obituaries
Lawton Carter
May 19, 2013
Mr. Lawton Carter passed away in Holdenville on Sunday morning, May 19, 2013, at the age of 88 years. He was married to Betty June (Jackson) Carter. He worked many years in Holdenville as Superintendent for Rock Island Railroad. Family services will be held at a later date.
Amos Jackson Yahola Jr.
May 19, 2013
Amos Jackson Yahola Jr. passed away at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City on Sunday, May 19, 2013. He was 30 years old. Amos was the son of Amos Jackson Yahola Sr. & Linda (Jacobs) Yahola, born on July 23, 1982, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In his childhood years, his family moved back and forth between Colorado and Oklahoma, and Amos...
Eric Don Stephens
May 16, 2013
Eric Don Stephens passed away in Holdenville on May 16, 2013, at the age of 33 years. Eric was the son of Deborah Mooney, born on August 2, 1979, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was brought up and attended schools in Holdenville, his lifelong home. Eric worked as a handyman and enjoyed repairing bicycles, motors and vehicles. He loved fishing, listening...
Ben David Curtis
May 14, 2013
Ben D. Curtis, 72, passed away in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Ben was the son of Moses Taylor Curtis & Florene (Vines) Curtis, born on March 13, 1941, in Sims, Arkansas. He was brought up and attended schools in New Mexico and California, and graduated San Jacinto High School in 1959. He worked for many years in...
Galand Ledon Moore
May 13, 2013
Galand Ledon Moore passed away in Holdenville on Monday, May 13, 2013, at the age of 38 years. Galand was the son of Annette Moore and Willie Napolean Sr., born on November 29, 1974, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, where he lived his entire life. He was a graduate of Holdenville High School. Galand was a talented artist, he loved to paint...
Marvin Eugene Spencer
May 3, 2013
Marvin Eugene Spencer passed away at Valley View Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma on Friday, May 3, 2013 at the age of 80 years. Marvin was born on March 12, 1933, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Spence Spencer & Agnes (Ratcliff) Spencer. He was brought up in Oklahoma, in Fitztown and Wewoka, and was a graduate of Wewoka High School. He served...
Donald Eugene 'Donnie' Brewer
May 2, 2013
Donald Eugene Brewer passed away May 2, 2013 in Oklahoma City at the age of 70. He was born January 20, 1943 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Recil Eugene Brewer and Reva Loretta (Dooley) Brewer. He married Linda Wonella Timmons October 5, 1963 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. A 1961 graduate of Spaulding High School, he later served in the Oklahoma National Guard....
Donnie Gene Mccoy
Apr 23, 2013
Donnie Gene McCoy passed away in Seminole, Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at the age of 66 years. Donnie is the son of Franklin Lee McCoy & Jewell Mae (Bratcher) McCoy, born on February 16, 1947, in Wetumka, Oklahoma. He was brought up in the Lamar and Yeager areas, and attended Wetumka and Moss schools. He lived his entire...
Evelyn Mae 'Babe' Mcgirt
Apr 3, 2013
Evelyn Mae 'Babe' McGirt passed away in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at the age of 82 years. Evelyn was the daughter of Jimmy Larney & Sallie (Lowe) Larney, born on January 23, 1931, at Coweta, Oklahoma. She was brought up in the Gum Springs area, and attended schools at Gum Springs and Capitol Heights in Holdenville. She...
Darnell Ray Mason Jr.
Apr 2, 2013
Darnell Ray Mason Jr. passed away at his home in Shawnee, Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at the age of 49 years. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 6, 2013, 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Holdenville, with interment at Shiloh Cemetery. Complete obituary information is forthcoming.
Mildred Lee 'Millie' Underwood
Mar 25, 2013
Mildred Lee 'Millie' Underwood passed away in Oklahoma City on Monday evening, March 25, 2013, at the age of 80 years. Millie was the daughter of Madison Davis & Frances (Holder) Davis, born on September 20, 1932, in King, Arkansas. She was brought up in Oklahoma City and in Prague, where she attended schools. She lived in Shawnee for many...
Debra Anne Elliott
Mar 23, 2013
Debra Anne Elliott passed away in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at the age of 53 years. Debra was born on November 4, 1959, in Odessa, Texas, to Olen & Rose Mauldin. She has lived in Oklahoma since childhood, for a brief time in Geary, and for most of her life in Oklahoma City. She was married...
Audrey Arna Ellis
Mar 9, 2013
Audrey Arna Ellis passed away in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Saturday evening, March 9, 2013 at the age of 80 years. Audrey was the daughter of Gerald Carveth & Lois (Digman) Carveth, born on December 1, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois. She was raised and attended schools in the Chicago area, and moved to Bloomington, Illinois to attend Illinois State University....
Richard 'Dick' Shurley
Mar 2, 2013
Richard 'Dick' Shurley went to be with the Lord on March 2, 2013. Dick was born November 15, 1934 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to M. I. And Anna (Park) Shurley. He was raised and attended schools in Holdenville. While in High School he served two years in the Oklahoma National Guard and upon graduation joined the United States Navy, serving his...
Mary Lou Cravens
Feb 28, 2013
Mary Lou Cravens passed away in Oklahoma City on Thursday evening, February 28, 2013, at the age of 77 years. Mary was the daughter of Homer & Virginia (Beck) Pullen, born on November 11, 1935, in Ada, Oklahoma. She was brought up in various places all over the U.S., and has lived in the Holdenville area for the past 35...
Jimmy D. 'Jim' Morphis
Feb 27, 2013
Jimmy D. "Jim" Morphis, 76, of Wewoka, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013. He was surrounded by family and friends. He was born September 3rd, 1936, in Bearden, Oklahoma, the son of the late Alice and Robert Morphis. He was the middle of 3 siblings. On December 30th, 1988, he married Patricia Kay Morphis,...
Ralph Vernon O'Kelly
Feb 27, 2013
Ralph Vernon O'Kelly passed away at Holdenville General Hospital on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the age of 77 years. Vernon was the son of Ralph Leo O'Kelly & Maud Electra (Day) O'Kelly, born on May 2, 1935 in Calvin, Oklahoma, where he lived until the family moved to California when Vernon was in the first grade. He was brought...
Winey Scott Yargee
Feb 25, 2013
Winey Scott Yargee passed away at Holdenville General Hospital on Monday, February 25, 2013, at the age of 86 years. Winey was the daughter of James & Nausoche (Beaver) Scott, born on March 17, 1926, in Wetumka, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended school in the Wetumka area. She was married to Phillip Yargee in Wetumka in 1946. For...
Kevin Payne
Feb 19, 2013
Kevin Christopher Payne passed from this life Tuesday afternoon, February 19, 2013, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 47 years. Kevin was born on August 19, 1965 in Dallas, Texas and was adopted by Max and Charlotte Payne. He grew up traveling all over the United States as an Army brat, joined the US Army for himself at...
Sherry Lee Wingate
Feb 17, 2013
Sherry Lee Wingate passed away in Oklahoma City on Sunday morning, February 17, 2013, at the age of 42 years. Sherry was the daughter of Robert Acuff & Shirley (Bolding) Acuff, born on June 7, 1970, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Oklahoma City, and graduated City College in Norman. She was married to Nicholaus...
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