obituaries
Mary Frances Anderson
Jul 20, 2012
Mary Frances Anderson passed away at Heritage Nursing Home in Holdenville on Friday, July 20, 2012, at the age of 83 years. Frances was wife of 63 years to R. L. Anderson, mother of Linda, Roy, Gary, and Cathy; Nanny to Greg, Stephanie, Leslie, Paul, Tina, Andy, and Sunni, and proud great-grandmother of Lauren, Natalie, Emily, Reagan, Marin, Cooper, Alexis,...
Allegra M. Venable
Jul 17, 2012
Allegra H. Venable passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Holdenville, her lifelong hometown. She was 60 years old. Allegra was the daughter of Leonard & Frances (McBride) Madron, born on October 10, 1951, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, where she lived her entire life. She attended Holdenville schools and graduated Holdenville High School in 1969. She attended Seminole Junior College....
Millie Donna Mae Pierce
Jul 13, 2012
Millie Donna Mae Pierce passed away at home in Wewoka, Oklahoma on Friday morning, July 13, 2012, at the age of 78 years. Donna was the daughter of Daniel Thomas Dickerson & Ida Lee (Brown) Dickerson, born on September 22, 1933, at Lamar, Oklahoma, where she was brought up and attended schools. She was married in May of 1949, at...
Da'Shane Lawson Ray Lowe
Jul 10, 2012
Da'Shane Lawson Ray Lowe was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on September 12, 1989, to Jerry & Rajina Lowe. He was the first boy in 17 years for the family. He welcomed home his baby sister, Summer, on July 6, 1993. He grew up in Holdenville and graduated Holdenville High School in 2008. He loved hunting, fishing, looking for arrowheads, and...
Doyle Gene Garrett
Jun 27, 2012
Doyle Gene Garrett died peacefully at home at the age of 73, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He was preceded in death by his father, W. A. Garrett, and his mother, Oral Hettie (Parks) Garrett; one daughter, Stacy Martinez; two sisters, Brenda Garrett and Linda Carl. He spent his boyhood in New Model, Oklahoma,...
Dorothy Lorine Terry
Jun 17, 2012
Dorothy Lorine Terry, 87, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Shawnee, Oklahoma. Dorothy was born on January 21, 1925, on the Jonas Hawkins place in the Bear community east of Calvin, Oklahoma, to Joe Everett McEwin & Retha Frances (Lucas) McEwin. She attended Calvin Public Schools. Dorothy accepted Christ as her savior as a...
Bertie 'Teresa' Brewer
May 31, 2012
Bertie L. 'Teresa' Brewer passed away on Thursday morning, May 31, 2012, at her home in Holdenville, at the age of 48 years. Teresa was the daughter of Harvey D. Brewer & Peggy L. (O'Neal) Brewer, born on June 2, 1963, in Eloy, Arizona. She was brought up and attended schools in the Bakersfield area of California, and as a...
Dorlyn Marie 'Dora' Foster
May 27, 2012
Dorlyn Marie 'Dora' Foster passed away at her home in Holdenville on Sunday evening, May 27, 2012, at the age of 63 years. Dora was born on October 16, 1948, in Jackson, Michigan to Mary Tall and Dink Huston. She moved to Oklahoma in 1972 and resided in Oklahoma City until moving in 2005 to Holdenville with her husband, Larry...
Edward Wallace Wiley, Jr.
May 18, 2012
Edward Wallace Wiley, Jr. passed away on Friday, May 18, 2012, at Mercy Memorial Health Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma at the age of 68 years. He will be joining his parents, Edward & Virginia Wiley, his sister, Beverly, and his daughter, Marcia Caudill. Edward was the son of Edward Wallace Wiley, Sr. & Virginia Theodosia (Francis) Wiley, born on July...
Johnny Epley
Apr 28, 2012
Johnny Epley passed away in Holdenville on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the age of 65 years. Johnny was the son of Perry W. Epley, Sr. & Maxine (Wallace) Epley, born on November 21, 1946, in Grayling, Michigan. He was brought up in Oklahoma, in the Ada area. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and served seven years,...
Myrtle Maxine Martin
Apr 18, 2012
Myrtle Maxine Martin passed away at her home in Holdenville on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at the age of 70 years. Maxine was the daughter of Basil & Clara (Padgett) Woods, born on February 20, 1942, in Dustin, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Dustin and Hanna. With the exception of a short time in California and...
Iva Shirley Ford
Apr 9, 2012
Iva Shirley Ford passed away on Monday, April 9, 2012, in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Shirley was the daughter of J. W. & Velta (Ladd) Pickett, born on July 11, 1941, in Calvin, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Calvin and Holdenville. She was married to Ed 'Sonny' Ford, who preceded her in death. She lived her entire life...
Evelyn Loraine Haley
Mar 21, 2012
Evelyn Loraine Haley passed away at Heritage Village Nursing Home in Holdenville on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at the age of 80 years. Evelyn was the daughter of Roy & Jennie Stephens, born on January 19, 1932, in Goldfield, Nevada. She was brought up in California and graduated Galt High School in Galt, California. In 1949, on a hay-hauling trip...
Jay Siemens
Mar 16, 2012
Jonathan Jay Siemens passed away at his home in Holdenville on Friday, March 16, 2012, at the age of 55 years. Jay was the son of John & Marjorie (Myrick) Siemens, born on February 1, 1957, in Bakersfield, California. He graduated Shafter High School in 1975. He met the love of his life, Roberta Mosby, in November, 1981. Jay &...
Charlene Ann Anthony
Feb 28, 2012
Charlene Ann Anthony passed away in Midwest City, Oklahoma on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at the age of 69. Charlene was the daughter of Owen H. Rives II & Elon Virginia (Moore) Rives, born on September 29, 1942, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Holdenville, graduating Holdenville High School in 1960. She attended Columbia Christian...
Curtis A. Burns
Feb 15, 2012
Curtis A. Burns was accepted into the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at the age of 86. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vannie Vaxter Burns & Lily (McEwen) Burns; his brother, Ernest Burns, and two sisters, Arlena Owen and Ruby Ladd. Curtis leaves his wife of thirty-seven years, Marie L. Burns; daughter Carrie...
Genetta 'Judy' Marie Morris
Feb 10, 2012
Genetta Marie 'Judy' Morris passed away at Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the age of 67 years. Judy was the daughter of Herman Williams & Lois (Morphis) Williams, born on November 22, 1944 in Okemah, Oklahoma. She was brought up in the Cromwell and Bearden communities, and has lived in that area all...
Betty Jane Taylor
Feb 1, 2012
Betty Jane Taylor went home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on February 1, 2012. She was 75 years old. Betty was born on March 22, 1936, in the Little River Community. Her parents were Taylor Franks & Emma (Att) Franks. She attended Calvin schools. Betty retired from the Wewoka Indian Health Clinic after several years of service as...
Jason Alan Tatum
Jan 29, 2012
Jason Alan Tatum of Gerty, Oklahoma passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Sunday, January 29, 2012, at the age of 35 years. Jason was the son of John Thomas Tatum, Jr. & Donna Jane (Buchanan) Tatum, born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 21, 1976. He was brought up in Oklahoma, in the Gerty community, and attended elementary schools in...
John Thomas Tatum Sr.
Jan 27, 2012
John Thomas Tatum, Sr. passed away in Ardmore, Oklahoma on Friday, January 27, 2012, at the age of 78 years. John was the son of Emmett & Rachel (James) Tatum, born on August 15, 1933, in Valliant, Oklahoma. In his younger years, he lived in Oklahoma, Oregon, and California. He married Joella Wilson on his 19th birthday, August 15, 1952,...
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