his life and graduated Moss High School in 1984. He later moved to McAlester, Oklahoma. It...
Glen Dale Lively
Dec 3, 2016
Services for Glen Dale Lively, 68, of Atwood will be Wednesday, December 7, 10:30 a.m. at the Allen High School Auditorium. Interment will follow at Atwood Cemetery. Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate, assisted by Tommy McFerran, Dick Wilkerson, and Dean Goforth. Pallbearers are Jim, Adam, Cody, Mike, and Dillon Lively and Robby Adams. Honorary pallbearers are members of Allen Masonic...
Tommy W. Black
Nov 24, 2016
Tommy W. Black passed away in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Thursday, November 24, 2016, at the age of 77 years. Tommy was the son of Ed & Lucille Black, born on August 8, 1939, in Wewoka, Oklahoma, where he was brought up and attended schools. He graduated from New Lima High School in 1957, and went to Tulsa Welding School....
Oleta Dean (Hinze) Venable
Nov 22, 2016
Oleta Dean Hinze Venable, 71, of Holdenville passed from this life in Midwest City, Oklahoma on November 22, 2016. Oleta was born on November 7, 1945 in Ada, Oklahoma to Dean & Martha 'Jeannie' (Tucker) Hinze. Oleta moved with her family to Holdenville at a young age. She graduated from Holdenville High School in 1965 and she made Holdenville her...
Johnny W. Frederick
Nov 12, 2016
Johnny W. Frederick passed away in Wewoka, Oklahoma on Saturday, November 12, 2016, at the age of 85 years. Johnny was the son of John W. Frederick & Martha (Sanders) Frederick, born on February 5, 1931, in Allen, Oklahoma, where he was brought up and attended schools. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in February of 1953 and served...
Junior Stirling Dicketts
Nov 10, 2016
Junior Stirling Dicketts passed away in Holdenville on Thursday morning, November 10, 2016, at the age of 80 years. Junior was the son of Cashious H. Dicketts & Vira Viola (Johnston) Dicketts, born on June 11, 1936, in Gerty, Oklahoma, and was brought up in the Atwood and Allen communities. Over the years, Junior worked at the peanut plant in...
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